Jaime Williams

• 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.
• 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.

• actionChairs the Assembly's Real Property Taxation Committee (2023-2024 and 2025-2026 sessions); also serves on the Agriculture, Environmental Conservation, Governmental Operations, and Transportation committees.[2]
• bill2025-01-30 · Prime sponsor of A03887, which would give a 50% discount on Manhattan central business district tolls, fees, and other congestion-pricing charges to residents of designated transit deserts; referred to the Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee, no floor vote as of September 2026.[5]
• bill2025-01-30 · Prime sponsor of A03856, which would require the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority to reimburse transit-desert residents 100% of central business district tolls when traveling for medical treatment or religious services; referred to committee, no floor vote as of September 2026.[6]

• ✕OpposesKeep congestion pricing in Manhattan

  Prime sponsor of two 2025-2026 bills that would discount or reimburse Manhattan central business district tolls for residents of designated 'transit deserts,' reducing the reach of the congestion pricing program.[5][6]

• ✓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]

• Williams holds a bachelor's degree in social work from York College and a master's degree in social work from Fordham University, and later earned a CASAC-T certificate (Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor) from Kingsborough Community College.[3]
• She has more than eight years of experience counseling women and children who were victims of domestic violence, and clients who were HIV-positive with a history of substance abuse.[3]
• She served as Community Project Director for Brooklyn East at Catholic Charities, providing outreach programs in Brownsville, East New York, Canarsie, and Mill Basin, and worked with Catholic Charities on relief efforts after Superstorm Sandy.[3]
• She is a past member of the 69th Precinct Community Council, the Mill Basin Civic Association, and Brooklyn Community Board 18, and is a member of NYC's Community Emergency Response Team (CERT).[3]