NY State Assembly · District 47

• 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.
• NoReproductive 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.

• bill2026-04-28 · Sponsored A1994, which would allow certain defenses to parking violations despite entry of a default judgment; the bill passed the Assembly on April 28, 2026 and was delivered to the Senate, where it was referred to committee.[5][6]
• bill2026-04-23 · Sponsored A9290, which would require silent alarms to be installed in classrooms across all public, charter and private schools in New York State; the bill remains in committee.[7]
• actionServes on the Correction, Environmental Conservation, Governmental Employees, Labor, Rules, and Ways and Means committees in the 2025-2026 session.[2]

• ✓SupportsIncrease police funding and staffing

  His campaign lists opposing efforts to defund the NYPD and supporting public safety among his priorities.[4]

  “Opposing defunding NYPD”

• ✓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.[10]

• ✓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.[11]

• ✓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.[12][13]

• ✕OpposesProtect legal access to abortionFrom recorded votes

  Voted no 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.[14]

• ✕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.[15]

• ✓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.[16]

• Quality-of-life and neighborhood issues, including opposition to a proposed homeless shelter at 2501 86th Street and to an MTA B82 Select Bus Service plan.[4]
• Public safety, including opposition to reducing NYPD funding.[4]
• Education funding and preserving the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT) and gifted-and-talented programs.[4]

• Earned a B.A. in Urban Education from St. John's University (1968), an M.S. in Urban Education from Brooklyn College, and a J.D. from St. John's University School of Law (1978).[3]
• Worked as a New York City public school teacher for eleven years, including six years as a UFT chapter chairperson, while attending law school in the evenings; admitted to practice law in New York in 1979.[3]
• Co-founded and organized the Bensonhurst Tenants Council, which worked to preserve apartment buildings in the neighborhood, and founded the Bensonhurst Straphangers Committee to advocate on transit issues.[3]
• First elected to the Assembly in November 1996 and has represented District 47 continuously since 1997.[1][2]

• Public safety, including repealing New York's bail reform law so that people he describes as violent repeat offenders are kept in jail.[9]
• Affordability, saying the cost of food, gas and electricity has forced some families to cut other spending to cover bills.[9]
• Education, saying children are not being taught to read and write as well as they should be.[9]

• Earned a high school diploma from John Dewey High School and an associate degree from Ashworth College in 2005.[8]
• Is a retired NYPD officer.[9]
• Serves as President of Community Education Council District 20, where he says he worked to improve school safety and obtained $50,000 in City Council funding for one of his liaison schools.[9]