Jo Anne Simon
What this job does: Your district's vote in the New York State Assembly (150 members), the larger house of the Legislature. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- Member of the New York State Assembly, District 52 (since 2015)
- Occupation
- Disability civil rights attorney; Assembly member
- Lives in
- Boerum Hill, Brooklyn
Background
- B.A. in communication sciences, Iona College; M.A. in education of the deaf, Gallaudet University; law degree, Fordham University source: assembly.ny.gov
- Founded a disability civil rights law firm in Downtown Brooklyn; taught at Hofstra and Fordham law schools source: assembly.ny.gov
- Elected female district leader and state committeewoman for the 52nd Assembly District in 2004 source: assembly.ny.gov
- President of the Boerum Hill Association source: assembly.ny.gov
- First elected to the Assembly in 2014 source: branch.vote
In their own words
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- Economy: EMPIRE Worker Protection Act, funding for NYCHA source: branch.vote
- Energy and environment: publicly owned renewable energy, bury the Gowanus Expressway source: branch.vote
- Healthcare: codify abortion rights, Paid Family Leave source: branch.vote
- Public safety: gun control, community-based violence reduction source: branch.vote
- Education: early identification of reading disabilities source: branch.vote
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