NY State Assembly · District 75

• 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.

• actionAssembly committee assignments for 2025-2026: Corporations, Authorities and Commissions; Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry; Environmental Conservation; Governmental Operations; Labor; and Social Services.[2]
• bill2025-03-31 · Unveiled a bill to legalize year-round outdoor dining statewide, working with restaurant owners, business improvement districts and advocates.[4]
• action2025-03-20 · With Council Member Erik Bottcher, proposed amending the state's General Project Plan for the Penn Station area to add affordable housing and green space to the neighborhood surrounding Penn Station.[5]
• action2025-04-14 · With Assemblymember Alex Bores and State Senator Rachel May, called for transitioning New York's property tax structure to a Land Value Tax to address the housing affordability crisis.[6]
• action2026-02-10 · Issued a public statement opposing the removal of a Gilbert Baker Rainbow Flag from the Stonewall National Monument.[7]

• ✓SupportsStronger rent regulation and tenant protections

  Supports good-cause eviction protections and rent protections for market-rate housing.[2]

  “I support good cause eviction, rent protections for market rate housing, bills to protect tenants, & housing for people who are homeless, low- & middle- income w/o subsidizing developers.”

• ✓SupportsFaster transition away from fossil fuels

  Supports public renewable energy, improved mass transit and all-electric buildings.[2]

  “NYS needs a radical green agenda. I support public renewable energy, improved mass transit, all electric buildings, and will work to improve water & air quality.”

• ✓SupportsProtect legal access to abortion

  Says he has a track record fighting for reproductive choice.[2]

• Civil rights, racial and economic justice, including reproductive choice, LGBTQ+ equality and immigrant rights.[2]
• Housing: supports good-cause eviction, rent protections for market-rate housing, and tenant-protection bills, along with housing for homeless and low/middle-income residents.[2]
• Climate change: supports public renewable energy, improved mass transit, and all-electric buildings.[2]
• Public safety: released a plan addressing illegal guns from other states, community-police relations, the mental health crisis, and youth programs.[2]

• Born in Queens, New York, the son of a mother born in Peru and a father from Astoria; his father drove taxis and trucks and his grandfather was a Teamsters union delegate.[3]
• Earned a BA in political science and a BS in applied economics from Hofstra University (1994) and an MPA from Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs (2001).[2][3]
• Worked as a legislative aide to state Sen. Catherine Abate and to then-City Councilmember Christine Quinn, and as a special assistant in the office of NYS Comptroller H. Carl McCall.[2][3]
• Served as deputy director of the northeast regional office of People for the American Way, where he organized for immigrant and LGBT rights, then as Director of Community Outreach for the NYC Council under Speaker Christine Quinn, directing volunteer relief efforts after Superstorm Sandy.[3]
• Most recently served as Director of External Affairs for Friends of Hudson River Park before his 2022 election to the Assembly.[2][3]

• ✓SupportsLoosen zoning rules to build more housing

  Says she will work to reduce burdensome regulations, encourage responsible development, and promote solutions that expand housing supply.[8]

  “I will work to reduce burdensome regulations, encourage responsible development, and promote solutions that expand housing supply.”

• ✓SupportsIncrease police funding and staffing

  Says she will support policies that restore law and order and give law enforcement tools to hold repeat offenders accountable.[8]

  “I will support policies that restore law and order, hold repeat offenders accountable, and ensure our neighborhoods, subways, and streets are safe for families, workers, and visitors.”

• ✕OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporations

  Campaigns on reducing taxes and regulations rather than raising them, to lower the cost of living.[8]

  “I will fight to reduce taxes, cut unnecessary regulations, and support small businesses so that hardworking New Yorkers can keep more of what they earn and afford to live and work in our state.”

• ~MixedExpand public health coverage

  Supports increasing healthcare competition and access while opposing government control of medical decisions, without endorsing an expansion of public coverage specifically.[8]

  “I support policies that increase competition, access to care, and reduce costs while ensuring patients and doctors, not government bureaucrats, are making healthcare decisions.”

• Public safety: supports policies to "restore law and order," hold repeat offenders accountable, and secure neighborhoods, subways and streets.[8]
• Cost of living: wants to reduce taxes, cut regulations and support small businesses.[8]
• Housing: wants to reduce regulations, encourage responsible development and expand housing supply.[8]

• A lifelong New Yorker and award-winning opera singer, actress, and television host with a decades-long international career, having performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.[8]
• Says her great-grandfather, Rocco Maria Marasco, previously served as a New York State Assemblyman.[8]
• Founder of the Cristina Fontanelli Foundation, a nonprofit supporting young performers and expanding access to the arts.[8]