Currently holds the office of New York State Assembly - District 52 until January 8, 2025.
Candidate for New York State Assembly - District 52 in 2024 New York General Election.
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Get StartedJo Anne helped pass a historic package of women’s rights bills, including codifying Roe v. Wade into state law to ensure a woman’s right to an abortion in New York well in advance of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs. Learn more
The national dialogue and action coming from DC are moving us backward in terms of basic empathy and equal rights for everyone, including the disability and LGBTQ communities. And yes, at every level of government, preserving our democracy is key. Learn more
She’s worked hard to increase access to voting and to modernize our voting system and will continue to advocate reforming the Board of Elections. Learn more
She recently passed a landmark bill in the Assembly to ensure that everyone in prison without a high school diploma is screened for dyslexia, so that we can break the school-to-prison pipeline. She was a strong supporter of the recently enacted Clean Slate Act and champions fair and timely parole and granting parole for older people who have already served significant time. Learn more
The challenges of climate change, widespread pollution, and the disproportionate burden it places on communities of color cannot be met with half measures. We need bold and big measures to reduce climate change, and that’s one of the reasons she supports the shift to public power so that our utilities and electric generation are publicly owned and renewable. Learn more
Jo Anne sponsored a major piece of legislation establishing a “red flag” law to help family members, law enforcement, and school officials prevent gun tragedies and has supported enhancements to the law, to increase public education and improve implementation. She spearheaded the effort to establish New York’s first-ever firearms violence research institute. Learn more
Jo Anne will continue to push for more and more deeply affordable housing in development projects, where the community’s needs have too often been given short-shrift. Learn more
Jo Anne has advocated for community input, responsible city planning, and real affordable housing in new development projects. She fought to bring affordability and accountability to the Atlantic Yards project (which still hasn’t delivered its promised affordable housing or open space). Learn more
Jo Anne has advocated for multiple fair and sustainable sources of funding for the MTA to fix the subway crisis. Learn more
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