NY State Assembly · District 58
Monique Chandler-Waterman
NY State Assembly Member, District 58 (since 2022)DWFPINCUMBENT
- Race
- NY State Assembly · District 58
- Result
- Monique Chandler-Waterman, projected winner
- Opponents
- Unopposed
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- In depth
Party line26 votes tracked
With party = voted the same way as most Democrats who voted.
Said vs. did1 statement · 26 votes
Monique Chandler-Waterman is the Democratic and Working Families Party Assembly Member for District 58 in Brooklyn and won re-election unopposed on November 3, 2026. A lifelong Brooklyn resident, she worked in community organizing, local nonprofit work and City Council outreach before winning a May 2022 special election to succeed N. Nick Perry, and was re-elected in 2022 and 2024.[1][2][3]
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2026-11-03
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Co-sponsor of the "Fair Share Act," which would authorize an additional 2% New York City income tax on residents, estates, and trusts with more than $1 million in annual taxable income.
Documented position[4]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- YESS51001 (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.[5]
Biography
Monique Chandler-Waterman is the Democratic and Working Families Party Assembly Member for District 58 in Brooklyn and won re-election unopposed on November 3, 2026. A lifelong Brooklyn resident, she worked in community organizing, local nonprofit work and City Council outreach before winning a May 2022 special election to succeed N. Nick Perry, and was re-elected in 2022 and 2024.[1][2][3]
According to her official biography, Monique Chandler-Waterman was born January 14, 1981, and raised in East Flatbush, the daughter of Jamaican and Barbadian immigrants; Ballotpedia lists her birthplace as New York City.[1][2] She graduated from Boys and Girls High School, earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Berkeley College, and received an MBA from Metropolitan College of New York.[1][2]
Her official biography says she began organizing local block associations in 2005 and in 2008 co-founded a nonprofit providing academic, cultural, mental health and violence-prevention programs to families.[2] Ballotpedia says she founded a day care center and co-founded the nonprofit East Flatbush Village, Inc.[1] The biography lists her roles as Civilian Advisor for the NYPD's 67th Precinct, director of community outreach for then-City Council Member Jumaane Williams, and Outreach Director for New York City's Test & Trace Corps during the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]
Chandler-Waterman won a May 2022 special election to succeed N. Nick Perry in the Assembly, after his appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica, and was re-elected in the 2022 and 2024 general elections.[1][2] For the 2025-2026 session she serves on the Banks, Children and Families, Election Law, Higher Education, Housing, and Mental Health committees.[6] Her official biography lists her as co-chair of the Anti-Gun Violence Subcommittee of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus and of the Mental Health Subcommittee of the Black Legislative Taskforce, and as a participant in the Legislative Women's Caucus.[2]
Honors named in her official biography include the New York City Council's Shirley Chisholm Woman of Distinction Award, the Caribbean Life Impact 40 Under 40 Award and the UFT School Safety Award.[2] The biography says she lives in East Flatbush with her husband, Eric Waterman, and their four children.[2] She was unopposed in the November 3, 2026 general election, according to Wikipedia.[3]
Recent votes
| Date | Party line | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Increases the occupancy tax in the county of St. LawrenceS10029 · Passed Assembly 96–35 · official record ↗Democrats 65–23 · Republicans 31–12 |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to determining the capacity of a defendant to stand trialS1004-B · Passed Assembly 83–49 · official record ↗Democrats 83–6 · Republicans 0–43 |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the village of Croton-on-HudsonS10058-C · Passed Assembly 113–18 · official record ↗Democrats 87–1 · Republicans 26–17 |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealerS10643 · Passed Assembly 98–34 · official record ↗Democrats 85–4 · Republicans 13–30 |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Prohibits the use of restraints on incarcerated individuals during labor, absent extraordinary circumstances, and on pregnant persons during a custodial interrogationS2667-C · Passed Assembly 111–21 · official record ↗Democrats 87–2 · Republicans 24–19 |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Requires elections and terms of certain officials occur on even-numbered years except in the city of New YorkS5711-C · Passed Assembly 82–52 · official record ↗Democrats 82–9 · Republicans 0–43 |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Permits the town of Monroe to impose a hotel and motel taxS6047-A · Passed Assembly 95–36 · official record ↗Democrats 65–23 · Republicans 30–13 |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Authorizes an occupancy tax in the city of OneontaS6834-A · Passed Assembly 96–35 · official record ↗Democrats 66–22 · Republicans 30–13 |
Showing the 8 most recent of 26 votes.
