Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal Bill Protecting Students with Allergies Becomes Law
Sep 18, 2023
New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) announced today that her bill to provide teachers with informational materials on the use of epinephrine auto-injectors was signed into law by the Governor. The bill requires that all...
Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal Celebrates Passage of Reproductive Privacy Bills in the Budget
May 1, 2023
New, York, NY – New York State Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF -Manhattan) heralded the passage of her legislation regulating the advertisement, collection and dissemination of an individual’s reproductive health data within the Health and...
Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal Reports Housing Access Voucher Program in First Housing Committee Meeting
Feb 14, 2023
New York, NY – Today, in her first meeting as Chair of the Committee on Housing, Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF -Manhattan) reported the landmark Housing Access Voucher Program (HAVP). The bill, A.4201, sponsored by Assemblymember...
Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal Statement on her Appointment as Chair of the New York State Assembly Committee on Housing
Jan 4, 2023
I am honored to be appointed the new Chair of the New York State Assembly Committee on Housing by Speaker Carl Heastie. Housing has always been deeply personal to me. Years ago, my landlord tried to evict my grandmother and me from our rent-regulated...
Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal Bill to Protect Children from Window Blind Strangulation Signed into Law
Dec 29, 2022
New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF - Manhattan) today announced that her bill, Brendan’s Law, named after 2-year-old Brendan McCarthy, who died in 2010 after becoming entangled in the cord of a window blind, has been signed...
Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal Bill Prohibiting Co-Payments for Visits to Addiction Treatment Programs Signed into Law
Dec 22, 2022
New York, NY - Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) today announced that her legislation, bill A.372, prohibiting private insurance companies from imposing co-payments on every patient visit to an opioid treatment program was signed into...
Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal Announces Signing of Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Legislation
Dec 16, 2022
New York, NY - Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) announced today that her legislation (A.5653), the New York Cruelty-Free Cosmetics Act, has been signed into law. The law will prohibit the manufacture and sale of cosmetics in New York...
Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal Groundbreaking Bill to Ban Sale of Dogs, Cats, and Rabbits in Pet Stores Statewide Signed into Law
Dec 15, 2022
New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) today announced that her groundbreaking legislation to end the puppy mill pipeline in New York State has been signed into law. The law prohibits the sale of dogs, cats and rabbits from...
Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal Bill to Educate Childcare Providers, Pregnant Patients on Cytomegalovirus Dangers Signed into Law
Nov 28, 2022
New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) today announced that her legislation requiring the state to develop and distribute informational materials on the dangers and prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) to childcare providers,...
Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal Announces Signing of Legislation to Help Domestic Violence Survivors Easily Leave Shared Phone, Cable and Utility Contracts
Oct 18, 2022
New York, NY – Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) announced today that her bill allowing survivors of domestic violence to easily opt out of phone, cable and utility contracts shared with their abuser and have their name modified or...
