Press Releases

Speaker Heastie and Energy Committee Chair Paulin Announce Assembly's Approval of Bill to Incentivize Clean Vehicle Charging

Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie and Energy Committee Chair Amy R. Paulin announced the passage of legislation this week that would incentivize the purchase and use of electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and hydrogen vehicles by requiring the state’s...

Amy Paulin’s Safe Sleep Practice Bill Heading to the Governor

Albany – Amy Paulin (D-88) is proud to announce that A.7181/ S.5100, legislation she authored to help increase public awareness and educate maternity patients about safe sleep practices regarding babies and infants, was passed by the New York State...

Amy Paulin’s Bill to Aid The Fight Against Human Trafficking is Passed by The New York State Senate And Sent to the Governor to be Signed

ALBANY — Amy Paulin (D-88) is proud to announce that A.8650-B/S6835-B, legislation she authored to help physicians and health care workers better identify human trafficking victims, was passed by the New York State Senate on Tuesday and will be sent...

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin's BOCES Board Vacancy Bill Signed Into Law

Albany – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) is pleased to announce that A01407B/S03014-A, legislation she authored, was signed into law by the governor on Wednesday. This legislation streamlines the process by allowing a BOCES board to fill a vacancy...

Amy Paulin’s Female Genital Mutilation Bill Signed into Law

Albany – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) is proud to announce that A.47-A/S3484-A, legislation she authored, was signed into law on Thursday by Governor Andrew Cuomo. The bill provides that a person is guilty of facilitating female genital mutilation...

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin’s Veterans Pension Credit Bill Signed into Law

Albany -- Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) is proud to announce that A.9531/S.7160, her legislation that would remove the existing date of service limitations and expand eligibility for the military service credit to otherwise eligible veterans regardless...

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin’s Veterans Pension Credit Bill Signed into Law

Albany -- Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) is proud to announce that A.9531/S.7160, her legislation that would remove the existing date of service limitations and expand eligibility for the military service credit to otherwise eligible veterans regardless...

Amy Paulin’s Veterans’ Pension Bill Passed by the Assembly

Albany – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) is pleased to announce that legislation she authored (A.9531) to extend eligibility for additional credits in the state retirement system to all veterans was passed by the Assembly on Wednesday. The bill would...

Amy Paulin’s Female Genital Mutilation Legislation Passed by Senate

Albany – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) is pleased to announce that A.47-A/S3484 legislation she authored was passed by the New York State Senate on Wednesday. The bill, which passed in the Assembly on March 28, will now go to Governor Cuomo to be...

Amy Paulin’s Firearms Legislation Passes New York State Assembly

Albany – Amy Paulin (D-88) is pleased to announce that A.5257, legislation she authored, was passed by the New York State Assembly on Tuesday. The legislation would require anyone who has been convicted of a misdemeanor domestic violence crime to...

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin to Host Panel Discussion about Ending Child Marriage in New York

Scarsdale – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) will be hosting a panel discussion about ending child marriage in New York at the Scarsdale Library on May 25. The program, entitled “Too Young to Wed: Child, Early and Forced Marriage Worldwide and in...

Amy Paulin Authors Legislation to Protect School Districts from Losing Increases in State Aid

Scarsdale – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) is pleased to announce that she has introduced legislation (A.9829) designed to protect school districts from losing increases in state aid provided to them by the Legislature in the last two years. The...

Amy Paulin’s Bill to Aid the Fight against Human Trafficking is Passed by the New York State Assembly

Albany – Amy Paulin (D-88) is proud to announce that A.8650-A, legislation she authored to help physicians and health care workers better identify human trafficking victims, was passed by the New York State Assembly on Tuesday as part of the legislative...

Paulin Honors Tuckahoe Women of Distinction

Tuckahoe – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) is pleased to announce that she will present 12 recipients with the “Tuckahoe Women of Distinction Award” during an April 17 awards reception, during which the women will be lauded for their extraordinary...

Pelham Middle School Student Wins There Ought To Be A Law Contest

Scarsdale – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin is proud to announce that four students from the 88th Assembly District were selected as the winners of her “There Ought To Be A Law” contest. Middle school students in Paulin’s district were asked to identify...

Assembly and Senate’s Budget Resolutions Contain the Veterans’ Equality Act

Albany – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) and Senator Bill Larkin (R-39th) are proud to announce that the Assembly and Senate’s one-house budget resolutions contain the Veterans’ Equality Act. This legislation would allow all honorably discharged...

Amy Paulin Introduces Legislation to Combat Sex Trafficking of Minors; Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance

Albany – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) is proud to announce that she has introduced legislation (A09453) that would eliminate the requirement to prove force, fraud or coercion in prosecutions for sex trafficking in New York. Under federal law, a...

Amy Paulin Set to Honor Tuckahoe Women of Distinction

Tuckahoe – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) is pleased to announce that she will be hosting her third annual Women of Distinction Awards ceremony on April 17. This year’s honorees will be from the Village of Tuckahoe. Paulin has honored the women...

Amy Paulin Introduces Bill to Prevent Those on Terror Watch List from Purchasing Guns in New York

ALBANY – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) is pleased to announce that she has introduced a bill that would prevent individuals on the Terror Watch List (TWL) from purchasing a gun, rifle or shotgun in New York. There is currently no law in New York...

Paulin’s Effort Leads to Flood Remediation Grant for New Rochelle, Scarsdale and Eastchester

Scarsdale – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin (D-88) is pleased to announce that she has secured $1 million through the New York State and Municipalities Facilities (SAM) Program to assist with the Hutchinson River flood remediation. The project, which will...