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View All Press ReleasesAssembly Member Rebecca Seawright Appointed Chair of Aging Committee
Jan 9, 2025
NYS Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie today named Rebecca Seawright as Chair of the Aging Committee. The standing committee oversees legislation affecting New York's older adults' quality of life and independence. It is also charged with legislative and budgetary...
Seawright Bill to Address Urgent Staffing Crisis for People with Disabilities Passes Both Houses
Jun 10, 2024
Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright announced the passage of her legislation in both houses to require reporting by the Commissioner of the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) on staffing and other issues causing the continued displacement...
Statement on Congestion Pricing Pause
Jun 6, 2024
Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright issued the following statement: We can all agree on the goals of the congestion pricing enacting legislation. There is a critical need to reduce congestion, decrease pollution, and fund vital capital projects. At the...
Assembly Member Rebecca A. Seawright Honors "Women of Distinction" at 2024 Awards
May 31, 2024
Assembly Honors Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day with Passage of Legislation Expanding Access to Employment and Benefits
May 22, 2024
Chair of People with Disabilities Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright Announced Passage of Legislative Disability Awareness Day Package
May 22, 2024
Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright announced the passage of legislation and resolutions in honor of Legislative Disabilities Awareness Day that will both improve lives and ensure the state is doing its part to achieve equity for people with disabilities....
Assembly Member Seawright Calls for Sheriff's Inspection and Closure of Unlicensed Cannabis Retail Shops
May 1, 2024
Seawright Condemns Antisemitism and Support for Terrorism at Columbia and NYU Protests
May 1, 2024
I am deeply distressed by the many reports of blatant antisemitism and expressions of support for terrorism by some protestors at Columbia University, New York University and at other colleges in New York and elsewhere. There is absolutely no excuse for...
Local Elected Officials Win Battle Against 32-Foot Sidewalk Cell Towers
Feb 9, 2024
New York – Carnegie Hill Neighbors today celebrated this week’s State Historic Preservation Office’s decision to advise against adding the final planned CityBridge sidewalk cell tower in the neighborhood. The massive, out-of-scale, and unnecessary...