All 26 recorded votes
| Date | Party line | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Increases the occupancy tax in the county of St. LawrenceS10029 · Passed Assembly 96–35 · official record ↗Democrats 65–23 · Republicans 31–12Increases the occupancy tax in the county of St. Lawrence from three to five percent. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to determining the capacity of a defendant to stand trialS1004-B · Passed Assembly 83–49 · official record ↗Democrats 83–6 · Republicans 0–43Provides for the use of restoration services when determining the capacity of a defendant to stand trial. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the village of Croton-on-HudsonS10058-C · Passed Assembly 113–18 · official record ↗Democrats 87–1 · Republicans 26–17Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the village of Croton-on-Hudson; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2031. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealerS10643 · Passed Assembly 98–34 · official record ↗Democrats 85–4 · Republicans 13–30Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Prohibits the use of restraints on incarcerated individuals during labor, absent extraordinary circumstances, and on pregnant persons during a custodial interrogationS2667-C · Passed Assembly 111–21 · official record ↗Democrats 87–2 · Republicans 24–19Prohibits the use of restraints on and the use of force against incarcerated individuals during labor and incarcerated individuals who have experienced different pregnancy outcomes, absent extraordinary circumstances, and on pregnant and post-pregnancy persons during a custodial interrogation; provides for certain exceptions for restraints to be used and in such case limits the use to wrist restraints. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Requires elections and terms of certain officials occur on even-numbered years except in the city of New YorkS5711-C · Passed Assembly 82–52 · official record ↗Democrats 82–9 · Republicans 0–43Requires certain elections take place in even-numbered years for certain municipal and judicial officials except in the city of New York. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Permits the town of Monroe to impose a hotel and motel taxS6047-A · Passed Assembly 95–36 · official record ↗Democrats 65–23 · Republicans 30–13Permits the town of Monroe to impose a hotel and motel tax; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Authorizes an occupancy tax in the city of OneontaS6834-A · Passed Assembly 96–35 · official record ↗Democrats 66–22 · Republicans 30–13Authorizes an occupancy tax in the city of Oneonta not to exceed 6%. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act and requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias programS6983-A · Passed Assembly 92–40 · official record ↗Democrats 89–0 · Republicans 3–40Establishes the New York dignity in pregnancy and childbirth act; requires hospitals and other facilities that provide perinatal care to implement an evidence-based implicit bias program for all health care providers involved in the perinatal care of patients within those facilities; requires the department of health to publish reports on maternal morbidity and pregnancy related deaths. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Authorizes the village of Atlantic Beach to impose a hotel, motel and beach club taxS7966-A · Passed Assembly 98–34 · official record ↗Democrats 68–21 · Republicans 30–13Authorizes the village of Atlantic Beach, county of Nassau to impose a three percent hotel, motel and beach club tax; defines "beach club" as a facility formed, organized or operated by any person, firm or corporation, located on or contiguous to an ocean beach, permitting sunbathing, swimming and other allied recreation activities, including such uses operated by a hotel, cooperative complex or other entity; makes related provisions. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Provides internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housingS8026-A · Passed Assembly 126–6 · official record ↗Democrats 89–0 · Republicans 37–6Provides WiFi service and internet access to all individuals residing in temporary housing; relates to funding for internet service under the ConnectAll digital equity grant program. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Authorizes the county of Putnam to lease certain lands used as parklandsS8852-C · Passed Assembly 123–8 · official record ↗Democrats 80–8 · Republicans 43–0Authorizes the county of Putnam to lease certain lands used as parklands in the town of Carmel for use as a cell tower for thirty years. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Authorizes the village of Ellicottville to impose a hotel and motel taxS9027 · Passed Assembly 97–34 · official record ↗Democrats 67–21 · Republicans 30–13Authorizes the village of Ellicottville to impose a hotel and motel tax not exceeding five percent of the per diem rental rate for each room. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of IthacaS9528-A · Passed Assembly 110–21 · official record ↗Democrats 87–1 · Republicans 23–20Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Ithaca; repeals authorization of such program on December 31, 2030. |
