Assemblymember Grace Lee

Grace has a bachelor's degree from Columbia University and a master's in business administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Grace co-founded Children First, a parent-led coalition demanding the safe cleanup of a mercury brownfield in the seaport. She lives in Lower Manhattan with her husband and 3 children.

Ballotpedia: Grace Lee

Grace Lee is a member of assembly for State Assembly District 65. She was first elected in 2020 and is serving her 2nd term. She previously ran for state assembly in 2018 but did not win.

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Supports expanding contracting opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses.

Supports a "progressive millionaires’ tax," a pied-à-terre tax on second homes in NYC worth $5 million or more, and a 1% income tax on corporations headquartered in NYC with over $1 billion in revenue.

- Supports expanding contracting opportunities for minority and women-owned businesses.
- Supports a "progressive millionaires’ tax," a pied-à-terre tax on second homes in NYC worth $5 million or more, and a 1% income tax on corporations headquartered in NYC with over $1 billion in revenue.

Economy

Supports taking action on climate change.

Supports taking action on climate change, saying "changing climate is not a distant or abstract threat . . . [we] must take bold steps on climate adaptation and transitioning to an emissions-free economy."

- Supports taking action on climate change, saying "changing climate is not a distant or abstract threat . . . [we] must take bold steps on climate adaptation and transitioning to an emissions-free economy."

Energy & the Environment

Supports abortion and believes reproductive health decisions should be between a patient and their doctor.

Supports abortion access and believes reproductive health decisions should be between a patient and their doctor.

Supports incorporating trained mental health professionals into emergency response and expanding the B-HEARD program to improve outcomes and reduce police workload.

- Supports abortion access and believes reproductive health decisions should be between a patient and their doctor.
- Supports incorporating trained mental health professionals into emergency response and expanding the B-HEARD program to improve outcomes and reduce police workload.

Healthcare

As of June 8, 2025, Grace Lee’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Believes in preventing violence through community-based foot patrols and supports holding law enforcement accountable and strengthening safeguards against implicit bias.

Believes in community-based policing, holding law enforcement accountable, and strengthening safeguards against implicit bias.

- Believes in community-based policing, holding law enforcement accountable, and strengthening safeguards against implicit bias.

Public Safety

Supports providing universal child care for all families, regardless of immigration status.

Supports tracking child literacy early and increasing funding to hire more reading and literacy counselors to intervene before third grade.

- Supports providing universal child care for all families, regardless of immigration status.
- Supports tracking child literacy early and increasing funding to hire more reading and literacy counselors to intervene before third grade.

Education

Supports creating long-term supportive housing programs to reduce homelessness and improve quality of life.

Supports public transportation, saying, "For every $1 invested in transit, New York receives $5 of economic activity."

Opposes renewing the 421-a tax abatement, calling it a "giveaway to luxury developers," and advocates for housing programs that ensure "truly affordable housing" for working families.

- Supports creating long-term supportive housing programs to reduce homelessness and improve quality of life.
- Supports public transportation, saying, "For every $1 invested in transit, New York receives $5 of economic activity."
- Opposes renewing the 421-a tax abatement, calling it a "giveaway to luxury developers," and advocates for housing programs that ensure "truly affordable housing" for working families.

Housing & Urban Development

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Grace Lee

- Your assembly member is involved in the legislative process at the state level as part of the New York State Assembly, which consists of 150 members and serves as the lower house of the New York State Legislature.  
- Assembly members are responsible for representing your interests and assisting you with navigating state services while bringing resources back to your district.  
- Assembly members draft laws, approve budgets, oversee the state executive branch, and engage in debates and votes on proposed legislation.  
- In addition to drafting and voting on bills, your assembly member can serve on committees, where many bills may be delayed before reaching a vote.  
- Assembly members are elected for a two-year term with no term limits.  
- Their annual salary is $142,000.  