New York State Assembly Member, 45th A.D.

I did grassroots community work in Brighton Beach, and held leadership positions at North Brooklyn Development Corporation and Met Council.

Bachelor's degree from C.W. Post College, master’s degree in social work (MSW) from Adelphi University and law degree from Brooklyn Law School.

Deputy Commissioner of Development at the NYC Dept. of Housing Preservation & Development, and Director of Intergovernmental Relations at NYCHA.

I’ve worked as a full-time Assembly Member for 20 years, proudly representing a southern Brooklyn district that is home to a large immigrant community and one of the state’s largest senior populations. As Chair of the Assembly Housing Committee, I fight for affordable/supportive housing, played a key role in the passage of the strongest tenant protection law in NYS and helped expand the rent freeze program and property tax exemptions for seniors and people with disabilities. I helped secure hundreds of millions of dollars for NYCHA and wrote the law that created the COVID Rent Relief Program to help renters and homeowners. My office is a one-stop help center that solves individual and community-wide problems.