The Chamber

Current Office: Assembly Member
First Elected: 11/07/2000
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Single
Birth date:
Birthplace: Bronx, NY
Home City: Bronx NY
Religion: Baptist

Profession

Finance/Account Manager, Community Based Organization Budget Analyst, New York City Comptroller’s Office

Education

MBA, Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York, 2007 BS, Applied Mathematics/Statistics, State University of New York at Stony Brook

Committees

Cities
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
Education
Housing
Labor
Small Business

S 6735 Amends Pensions for New State Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 9556 Authorizes Casino Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 8514 Health Benefit Exchange Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 6698A Freelance Wage Protection
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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S 6735 Amends Pensions for New State Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 9556 Authorizes Casino Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 8514 Health Benefit Exchange Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 6698A Freelance Wage Protection
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8354 Marriage Equality Enactment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 6130 Prohibiting Discrimination in Wages Based on Gender, Race or National Origin
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2674 Rent Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 6130 Prohibiting Discrimination in Wages Based on Gender, Race or National Origin
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 4578 Authorizing an Intercity Bus Permit System
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8129B Suspending Hydraulic Fracturing for the Extraction of Natural Gas
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9710D 2010-2011 Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A10163 Establishing the Wage Theft Prevention Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1523 Allowing Unmarried Partners to Adopt a Child
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 3890 Divorce Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A10163 Establishing the Wage Theft Prevention Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1523 Allowing Unmarried Partners to Adopt a Child
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 5620 Reducing Drug Penalties for Offenders with Hypodermic Syringes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9703 2010-2011 Education, Labor, and Family Assistance Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9709 Omnibus Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9705 2010-2011 Transportation, Economic Development, and Environmental Conservation Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9709 Omnibus Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9705 2010-2011 Transportation, Economic Development, and Environmental Conservation Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11410 Emergency Housing Rent Control Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8167 Emergency Appropriation Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8089 Emergency Appropriation Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8088 Requiring Prior Approval of Health Insurance Premium Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8089 Emergency Appropriation Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8088 Requiring Prior Approval of Health Insurance Premium Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11308 Emergency State Parks Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 11310 Education Law Amendments Concerning Charter Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 11308 Emergency State Parks Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

S 7846 Emergency Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 7777 Emergency Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

E 1153 2010-2011 Executive Budget Proposals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 7575 Prohibiting Domestic Violence Offenders from Possessing Firearms
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 5710 Prohibiting Gender Identity Discrimination
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9544 Election and Campaign Finance Ethics Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 40022 2009-2010 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 40003 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 1039 Albany Parking Permits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8903-A Extending City Board Jurisdiction Over New York City Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 1867 Amending Labor Laws for Farm Workers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8501 Government Consolidation Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1290 Anti-Shackling Bill
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

A 7732 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 8180 Supplemental Fees and Taxes for MTA
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 6468 Microstamping Requirement for Semiautomatic Pistols
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 801 Renewal Requirement for Pistol and Revolver Licenses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 156-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 157-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 158-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 159-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 163-A 2008-2009 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 249-A Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 860 Increasing Income and Rent Threshold to Qualify for Rent Deregulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2005 Expanding Rent Control Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 1686 Reducing the Cap on Vacated Apartment Rent Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 1688 Expanding Local Control Over Rent Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 860 Increasing Income and Rent Threshold to Qualify for Rent Deregulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 1688 Expanding Local Control Over Rent Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2005 Expanding Rent Control Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 1686 Reducing the Cap on Vacated Apartment Rent Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11838 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11258 Mandatory Cigarette Taxation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9695 Foreclosure Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10219 Mortgage Bill of Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8972 Foreclosure and Lending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9695 Foreclosure Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10219 Mortgage Bill of Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8972 Foreclosure and Lending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9695 Foreclosure Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10219 Mortgage Bill of Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8972 Foreclosure and Lending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6801 2008-2009 Legislative and Judiciary Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6807 Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9998 New York Racing Association Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8590 Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 7526 Ticket Resale Price Cap Removal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 3318 Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8098 Drug Law Reform and Drug Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6451A 2006-2007 Legislature and Judiciary Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2466 Assault Weapon Definition Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2302 Childproof Firearms Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2466 Assault Weapon Definition Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2302 Childproof Firearms Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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