| 2026-06-05 | With partyvoted yes | Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel taxS9862-A · Passed Assembly 95–36 · official record ↗Democrats 65–23 · Republicans 30–13Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel tax at a rate of five percent. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Increases the distribution of revenue from extending the authorization for the hotel and motel taxes in Suffolk countyA11552 · Passed Assembly 117–24 · official record ↗Democrats 76–20 · Republicans 41–4Increases the distribution of revenue from extending the authorization for the hotel and motel taxes in Suffolk county; provides for the support of a not-for-profit organization that manages and owns the first lighthouse built in New York, a national register of historic places site in Suffolk county that has been named a national historic landmark and is a New York state historic site. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Enacts the responsible data center development actA11560 · Passed Assembly 103–38 · official record ↗Democrats 93–3 · Republicans 10–35Places a one year moratorium on the issuance of data center permits; requires utilities to establish an independent classification of service for large data centers; sets energy efficiency goals for data centers; provides for benefits for host communities; sets labor standards for the construction of data centers. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Enacts into law necessary legislation including extensions and technical correctionsA11561 · Passed Assembly 100–39 · official record ↗Democrats 93–2 · Republicans 7–37Extends the demonstration project and workgroup to reduce the use of temporary staffing agencies in residential healthcare facilities for a fifth year, until December 31, 2027 (Part A); extends the duration of certain brownfield redevelopment and remediation tax credits with respect to a site located at 1800 Park Avenue (Part B); makes technical corrections relating to extending the term and authority of the independent monitor for the Orange county IDA (Part C); extends the demonstration project and workgroup to reduce the use of temporary staffing agencies in residential healthcare facilities for a fifth year, until December 31, 2027 (Part D); makes technical corrections to section 11-3206 of the administrative code of the city of New York (Part E); provides for the temporary transfer of racing support payments (Part F). |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to the taxation of vapor productsA4619-B · Passed Assembly 135–6 · official record ↗Democrats 92–4 · Republicans 43–2Relates to the taxation of vapor products; provides for the licensing of vapor products distributors; imposes certain tax return filing requirements on vapor products distributors; provides for enforcement powers. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of AmsterdamS10196-A · Passed Assembly 118–23 · official record ↗Democrats 91–5 · Republicans 27–18Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Amsterdam; repeals authorization of such program on December 31, 2031. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of YonkersS10564 · Passed Assembly 118–23 · official record ↗Democrats 91–5 · Republicans 27–18Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Yonkers; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2031. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Authorizes the town of Greenburgh to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parklandS10611 · Passed Assembly 126–15 · official record ↗Democrats 88–8 · Republicans 38–7Authorizes the town of Greenburgh to alienate and discontinue the use of certain parkland and to lease such land to HESP Solar LLC for a term not to exceed twenty-five years. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to judicial districtsS10626 · Passed Assembly 95–46 · official record ↗Democrats 95–1 · Republicans 0–45Provides that in the fourth judicial department, three new districts, fourteen, fifteen and sixteen are added; makes related provisions. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to establishing minimum standards for payment plans for eligible customersS1327-A · Passed Assembly 100–39 · official record ↗Democrats 94–1 · Republicans 6–38Relates to establishing minimum standards for payment plans for eligible customers; requires the public service commission to set standards for payment plans for certain customers including reasonableness of agreements and timelines for payment; establishes eligibility. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Provides remedies for disrupted electionsS4602-B · Passed Assembly 93–48 · official record ↗Democrats 93–3 · Republicans 0–45Provides remedies for disrupted voting times and locations during elections; directs that the BOE extend voting to account for the disruption. |
| 2022-07-01 | Split partyvoted yes | Concealed Carry Improvement ActS51001 · Passed 90–52 · official record ↗Enacted after the Bruen decision: added training and character requirements for carry permits and barred guns in designated sensitive places. |
Albany votes: landmark laws since 2019, plus the 25 most recent 2025–26 roll calls where at least five members voted on the losing side, from the legislature’s official records. Party line is scored for 2025–26 votes only.
