NY State Assembly · District 74

• 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.

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.

• action2026-02-03 · Won the February 3, 2026 special general election for Assembly District 74 with 82.5% of the vote against Joseph Foley (R, C).[1]
• action2019 · As a City Council member, helped negotiate a rent reduction for senior tenants at Waterside Plaza in 2019.[2]
• legalAs a City Council member, joined Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village tenants in a successful lawsuit to maintain rent stabilization for the complex's residents.[2]
• billAs a City Council member, passed legislation preventing housing discrimination and protecting renters from rent overcharges.[2]

• ✓SupportsStronger rent regulation and tenant protections

  As a City Council member, passed legislation to prevent housing discrimination and protect renters from overcharges, negotiated a rent reduction for Waterside Plaza senior tenants, and joined Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village tenants in a successful lawsuit to preserve their buildings' rent stabilization.[2]

• ✓SupportsLoosen zoning rules to build more housing

  Has led efforts to convert underused office buildings to housing, including a rezoning enabling conversions in Midtown South.[2]

  “He has been leading the charge on office conversions to housing, including a new rezoning in Midtown South.”

• Converting office space to housing, including new rezoning to allow conversions in Midtown South.[2]
• Preventing housing discrimination and protecting tenants from rent overcharges.[2]
• Defending rent stabilization for tenants against attempts to weaken it.[2]

• A lifelong Manhattan resident, born and raised in Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, where he still lives; a third-generation resident of the complex.[2]
• Earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Dayton and an M.A. in political science from the CUNY Graduate Center.[3]
• Before elected office, was vice president of government-relations firm Constantinople & Vallone Consulting; earlier served as chief of staff to then-Assemblyman Jonathan Bing and as campaign manager for state Sen. Liz Krueger.[3]
• Served on the New York City Council from 2018 to 2025, including as Majority Leader, before being term-limited out.[2]
• Won the February 3, 2026 special election for Assembly District 74 with 82.5% of the vote.[1]

• ✕OpposesKeep congestion pricing in Manhattan

  Campaign platform calls for repealing congestion pricing and the tolls that come with it.[4]

  “Repeal Congestion pricing and tolls”

• ✓SupportsIncrease police funding and staffing

  Campaign platform calls for restoring public safety and rolling back bail-reform policies she says have made communities less safe.[4]

  “Restoring public safety, bail reform, and ending policies that make communities less safe”

• ✕OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporations

  Campaign platform frames small businesses as burdened by excessive regulation and taxes, and criticizes what she calls "failed socialist policies" as harmful to New York.[4]

  “Fighting back against socialism and failed socialist policies that wreck New York”

• Restoring public safety and reversing bail-reform policies she says have made communities less safe.[4]
• Supporting small businesses she says are burdened by excessive regulation and taxes.[4]
• Repealing congestion pricing and related tolls.[4]
• Passing e-bike safety regulations, which she calls "Priscilla's Law."[4]
• Reforming state guardianship laws and homeless-services/NGO oversight.[4]

• Born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.[4]
• Describes herself as a community advocate, Republican district leader, small business owner and author.[4]
• Says she has spent decades doing nonprofit-partnership and community-outreach work, including donating backpacks and school supplies and helping secure direct assistance for NYC families.[4]
• Says she has assisted NYCHA tenants with apartment-repair backlog issues and received the President's Volunteer Service Award and a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.[4]