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Amy Paulin Joins Amicus Brief in Lawsuit to Prevent an Undercount in the 2020 U.S. Census That Would Harm New Yorkers

Apr 1, 2019

Scarsdale, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that she had signed onto an Amicus Curiae brief in the lawsuit State of New York, et al., v. U.S. Dep’t of Commerce. The brief was filed today in support of a coalition of states,...

Amy Paulin’s Bill to Require Informed Consent for Training Exams on Unconscious Patients Passes the Assembly

Mar 19, 2019

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that her bill to require the informed consent of the patient for any health care procedure of examination, including those done in the course of medical education or training (A. 4988...

Amy Paulin to Host Fourth Annual “There Ought to Be a Law” Contest

Mar 7, 2019

Scarsdale, NY – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin is sponsoring her fourth annual “There Ought to Be a Law” contest for students in grades six to eight throughout the 88th Assembly District. The contest asks students to identify a problem impacting...

Amy Paulin’s Bill on the Safe Storage of Firearms Passes the New York State Legislature

Mar 4, 2019

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that her bill (A. 2686A) to require the safe and secure storage of rifles, shotguns, and handguns to prevent access by children and other prohibited persons has passed the New York State...

Assembly Judiciary Committee Approves Child-Parent Security Act, Assemblymember Amy Paulin’s Bill to Allow Gestational Surrogacy Agreements

Feb 27, 2019

ALBANY, NY -- Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) cheered the passage of the Child-Parent Security Act (A. 1071A) through the Assembly Judiciary Committee – a milestone in reforming New York’s outdated laws on gestational surrogacy agreements...

Scarsdale Woman’s Club To Receive $125,000 in CCAP Funding to Improve Accessibility at its Historic Site

Feb 20, 2019

SCARSDALE, NY - Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) is pleased to announce that the Scarsdale Woman’s Club will receive a capital funding grant of $125,000 from the Community Capital Assistance Program (CCAP). The project will enable the National...

Amy Paulin Cheers Legislature’s Quick Passage of Bill to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Those Unable to Pass a Background Check

Jan 29, 2019

Taking up the crisis of gun violence with the same energy as so many other long-awaited priorities, today the New York State Assembly and State Senate passed a comprehensive package of bills to reduce gun violence, promote gun safety, and keep firearms...

Statement of Assemblymember Amy R. Paulin on the Final Report of the Metropolitan Transportation Sustainability Advisory Workgroup

Dec 18, 2018

I am grateful to have served as one of the two appointments made by Speaker Carl Heastie to the Metropolitan Transportation Sustainability Advisory Workgroup. As Chair of the Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions, I possessed a fair...

Assemblymember Amy Paulin Calls for a State Task Force to Improve the Safety of Stretch Limousines

Oct 18, 2018

SCARSDALE, NY - Spurred by the tragic accident that took the lives of 20 people in Schoharie, NY, Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) introduced six bills to improve the safe operation of stretch limousines and increase protections for drivers and...

2018 Westchester Storms Report

Aug 21, 2018

Amy Paulin’s Bill to Prevent a Tax Hike on Non-Profits Passes the Legislature

Jul 17, 2018

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that her bill (A.11051 / S. 8831) to prevent an unintended new state tax for unrelated business taxable income on not-for-profit companies, which was inadvertently created by recent changes...

Amy Paulin’s Bill to Require Gas Companies to Report the History and Severity of Leaks Passes the NYS Legislature

Jun 28, 2018

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that her bill to require gas companies to report the location and severity of gas leaks to the state and public safety officials (A. 467-A / S. 4264-A) passed the New York State Senate during...

NYS Legislature Passes Bill to Require Hotels to Share Information to Help Human Trafficking Victims, Sponsored by Amy Paulin

Jun 21, 2018

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that her bill to require hotels and other lodging facilities to provide information concerning services for human trafficking victims in public spaces within their establishments (A.10425-A...

Assembly Passes Legislation to Protect Victims of Human Trafficking and Bring Perpetrators Of Sex Trafficking of a Child to Justice

Jun 13, 2018

Assemblymember Paulin and Senator Lanza Announce Agreement on Bill to Establish the Crime of Sex Trafficking of a Child

Jun 7, 2018

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) and Senator Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island) the sponsors of a bill (A.6823-C/ S.5988-B) that would combat the sex trafficking of children by bringing New York law closer to current federal law, announced...

Three Pelham Middle School Students are the Winners of Amy Paulin’s “There Ought to Be a Law” Contest

May 31, 2018

Pelham, NY – Assemblymember Amy R. Paulin is proud to announce three seventh graders at Pelham Middle School are the winners of her Third Annual “There Ought to Be a Law” Contest. Dorentina Lucgjonaj and Lawrence Ohmes each wrote winning essays...

Assemblymembers Paulin and Cusick Examine Utilities Companies’ Responses to March Nor’easters

May 29, 2018

White Plains, NY – Assemblymember Amy R. Paulin (D-Scarsdale) and Michael J. Cusick (D-Staten Island) convened a public hearing on Monday to examine the response of utilities companies to the winter snowstorms that slammed into the Hudson Valley in...

Assemblymember Amy Paulin Votes to Gives Control of Teacher Evaluations Back to Local School Districts

May 3, 2018

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that she voted in favor of legislation to improve teacher evaluations by delinking them from standardized testing and returning control to local school districts (A.10475). “I fully...

Amy Paulin Expresses Relief at the Closure of the Domestic Violence Firearm Loophole

May 1, 2018

New York, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) expressed her appreciation for today’s signing by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo of a bill that closes a long-standing loophole connecting domestic violence and gun violence. This new law is substantively...

NYS Legislature Passes Amy Paulin’s Bills on Utilities Price Transparency and More Efficient Legal Remedies for Animal Shelters

Apr 30, 2018

Albany, NY – Today, the New York State Senate passed two bills sponsored by Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale). One bill would provide transparency for New Yorkers struggling to understand their electric bills, while the other would streamline...