Dana Levenberg earned a bachelor's degree from Brown University. She is a married mother.

Dana previously worked in advertising and TV production.

Dana served in the New York State Assembly for District 95 since 2023.


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Dana also voted to increase New York’s minimum wage and tie it to inflation to protect the value of people’s paychecks.

On the Issues

Dana fought to protect state funding for our schools and helped create breathing room in family budgets by voting for universal school meals, an expanded child tax credit, and lower state tax rates for middle-income households.

She will continue to support workers and their right to collectively bargain for higher wages and better workplace standards.

Moreover, recognizing that affordable child care is necessary to keep many workers in our workforce, Dana has worked to increase state funding for child care assistance and support for child care workers’ wages.

Voted to increase New York’s minimum wage and tie it to inflation.

Voted for universal school meals, an expanded child tax credit, and lower state tax rates for middle-income households.

Supports workers’ right to collectively bargain for higher wages and workplace standards.

Supports increased state funding for child care assistance and child care workers’ wages.

- Voted to increase New York’s minimum wage and tie it to inflation.
- Voted for universal school meals, an expanded child tax credit, and lower state tax rates for middle-income households.
- Supports workers’ right to collectively bargain for higher wages and workplace standards.
- Supports increased state funding for child care assistance and child care workers’ wages.

Economy

She is also the legislative sponsor for the New York State Compost Coalition, leading efforts to decrease food waste and the associated emissions.

Dana also co-sponsors legislation to keep our air, water, food and clothing safe from forever chemicals like PFAS, as well as legislation to enact a stronger data center moratorium.

She will also continue pushing for legislation like the New York Home Energy Affordable Transition (NY HEAT) Act, which would cap energy bills at 6% of a low- to middle-income household’s monthly income, end New York’s remaining fossil fuel subsidies, and develop a transition plan to reduce the state’s reliance on natural gas.

First-Year Assemblywoman Dana Levenberg Has Productive First Session

Dana understands that climate change is real, and that the costs of ignoring it are getting higher with increasingly damaging storms, heatwaves, wildfires, and more. Dana sponsors multiple pieces of legislation that will lower energy costs while also supporting a transition away from fossil fuels.

With solar energy now being the cheapest form of energy, she sponsors legislation to make it easier to put solar panels in locations like parking lots, and co-sponsors legislation like the SUNNY Act which will make it easier for New Yorkers to produce their own energy using plug-in solar.

Dana co-sponsored the Climate Change Superfund Act, legislation to make corporate polluters pay for their environmental damage.

During every state budget negotiation, Dana pushes for funding to make our infrastructure more resilient in the face of a changing climate, securing funds such as $20 million for resiliency projects along Metro-North’s Hudson Line.

By sponsoring the “Save the Hudson” law and opposing unlimited barges on the Hudson River, Dana has taken action to protect our local economy, especially economic interests that depend on a clean and healthy Hudson River.

Advocates reducing food waste and related emissions as the legislative sponsor of the New York State Compost Coalition.

Advocates reducing food waste and related emissions.

Co-sponsors legislation for a stronger data center moratorium.

Co-sponsoring legislation for a stricter data center moratorium.

Plans to pursue the New York Home Energy Affordable Transition Act, which caps certain household energy bills and reduces reliance on natural gas.

Sponsors legislation to reduce energy costs and transition away from fossil fuels.

Sponsors legislation to ease solar-panel installation in parking lots and co-sponsors the SUNNY Act to enable plug-in solar generation.

Co-sponsored the Climate Change Superfund Act to require corporate polluters to pay for environmental damage.

Pushes for climate-resilient infrastructure funding, including $20 million for resiliency projects along Metro-North’s Hudson Line.

Co-sponsors legislation to protect air, water, food, and clothing from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Sponsored the “Save the Hudson” law and opposes unlimited barge traffic on the Hudson River.

- Advocates reducing food waste and related emissions.
- Co-sponsoring legislation for a stricter data center moratorium.
- Plans to pursue the New York Home Energy Affordable Transition Act, which caps certain household energy bills and reduces reliance on natural gas.
- Sponsors legislation to reduce energy costs and transition away from fossil fuels.
- Sponsors legislation to ease solar-panel installation in parking lots and co-sponsors the SUNNY Act to enable plug-in solar generation.
- Co-sponsored the Climate Change Superfund Act to require corporate polluters to pay for environmental damage.
- Pushes for climate-resilient infrastructure funding, including $20 million for resiliency projects along Metro-North’s Hudson Line.
- Co-sponsors legislation to protect air, water, food, and clothing from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
- Sponsored the “Save the Hudson” law and opposes unlimited barge traffic on the Hudson River.

Energy & the Environment

She has also supported efforts to address opioid addiction and co-occurring disorders, both through the budget process and by providing grants to organizations such as the Harris Project.

In addition to her prime-sponsored legislation, Levenberg was a co- or multi-sponsor of 63 additional bills that passed both houses, including: A bill requiring health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover biomarker testing (A1673A).

She proudly co-sponsored the second passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, which put New York’s existing protections for reproductive freedom and against discrimination into the state constitution in 2024.

Healthcare is a human right, and getting to universal healthcare – including mental health coverage – is a priority for Dana. She supports passing the New York Health Act and other measures, like Coverage for All, to ensure that all New Yorkers have access to equitable, comprehensive health care.

