NY State Assembly · District 55

• 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.

• bill2025-01-09 · Prime sponsor of A01290, which would impose an excise tax on ammunition sales to fund a new gun violence impact fund administered by the Office of Victim Services. Referred to the Ways and Means Committee; has not advanced out of committee as of January 2026.[5]
• bill2025-03-04 · Prime sponsor of A06363, which would prohibit landlords from using facial-recognition systems on residential premises. Referred to the Housing Committee; has not advanced out of committee as of January 2026.[6]
• bill2025-03-04 · Prime sponsor of A06432, relating to protecting the rights of current and converted Mitchell-Lama residents. Referred to the Housing Committee; has not advanced out of committee as of January 2026.[7]
• bill2025-04-11 · Prime sponsor of A07810, establishing a private cause of action for certain violations regarding machine guns, assault weapons, disguised guns, ghost guns, and unfinished frames or receivers. Referred to the Economic Development Committee; has not advanced out of committee as of January 2026.[8]
• bill2025-05-27 · Prime sponsor of A08668, which would require certain elections of public officials to occur on even-numbered years. Referred to the Election Law Committee; has not advanced out of committee as of January 2026.[12]
• actionChairs the Assembly's Election Law Committee for the 2025-2026 session and serves as a member of the Housing, Judiciary, Codes, and Ways and Means committees.[3]
• actionSponsored New York's 2019 bail reform law eliminating cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felonies. In 2025 she went on a 19-day hunger strike to protest proposed rollbacks to that law during state budget negotiations.[3]

• ✓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.[15][16]

  What they say: Prime sponsor of a bill to fund gun-violence victim services through a new excise tax on ammunition sales, and of a bill creating a private right of action for illegal sales of machine guns, assault weapons, ghost guns, and unfinished frames or receivers.[5][8]

• ✓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.[13]

  What they say: Prime sponsor of a bill protecting the rights of current and converted Mitchell-Lama residents and of a bill prohibiting landlords from using facial-recognition systems on residential premises.[6][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.[14]

  What they say: Prime sponsor of a bill increasing the amount of residential solar energy tax credits available to homeowners.[9]

• ✕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.[18]

  What they say: Prime sponsor of a bill requiring police officers who accompany federal immigration officers on civilian actions to wear and activate body cameras and secure the recordings, and of a bill granting family courts jurisdiction to determine guardianship of minors when a parent faces deportation or removal.[10][11]

• ✓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.[17]

• ✓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.[19]

• Voting rights and election administration: she chairs the Assembly's Election Law Committee and has sponsored bills on protections against illegal voter purging, modernized voter registration, and related election-law measures.[3][4]
• Tenant protections and affordable housing: sponsor of bills to protect current and converted Mitchell-Lama residents and to bar landlords from using facial-recognition systems against residential tenants.[6][7]
• Gun violence prevention: sponsor of a bill to fund gun-violence victim services through an excise tax on ammunition, and of a bill creating a private right of action for illegal sales of machine guns, assault weapons, and ghost guns.[5][8]
• Criminal justice reform: her official Assembly biography describes her as "the engine behind the 2019 bail reform law which eliminated cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felonies," intended to reduce pretrial incarceration of people who could not afford bail.[3]

• Walker was born and raised in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Brooklyn, and grew up in the Prospect Plaza Houses, a NYCHA development; she still lives in Ocean Hill-Brownsville.[3]
• She is a graduate of Pace University School of Law and worked as an attorney representing people targeted by the NYPD's use of stop-and-frisk and tenants, including NYCHA residents, facing eviction.[3]
• Before her election to the Assembly, she worked as counsel to U.S. Representative Yvette Clarke.[3]
• She has represented the 55th Assembly District since 2015. She chairs the Assembly's Election Law Committee and also serves on the Housing, Judiciary, Codes, and Ways and Means committees.[3]