Albany, NY – Today, Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas, elected officials, and advocates helped lead a rally to urge the Governor and legislative leadership to include funding for mental health professionals in school districts. Assemblymembers...

Jackson Heights, NY – Assemblymember Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas Rallied with transgender advocates and other elected officials at Diversity Plaza to call on Albany to establish a $15 Million Dollar Statewide Transgender Wellness and Equity Fund in the FY2023...

Queens, NY – Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas was joined by Senator Ramos, Assemblymembers Fernandez, and Cruz, local restaurant owners and workers, the New York State Restaurant Association (NYSRA), the Latino Bar and Restaurant Association on...

New York, NY – On Wednesday morning, Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas was joined by Assemblymembers Sarah Clark and Demond Meeks and a diverse coalition of groups to urge the New York State legislature and Governor Hochul to include Healthy School...

New York, NY – Today, Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas joined the Coverage for All coalition, alongside impacted individuals, rallied at the State Capitol in Albany to demand the inclusion of the Coverage for All bill in the upcoming state budget....

Albany, NY – As a New York state budget hearing on transit was underway Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas, along with New York City-based colleagues, Assemblymembers Burgos, Epstein, Gallagher, and Septimo, and New York City’s leading progressive...

The report by our New York State Attorney General, Letitia James, has found what many of us knew to be true. The Governor “engaged in sexual harassment and created a hostile work environment” and violated both federal and state law. He was given the...

Albany, New York – New York State Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas has introduced legislation, A7573, which mandates every New York insurance provider and every medical facility with maternity services to cover abortion care. New York State is...

New York, NY — Today Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signed legislation sponsored by Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas and Senator Jeremy Cooney into law (S.3475/A.6531), that authorizes the New York State Department of Health to provide education and...

New York, NY – New York State Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas and State Senator Jabari Brisport have introduced legislation, Johari’s Law (A8177/S7284), which would prohibit the use of psychoactive drugs by zoos in order to force animals to...

New York, NY - Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas alongside 21 other legislators has penned a letter sent to United States Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer regarding the distribution of vaccines in Nepal. According to the Centers for Disease...

New York, NY – Today, as the NYC Board of Correction jails oversight body held its monthly meeting and following their recent unannounced visit to Rikers Island on May 7, Assembly Members Jessica González-Rojas and Nathalia Fernandez called out the...

JACKSON HEIGHTS, NY — Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas joined Council member Carlina Rivera to call for the passage of legislation that will make Open Streets permanent in New York City and expand the program in several ways roughly one year after...

Jackson Heights, NY – Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas joined Council member Carlina Rivera to call for the passage of legislation that will make Open Streets permanent in New York City and expand the program in several ways roughly one year after...

Albany, NY – Today, Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas (D-34) voted in favor of the 2021 Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA), legislation that will address decades of harm by regulating cannabis for recreational adult use in New York State....

New York, NY - Led by New York State Assemblymembers Linda B. Rosenthal (D/WF-Manhattan) and Jessica González-Rojas (D/WFP – Manhattan), a contingent of more than 30 state lawmakers sent a letter to Governor Cuomo urging him to include food pantry,...