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- bill2025-01-15 · Prime sponsor of A02084, establishing a state Office of Gun Violence Prevention and gun violence advisory council. Referred to the Codes Committee; has not advanced out of committee as of January 2026.[7]
- bill2025-02-06 · Prime sponsor of A04735 ("Cariol's Law"), creating a duty for police and peace officers to intervene when they see another officer using excessive force. Amended twice and recommitted to the Codes Committee.[8]
- bill2025-03-21 · Prime sponsor of A07156, providing for indefinite suspension without pay of NYPD officers facing charges of incompetence or misconduct resulting in death or serious physical injury. Referred to the Governmental Employees Committee; has not advanced out of committee as of January 2026.[9]
- bill2025-03-21 · Prime sponsor of A07202, requiring police and peace officers executing a search warrant to wear an active, unobstructed body camera throughout the search. Referred to the Codes Committee; has not advanced out of committee as of January 2026.[10]
- bill2025-03-21 · Prime sponsor of A07225, assigning liability for monetary penalties from an illegal housing-unit conversion to the contractor and/or owner rather than the residents. Referred to the Cities Committee; has not advanced out of committee as of January 2026.[11]
- bill2025-03-21 · Prime sponsor of A07181, defining racial profiling in traffic stops and directing a state study of the practice. Referred to the Governmental Operations Committee; has not advanced out of committee as of January 2026.[12]
- actionServes on the Assembly's Banks, Children and Families, Election Law, Higher Education, Housing, and Mental Health committees for the 2025-2026 session.[13]
In their own words
Priorities
- "Truly affordable housing and policies that protect homeowners from predatory buyers."[14]
- "Quality public schools for all students throughout the district."[14]
- Police accountability, reflected in her sponsorship of numerous 2025-2026 bills addressing police body-worn cameras, duty-to-intervene requirements, racial profiling in traffic stops, and officer discipline.[7][8][9][10][12]
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Where they stood out
Voted with most of their party on all 100 party-divided votes on file.
Their votes on the most contested roll calls
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
- Yes
Facilitates appellate review of rulings that implicate issues of public concern
With most of their party · Passed Assembly 81–56 · Yes 81–No 56 · Democrats 81–11, Republicans 0–45
May 18, 2026Official record ↗
- Yes
Relates to requirements for the provision of medication for medical aid in dying
With most of their party · Passed Assembly 83–62 · Yes 83–No 62 · Democrats 83–17, Republicans 0–45
Feb 4, 2026Official record ↗
- Yes
With most of their party · Passed Assembly 83–53 · Yes 83–No 53 · Democrats 83–9, Republicans 0–44
Apr 28, 2026Official record ↗
- Yes
With most of their party · Passed Assembly 83–61 · Yes 83–No 61 · Democrats 83–17, Republicans 0–44
Mar 31, 2026Official record ↗
- Yes
With most of their party · Passed Assembly 82–52 · Yes 82–No 52 · Democrats 82–9, Republicans 0–43
Jun 5, 2026Official record ↗
Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Monique Chandler-Waterman · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
- 2.Assemblymember Monique Chandler-Waterman — Biography (NY State Assembly) · New York State Assembly Official record
- 3.2026 New York State Assembly election · Wikipedia · 2026-11-09 Reference
- 4.Bill A08953 - Fair Share Act · New York State Assembly Official record
- 5.Assembly floor vote: S51001 — Concealed Carry Improvement Act · New York State Assembly · 2022-07-01 Official record
- 6.Monique Chandler-Waterman - Committee Membership · New York State Assembly Official record
- 7.Bill A02084 - Office of Gun Violence Prevention · New York State Assembly Official record
- 8.Bill A04735 - Cariol's Law · New York State Assembly Official record
- 9.Bill A07156 - Indefinite suspension of NYPD officers pending misconduct charges · New York State Assembly Official record
- 10.Bill A07202 - Body cameras during execution of search warrants · New York State Assembly Official record
- 11.Bill A07225 - Liability for illegal housing unit conversions · New York State Assembly Official record
- 12.Bill A07181 - Racial profiling in traffic stops · New York State Assembly Official record
- 13.Monique Chandler-Waterman - Committee Membership · New York State Assembly Official record
- 14.Monique For NY - About Monique · Monique Chandler-Waterman for Assembly Candidate's own words