Daniel J. O'Donnell is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat,he is a member of the New York State Assembly. O'Donnell represents the 69th district in Manhattan,made up of the neighborhoods of Manhattan Valley,Morningside Heights,and portions of the Upper West Side and West Harlem.
Deborah J. Glick is a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 66th Assembly District in Lower Manhattan,including the neighborhoods of Alphabet City,Greenwich Village,Noho,SoHo,the East Village,the West Village,Tribeca,and Battery Park City. She is a Democrat.
David Ira Weprin is a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly,representing District 24 in Queens since 2010,when he replaced his brother Mark. In the Assembly he has supported progressive causes,such as a surcharge on millionaires,and granting immediate parole to prisoners who have reached 55 years of age and served 15 years in prison,regardless of their sentence. He was previously a member of the New York City Council,representing the 23rd district. He is also a former Deputy Superintendent of the NY State Banking Commission (1983–87).
Linda B. Rosenthal represents District 67 as a Democrat in the New York State Assembly,which includes parts of Manhattan's Upper West Side and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen neighborhoods.
Toby Ann Stavisky is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Senate,having held a seat since 1999. She represents the 11th district,which comprises parts of Queens.
Indian Americans are citizens of the United States with ancestry from India. The terms Asian Indian and East Indian are used to avoid confusion with Native Americans in the United States,who are also referred to as "Indians" or "American Indians." With a population of more than 4.4 million,Indian Americans make up approximately 1.35% of the U.S. population and are the largest group of South Asian Americans,the largest Asian-alone group,and the largest group of Asian Americans after Chinese Americans. Indian Americans are the highest-earning ethnic group in the United States.
Brooklyn–Queens Day,also sometimes called Welcome Back to Brooklyn Day,Kids Day and Rally Day,was a public school holiday observed in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. In the New York City Department of Education's 2005 contract with the United Federation of Teachers the holiday became citywide,giving all school children the day off but requiring all city school teachers to participate in a professional development day.
Michael G. Miller is an American politician and a Democratic former member of the New York State Assembly,representing the 38th Assembly District,which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Woodhaven,Ridgewood,Richmond Hill,Ozone Park and Glendale.
Aravella Simotas is an American politician who represented District 36,covering parts of Western Queens,which includes Astoria and parts of Long Island City,in the New York State Assembly as a member of the Democratic Party.
Ronald Tae Sok Kim is an American politician from New York City. He serves in the New York State Assembly representing the 40th District,which includes portions of Whitestone,Flushing,College Point,and Murray Hill in Queens. First elected in November 2012,Kim became the first Korean American elected in New York State. Speaker Carl Heastie appointed him as Vice-Chair of the Majority Conference of the New York State Assembly in January 2017 and Chair of Committee on Aging in January 2021.
Indians in the New York City metropolitan area constitute one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnicities in the New York City metropolitan area of the United States. The New York City region is home to the largest and most prominent Indian American population among metropolitan areas by a significant margin,enumerating 711,174 uniracial individuals based on the 2013–2017 U.S. Census American Community Survey estimates. The Asian Indian population also represents the second-largest metropolitan Asian national diaspora both outside of Asia and within the New York City metropolitan area,following the also rapidly growing and hemisphere-leading population of the estimated 893,697 uniracial Chinese in the New York City metropolitan area in 2017.
Rebecca Seawright is the Assembly member for the 76th District of the New York State Assembly. The district includes portions of the Upper East Side,Roosevelt Island and Yorkville in Manhattan.
Yuh-Line Niou is an American politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 65th district. The Lower Manhattan district,which is heavily Democratic and over 40% Asian American,includes Chinatown,the Financial District,Battery Park City,and the Lower East Side. Niou is the first Asian American elected to the State Assembly for the district. She was a candidate for Congress in New York's newly redrawn 10th congressional district in 2022.
Brian Barnwell is an American lawyer and politician,who served as a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly. Since January 2017 until December 2022,he has represented Assembly District 30 in Queens;the district includes Maspeth,Woodside,Middle Village,and portions of Astoria,Sunnyside,Elmhurst,Rego Park and Long Island City.
Daniel Rosenthal is an American politician who was a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly,representing District 27 from 2017 to 2023. Rosenthal represents the central and eastern Queens neighborhoods of Kew Gardens Hills,Pomonok,Electchester,and College Point,and parts of Kew Gardens,Richmond Hill,Briarwood,Forest Hills,and Whitestone. On July 14,2023,Rosenthal resigned to take a position at UJA-Federation of New York.
Jessica González-Rojas is an American activist,politician,and academic. A Democrat,she is the New York State Assembly member for the 34th District,having been elected in 2020 after defeating incumbent Michael DenDekker in the primary.
Catalina Cruz is a Colombian-American attorney from the borough of Queens in New York City. A member of the Democratic Party and former undocumented immigrant minor (DREAMer),Cruz has worked as an advocate for immigration rights,including as Director of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2016 Exploited Task Force. Cruz was elected as the Democratic candidate in the Fall 2018 election for the 39th district of the New York State Assembly,representing Corona,Elmhurst,and Jackson Heights,Queens.
The 2016 New York State Assembly 65th district special election was held on April 19,2016. Democratic nominee Alice Cancel defeated Working Families nominee Yuh-Line Niou,Republican nominee Lester Chang,and Green nominee Dennis Levy to succeed Representative Sheldon Silver in the New York State Assembly from the 65th district.
Nantasha M. Williams is an American politician from New York City. A Democrat,Williams represents the 27th district in the New York City Council,which covers parts of southeastern Queens.
New York's 38th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Jenifer Rajkumar since 2021,defeating Michael G. Miller in the 2020 Democratic primary.
