Press Releases

Parent Activists and Assembly Member Seawright Win Back Honors Math for Wagner Middle School

Students and parents at Wagner Middle School have something to cheer about at the start of a new academic year. After months of uncertainty, intensive honors math courses will be offered again following demands by activist parents and strong support from...

Welcome New York's First Woman Governor Kathy Hochul!

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Let us all welcome our new Governor, Kathy Hochul! New York State now has an experienced and compassionate leader who will partner with the Legislature and municipalities across the State so that together we can press forward with creative solutions...

Statement by Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright

As I stated last week following Governor Cuomo’s announcement of his intention to resign, there must be a comprehensive and publicly available report prepared by the Assembly Judiciary Committee detailing its findings, recommendations as well as referrals...

Statement from Assembly Member Seawright

Statement from Assembly Member Seawright

The Attorney General's independent report substantiates and corroborates earlier charges of serial sexual misconduct and federal and state law violations. As the chair of the Assembly Majority Task Force on Women's Issues, I commend these brave women...

Seawright, Schumer Hold Special District Meeting

Seawright Hosts Schumer to Hear From UES Leaders

Assembly Member Seawright and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Held Special District Meeting

Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright today held a special district meeting with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for community leaders of the Upper East Side, Yorkville and Roosevelt Island. The meeting with the New York senior senator at the Lenox...

Assembly Member Seawright's Legislation Limiting Lender Annual Fees Signed in Law by Governor Cuomo

Governor Andrew Cuomo today signed into law Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright's legislation to limit the annual fees lenders can charge for credit cards, home-equity loans, and other forms of revolving credit. In 1996, the Legislature authorized licensed...

Seawright Hosts Community Shred-a-thon

300 Upper East Siders Joined Elected Officials To Stop The Blood Center Tower

Seawright Legislation Strengthens Consumer Privacy Protections

Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright today announced the passing of legislation to strengthen consumer privacy protections in credit and debit card transactions. Many businesses in New York require personal information such as a zip code when consumers...

Seawright Helps to Successfully Secure The Met Fifth Avenue as Additional Early Voting and Election Day Poll Site for City’s June Primary Election

Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright announced today that The Met Fifth Avenue will be open to voters between Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 20 for early voting and on Election Day, June 22. Seawright’s office led a sign-on letter to The Met and the...

Speaker Carl Heastie and Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright have Announced the Passage of a Package of Bills to Combat Climate Change on the 51st Anniversary of Earth Day

"The Assembly Majority remains committed to protecting our environment and the health of all New Yorkers," said Speaker Heastie. "The legislation passed in today's Earth Day package builds on the standards we set in the Climate Leadership and Community...

Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright Issued the Following Statement

The verdict in the George Floyd murder trial tonight was a vital and profound step towards justice in America. It is, however, a beginning step towards genuine law enforcement reform to assure all of the citizenry that such tragedies will never happen...

Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright Pushes Bill That Would Send Public Servants Convicted Of Sexual Harassment To Jail

NY weighs making sexual harassment a crime; would be nation's first

State lawmakers propose bills to make sexual harassment a misdemeanor

Manhattan assemblywoman fights to define ‘consent,’ has support of Weinstein accusers

Assembly Member Seawright and Weinstein Sexual Assault Trial Witnesses Seek Pioneering Penal Law Reforms to Protect Victims

Assembly Member Rebecca Seawright unveiled new legislation today that would, for the first time, define the meaning of consent in the state of New York’s penal law for sexual assault and all crimes. Under the Seawright proposal, consent is defined as...