NY State Assembly · District 29

• YesProvides that a microbusiness licensee authorized to conduct retail sales may serve as a processor and cultivator for purposes of cannabis showcase event permits · S10113 · Passed Assembly 88–53 · 2026-06-05 official record ↗Provides that a microbusiness licensee authorized to conduct retail sales may serve as a processor and cultivator for purposes of cannabis showcase event permits.
• YesRelates to granting employees access to personnel records · S3460 · Passed Assembly 92–49 · 2026-05-19 official record ↗Grants employees access to personnel records; requires notice of negative information in such records and an opportunity for a review; permits employee to include certain information in personnel records.
• YesConcealed Carry Improvement Act · S51001 · Passed 90–52 · 2022-07-01 official record ↗Enacted after the Bruen decision: added training and character requirements for carry permits and barred guns in designated sensitive places.
• Yes2021–22 budget revenue bill · S2509 · Passed 88–61 · 2021-04-07 official record ↗Raised personal income tax rates on incomes above $1 million and raised the corporate franchise tax rate on large businesses, among other revenue measures.
• YesProtect Our Courts Act · A2176 · Passed 97–44 · 2020-07-20 official record ↗Bars federal civil immigration arrests of people going to, attending, or leaving New York courthouses without a judicial warrant.
• YesClimate Leadership and Community Protection Act · S6599 · Passed 111–35 · 2019-06-20 official record ↗Set statewide targets of 70% renewable electricity by 2030 and an 85% cut in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050.
• YesHousing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 · S6458 · Passed 95–46 · 2019-06-14 official record ↗Made rent regulation permanent, ended vacancy decontrol and the vacancy bonus, and limited rent increases for major capital improvements.
• YesExtreme risk protection orders (red-flag law) · S2451 · Passed 100–37 · 2019-01-29 official record ↗Allows courts to temporarily bar people found to pose a danger to themselves or others from possessing firearms.
• YesReproductive Health Act · S240 · Passed 95–49 · 2019-01-22 official record ↗Moved abortion from the penal code to the public-health law and protected access to abortion under state law.

Votes on landmark laws since 2019, plus 2026 roll calls where at least five members voted on the losing side — read from the legislature’s official records.

• billSponsored A1799, barring certain financial institutions from charging a fee for periodic paper statements when those statements are required for a public-assistance application; passed the Assembly May 28, 2025 and was delivered to the Senate, where it died in committee and was returned to the Assembly on January 7, 2026; the Assembly repassed it January 21, 2026 and it was again delivered to the Senate, where it remains referred to the Banks Committee.[5]
• billSponsored A3396, imposing additional conditions on approving a charter-school application to convert an existing public school; referred to the Education Committee.[4]
• billSponsored A3676-B, the "Sickle Cell Treatment Act," designating sickle cell centers of excellence and outpatient treatment centers; referred to the Health Committee.[6]
• billSponsored A1864, the "Nurse of Tomorrow Act," providing state grants for nurse recruitment, education and retention at hospitals, schools and skilled nursing facilities; referred to the Higher Education Committee.[7]
• billSponsored A2182, establishing the Non-Degree Proprietary School Supervision and Student Protection Act; referred to the Higher Education Committee.[8]
• actionChairs the Higher Education Committee and serves on the Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry, Education, Rules and Ways and Means committees in the 2025-2026 session.[1]

• ✕OpposesPublic funding for school choice (vouchers / charters)

  Sponsored A3396, which would impose additional conditions on approving a charter-school application that converts an existing public school into a charter school.[4]

• ✓SupportsStronger rent regulation and tenant protectionsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on S6458 (Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, 2019-06-14): Made rent regulation permanent, ended vacancy decontrol and the vacancy bonus, and limited rent increases for major capital improvements.[9]

• ✓SupportsFaster transition away from fossil fuelsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on S6599 (Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, 2019-06-20): Set statewide targets of 70% renewable electricity by 2030 and an 85% cut in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050.[10]

• ✓SupportsStricter gun lawsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on S2451 (Extreme risk protection orders (red-flag law), 2019-01-29): Allows courts to temporarily bar people found to pose a danger to themselves or others from possessing firearms. Voted yes on S51001 (Concealed Carry Improvement Act, 2022-07-01): Enacted after the Bruen decision: added training and character requirements for carry permits and barred guns in designated sensitive places.[11][12]

• ✓SupportsProtect legal access to abortionFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on S240 (Reproductive Health Act, 2019-01-22): Moved abortion from the penal code to the public-health law and protected access to abortion under state law.[13]

• ✕OpposesExpand immigration enforcement and deportationsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on A2176 (Protect Our Courts Act, 2020-07-20): Bars federal civil immigration arrests of people going to, attending, or leaving New York courthouses without a judicial warrant.[14]

• ✓SupportsRaise taxes on high earners or corporationsFrom recorded votes

  Voted yes on S2509 (2021–22 budget revenue bill, 2021-04-07): Raised personal income tax rates on incomes above $1 million and raised the corporate franchise tax rate on large businesses, among other revenue measures.[15]

• Career and higher-education access, reflected in bills addressing student loan forgiveness, oversight of non-degree proprietary schools, and grants renamed in honor of the late Assemblyman Leonard P. Stavisky to support independent institutions of higher learning.[3]
• Consumer and financial protections for lower-income residents, including barring fees for paper bank statements required for public-assistance applications and studying minimum auto-insurance coverage requirements.[3]
• Healthcare workforce development, including the "Nurse of Tomorrow Act" to fund nurse recruitment, education and retention, and the "Sickle Cell Treatment Act" establishing designated treatment centers.[3]

• The daughter of Caribbean immigrants, she emigrated to the U.S. from London, England, as a young child and grew up in Hollis and South Ozone Park, attending New York City public schools including John Adams High School.[2]
• Served on the NYC Department of Education's Community District Education Council 29 for ten years, the last four as president, and helped secure $30 million in capital funding for the district's 36 elementary and middle schools.[2]
• Worked more than fifteen years at the NYS Department of Education as a Senior Professional Conduct Investigator overseeing adult trade and vocational schools, and previously held posts including counselor for the Brooklyn College Educational Talent Search Program and Director of Minority Affairs at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of NYIT.[2]
• Chairs the Assembly's Higher Education Committee in the 2025-2026 session.[1]