Albany, NY – Today, Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D, WF-Fresh Meadows) announced the passage of legislation she wrote to reform the application process for the “New Year’s Eve” permits that allow businesses to continue serving alcohol from 4 a.m –...

New York, NY – After urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Wireline Competition Bureau to revise Verizon’s Lifeline program to include multilingual notices and inform subscribers of recertification and service changes, State Senator Daniel...

Albany, NY – Today, Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Fresh Meadows) announced legislation that would enact the Cheerleaders’ Fair Pay Act, a move that would better protect cheer athletes from workplace abuses and bring equity to the professional sports...

Queens, NY – Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D, WF-Fresh Meadows) welcomes Kevin Cho, her new hire in the Korean Community Liaison position, to help local Korean residents gain better access to government services. Cho will provide translation services,...

Queens, NY – Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D, WF-Fresh Meadows) worked with the New York City Department of Education to identify funding for P.S. 162 John Golden in order to hire an additional Mandarin interpreter for newly arrived Chinese students taking...

Queens, NY – Today, Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D, WF-Fresh Meadows) announced that she has been appointed Chair of the Assembly’s Subcommittee on Emerging Workforce by Speaker Carl Heastie. In her new position, Rozic will spearhead efforts to oversee...

New York, NY – Today, a coalition of city, state and federal elected officials sent a letter to the Chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), urging the FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau to revise Verizon’s Lifeline program to include...

Albany, NY – Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Fresh Meadows) announced that legislation she sponsors to ban the use of solitary confinement for pregnant women (A1347) has passed the State Assembly with unanimous bipartisan support. “The state’s disciplinary...

Albany, NY – Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) was appointed by Speaker Carl Heastie to the Assembly’s Transportation Budget Conference Committee that is tasked with negotiating transportation issues in this year’s state budget These budget...

Fresh Meadows, NY – Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D-Fresh Meadows) announced today introduction of the Assembly’s “Families First” state budget proposal she helped craft (E.203). The measure is expected to be taken up Thursday. The plan focuses largely...

Queens, NY – Today, Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Fresh Meadows) announced legislation she co-sponsors (S2486/A4274) to delay the requirement that all prescribers use electronic prescriptions until March 27, 2016 passed the Assembly. The bill is in...

Bayside, NY – Today, State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing) and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Fresh Meadows) announced legislation (S3184/A4275) to create the Community College High-Technology Investment Program (C-CHIP) to fund educational,...

Albany, NY – Assembly Speaker Carl E. Heastie (D-Bronx), Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Nassau County), and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Queens) urged Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to investigate the rise of anti-Semitic attacks...

Queens, NY – Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Queens) announced a $5 million request in state funding for Queens College to expand its facilities, resources and services in environmental and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) related studies...

Albany, NY – Today, Assembly Correction Committee Chair Daniel O’Donnell and Committee Member Nily Rozic’s bills to reform New York’s solitary confinement laws passed the Correction Committee, and will now advance to the Codes Committee. The bills...

Queens, NY – Today, Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Flushing) hosted a public housing workshop at Selfhelp Rosenthal Senior Center in Flushing with representatives available to assist local residents with their applications. The workshop was held in...

Queens, NY – Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Fresh Meadows) announced changes and improvements to childcare and social services that come as a result of new laws that will better serve working families. These laws went into effect in the new year. “With...

Assembly Correction Committee Chair Daniel O’Donnell and Committee Member Nily Rozic introduced bills this week which would conform New York’s solitary confinement laws to the new recommendations issued by the United Nations Committee against Torture...

Queens, NY – Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Queens) and Senator Joseph Griffo (R-Rome) announced that legislation (A8474/S6875) they drafted to protect foster children from being placed in unsuitable homes has been signed into law by Governor Cuomo....

Queens, NY – Today, Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Fresh Meadows) announced legislation (A2593) to reform the application process for the “New Year’s Eve” permits that allow businesses to continue serving alcohol after 4 a.m. Currently, the State...