Albany, NY — Senator Brian Kavanagh and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon announced today that their BQE Overweight Truck bill (S2740B/A2316) was signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul. The new law authorizes a pilot program along I-278 in Brooklyn allowing...

Brooklyn, NY – Senator Brian Kavanagh, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon and Councilmember Stephen Levin were joined by representatives of the offices of Congressmember Nydia Velázquez and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams along with community leaders...

Brooklyn, NY – Earlier today, Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY) and New York State Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon held a press conference to voice their concerns with the City’s Gowanus Neighborhood Rezoning Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)....

CONTACTNoah Walker, 501-529-6178, noah@senatorgounardes.nycSusannah Pasquantonio, 718-246-4889, pasquantonios@nyassembly.gov Brooklyn, NY – State Senator Andrew Gounardes and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon announced yesterday that Governor Andrew Cuomo...

Albany, NY – Senator Brian Kavanagh and Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon announced today that their BQE Truck Weight bill (S2740B/A2316) has passed both the New York State Assembly and Senate and will now head to the Governor’s desk for signature. The...

Albany, NY – On Thursday, May 6th, 2021, Assemblymembers Jo Anne Simon, Robert Carroll and Harvey Epstein, and Senators John Brooks, Robert Jackson, Zellnor Myrie, and Brad Hoylman will host the 6th Annual Dyslexia Awareness Day. Over 200 students with...

Washington, D.C. – One year into COVID-19, five states are working on legislation to prevent future pandemics. Currently, 75% of emerging infectious diseases, such as COVID-19, originate in animals. These diseases have drastically increased in recent...

Senate Judiciary Chair Brad Hoylman (D/WF-Manhattan) and Assembly Member Jo Anne Simon (D/WF-Brooklyn) announced today that they will be convening a roundtable discussion on Tuesday, August 18 about the impact of COVID-19 on recent law school graduates,...

New York – Today, the New York State Board of Law Examiners canceled the September 9-10 administration of the New York Bar Exam in response to COVID-19 concerns.While this decision avoids the immediate disaster of potential “superspreader”...

Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon issued this statement in response to the NYC curfew: “Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio have agreed to impose a curfew on New York City residents. The curfew began last night from 11:00 P.M. to 5:00 A.M., and today,...

Dear Neighbors & Friends, The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25th by a police officer was painful and tragic because it is far too commonplace. We have to do our part to speak out against and break down structural racism – and to...

Albany, NY – On March 4th, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (D-Brooklyn) and Senator John Brooks (D-Long Island) hosted the 5th Annual Dyslexia Awareness Day in Albany. Over 100 students, parents, educators, and advocates from across the state brought...

Link to survey Link to survey results Why do the elevators at the Clark St 2/3 need to be replaced?MTA NYC Transit (NYCT) will replace the elevators due to safety reasons & the age of the elevators The elevators were built in 1919 & 1931, and only...

New York – Senators Brian Kavanagh and Brad Hoylman, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, the authors of New York’s new Extreme Risk Protection Order law (ERPO, also known as the “Red Flag” law), announced that, after years of advocacy, the...

Brooklyn, NY – Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon released the following statement on the Child Victims Act (A.2683) and the one-year “look-back window” that went into effect in New York State on August 14th, 2019 and closes on August 13th, 2020:...

Brooklyn, NY – Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon released the following statement in response to her “red flag” bill which goes into effect in New York State this month, the President’s mischaracterization of “red flag” laws,...

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (D-Brooklyn) announced she helped pass legislation in the Assembly to expand New York City’s successful school zone speed camera program to better protect students and their families and hold reckless...

Albany, NY – On March 14th, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (D-Brooklyn) and Senator John E. Brooks (D-Long Island) hosted the 4th Annual Dyslexia Awareness Day. Students with dyslexia, parents, educators, and advocates from across the state brought...

Albany, NY – On Thursday, March 14th, 2019, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon (D-Brooklyn) and Senator John E. Brooks (D-Long Island) will host the 4th Annual Dyslexia Awareness Day in Albany. Students with dyslexia, parents, educators, and advocates...