NY State Assembly · District 48

• NoProvides 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.
• NoRelates 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.
• Didn't voteConcealed 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.
• No2021–22 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.
• NoHousing 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.

• bill2025-12-22 · Sponsored legislation, with State Senator Sam Sutton, prohibiting the NYC Department of Sanitation from issuing summonses for setting out trash after 3:00 p.m. on Fridays, an accommodation for Sabbath-observant New Yorkers; the bill passed both houses and was signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul in December 2025.[3]
• bill2026-05-27 · Was among the Assembly members, along with State Senator Sam Sutton, whose effort secured legislation in the state budget establishing 50-foot buffer zones around houses of worship, community centers and schools, creating misdemeanor penalties for harassment or intimidation within that zone.[5]
• action2026-07-21 · Sent a letter to New York Attorney General Letitia James asking her office to review whether NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's public statements about potentially having New York City law enforcement arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu violated state law.[6]

• ✕OpposesStronger rent regulation and tenant protectionsFrom recorded votes

  Voted no 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.[7]

• ✓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.[8]

• ✓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.[9]

• ✕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.[10]

• ✕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.[11]

• ✕OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporationsFrom recorded votes

  Voted no 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.[12]

• Advocating for the Orthodox Jewish community's religious-accommodation needs, such as exempting Sabbath-observant residents from sanitation ticketing on Friday afternoons.[3]
• Public safety around houses of worship, community centers and schools.[4]

• Assumed office in the New York State Assembly on January 1, 2019, succeeding Dov Hikind.[1]
• Has served on the Housing, Cities, Governmental Employees, Real Property Taxation and Social Services committees throughout his tenure, adding the Insurance Committee in the 2025-2026 session.[2]