Ballotpedia, Carl Heastie

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As a state assembly member, supported raising the minimum wage.

As chair of the Assembly Labor Committee, authored and passed the 2010 Wage Theft Prevention Act.

As a state assembly member, passed the Wage Theft Prevention Act, which requires employers to give new hires a written notice of their wage. 

As a state assembly member, negotiated and passed a law allowing workers to take up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a newborn, sick relative, or address family military service issues.

As a state assembly member, advocated for up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a newborn, sick relative, or address family military service issues.

As Assembly Speaker, Heastie helped pass a law making it easier to take legal action for sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace.

As a state assembly member, helped pass a law making it easier to take legal action for sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace.

- As a state assembly member, supported raising the minimum wage.
- As a state assembly member, passed the Wage Theft Prevention Act, which requires employers to give new hires a written notice of their wage. 
- As a state assembly member, advocated for up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a newborn, sick relative, or address family military service issues.
- As a state assembly member, helped pass a law making it easier to take legal action for sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace.

Economy

Supports ambitious climate goals, including an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and 100% emissions-free electricity by 2040.

As a state assembly member, passed legislation supporting an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and 100% emissions-free electricity by 2040.

As a state legislator, was instrumental in passing the Clean Water Infrastructure Act of 2017, a $2.5 billion initiative to protect access to safe drinking water.

As a state assembly member, supported the Clean Water Infrastructure Act to protect access to safe drinking water.

As a state assembly member, secured a ban on most single-use plastic bags in the 2019-20 state budget and passed legislation to prohibit offshore oil and gas drilling in state coastal waters.

As a state assembly member, secured a ban on most single-use plastic bags and passed legislation to prohibit offshore oil and gas drilling in state coastal waters.

- As a state assembly member, passed legislation supporting an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and 100% emissions-free electricity by 2040.
- As a state assembly member, supported the Clean Water Infrastructure Act to protect access to safe drinking water.
- As a state assembly member, secured a ban on most single-use plastic bags and passed legislation to prohibit offshore oil and gas drilling in state coastal waters.

Energy & the Environment

As of September 19, 2024, Carl E. Heastie’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Healthcare

Voting & Elections

Believes additional measures are needed to reduce gun violence.

Supports raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18.

Supports gun control measures including the extreme risk protection order (ERPO) or Red Flag law, banning bump stocks, ensuring background checks for gun purchasers, banning undetectable guns, and requiring safe storage of firearms in homes with children.

As a state assembly member, supported gun control such as implementing a red flag law, banning bump stocks, ensuring background checks for gun purchasers, banning undetectable guns, and requiring safe storage of firearms in homes with children.

As a state assembly member, passed a law eliminating cash bail.

- Believes additional measures are needed to reduce gun violence.
- Supports raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18.
- As a state assembly member, supported gun control such as implementing a red flag law, banning bump stocks, ensuring background checks for gun purchasers, banning undetectable guns, and requiring safe storage of firearms in homes with children.
- As a state assembly member, passed a law eliminating cash bail.

Public Safety

Supports increasing funding for college opportunity programs, community college aid, capital improvements, and child care services on public campuses.

As a state assembly member, increased funding for college opportunity programs, community college aid, capital improvements, and childcare services on public campuses.

As a state assembly member, opposed tying teacher and principal evaluations to standardized test scores.

As a state assembly member, created the Excelsior Scholarship program, which provides free college tuition at state universities and colleges for low- and middle-income students.

- As a state assembly member, increased funding for college opportunity programs, community college aid, capital improvements, and childcare services on public campuses.
- As a state assembly member, opposed tying teacher and principal evaluations to standardized test scores.
- As a state assembly member, created the Excelsior Scholarship program, which provides free college tuition at state universities and colleges for low- and middle-income students.

Education

As a state assembly member, supported increased funding to create affordable housing.

- As a state assembly member, supported increased funding to create affordable housing.

Housing & Urban Development

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As of September 19, 2024, Stephanie Liggio’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports implementing a state ballot initiative process.

- Supports implementing a state ballot initiative process.

Advocates for rescinding the Bail Reform Act, which created more conditions and designated more crimes that allowed for imposition of cash bail.

- Advocates for rescinding the Bail Reform Act, which created more conditions and designated more crimes that allowed for imposition of cash bail.

Supports increasing parental input in education.

- Supports increasing parental input in education.

Stephanie Liggio

- 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.  