Supports funding and grants to address opioid addiction and co-occurring disorders.

Co-sponsored House Bill (A) 1673A to require health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover biomarker testing.

Co-sponsored a bill to require health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover biomarker testing.

Co-sponsored the Equal Rights Amendment, which added state constitutional protections for reproductive freedom and against discrimination.

Supports the New York Health Act and Coverage for All to provide comprehensive health care access.

- Supports funding and grants to address opioid addiction and co-occurring disorders.
- Co-sponsored a bill to require health insurance policies and Medicaid to cover biomarker testing.
- Co-sponsored the Equal Rights Amendment, which added state constitutional protections for reproductive freedom and against discrimination.
- Supports the New York Health Act and Coverage for All to provide comprehensive health care access.

Healthcare

Recognizing the threat that technology can potentially pose to our elections, Dana has co-sponsored the Voter Integrity and Verification Act of New York, legislation that would codify the right of New Yorkers to use a hand-marked paper ballot and ensure that a verifiable paper trail of every election exists.

Co-sponsored the Voter Integrity and Verification Act to protect hand-marked paper ballots and require a verifiable paper trail.

- Co-sponsored the Voter Integrity and Verification Act to protect hand-marked paper ballots and require a verifiable paper trail.

Voting & Elections

In addition to her prime-sponsored legislation, Levenberg was a co- or multi-sponsor of 63 additional bills that passed both houses, including: Public safety measures like the Clean Slate Act (A1029-C), which will partially seal the conviction records of certain formerly incarcerated people who maintain good conduct after a years-long waiting period.

She also voted to invest in a dedicated police unit to get illegal guns off our streets.

Dana has supported efforts to reduce retail theft, funding a grant program to help shop owners improve their security and increasing penalties for organized shoplifting.

Co-sponsored the Clean Slate Act to partially seal certain conviction records after a years-long waiting period and good conduct.

Voted to fund a dedicated police unit to remove illegal guns from the streets.

Supports grants for shop security improvements and increased penalties for organized shoplifting.

- Co-sponsored the Clean Slate Act to partially seal certain conviction records after a years-long waiting period and good conduct.
- Voted to fund a dedicated police unit to remove illegal guns from the streets.
- Supports grants for shop security improvements and increased penalties for organized shoplifting.

Public Safety

Since taking her seat in the Assembly, Dana has helped deliver record levels of state funding to our schools, which recently included the full funding of Foundation Aid and, most recently, an 85% increase in the Universal Pre-K reimbursement rate.

Dana supports using public funds for public schools, and opposes charter school expansions and school vouchers.

Dana supports using public funds for public schools, and opposes charter school expansions and school vouchers. She also opposes right-wing attempts to undermine education through moves such as banning books.

Alongside her Democratic colleagues, Dana has also expanded educational opportunity for adults, voting to initiate and expand the Opportunity Promise Scholarship program giving New York’s adult learners the chance to attend community college tuition-free.

Helped secure full Foundation Aid funding and an 85% increase in the Universal Pre-K reimbursement rate.

Supports public funding for public schools and opposes charter school expansions and school vouchers.

Voted to establish and expand the Opportunity Promise Scholarship program to provide adult learners with tuition-free community college.

- Helped secure full Foundation Aid funding and an 85% increase in the Universal Pre-K reimbursement rate.
- Supports public funding for public schools and opposes charter school expansions and school vouchers.
- Opposes book bans in schools.
- Voted to establish and expand the Opportunity Promise Scholarship program to provide adult learners with tuition-free community college.

Education

Looking ahead, Levenberg will continue to focus on cost-of-living issues, particularly relating to housing and home energy costs. She has already begun working with colleagues in neighboring districts on housing, in consultation with municipal leaders. “We must find ways to increase our housing stock and make housing more affordable,” she said. “This is both a moral and economic imperative for New York; without addressing this issue, we will not be able to retain many of the workers that the pandemic reminded us were essential.”

Calls for increasing housing supply and making housing more affordable.

- Calls for increasing housing supply and making housing more affordable.

Housing & Urban Development

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Dana Levenberg

Voted to strengthen the red flag law and increase funding for the Gun Involved Violence Elimination program.

- Sponsors legislation to reduce energy costs and transition away from fossil fuels.
- Sponsors legislation to ease solar-panel installation in parking lots and co-sponsors the SUNNY Act to enable plug-in solar generation.
- Co-sponsored the Climate Change Superfund Act to require corporate polluters to pay for environmental damage.
- Pushes for climate-resilient infrastructure funding, including $20 million for resiliency projects along Metro-North’s Hudson Line.
- Co-sponsors legislation to protect air, water, food, and clothing from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
- Sponsored the “Save the Hudson” law and opposes unlimited barge traffic on the Hudson River.

- Co-sponsored the Equal Rights Amendment, which added state constitutional protections for reproductive freedom and against discrimination.
- Supports the New York Health Act and Coverage for All to provide comprehensive health care access.

- Voted to fund a dedicated police unit to remove illegal guns from the streets.
- Supports grants for shop security improvements and increased penalties for organized shoplifting.

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Buket Urgen

She voted to strengthen New York’s red flag law to keep guns away from those who pose a threat to others, and for increased funding to the state’s successful Gun Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) program.

Laurie Ryan

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