Albany, NY – State lawmakers joined a broad range of mental health and substance use disorders advocates representing care recipients, family members, and providers from across New York State to demand a carve out of most Office of Mental Health (OMH)...

Albany, NY – On Thursday, May 14th, 2026, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon and Senator Robert Jackson, Zellnor Myrie, Julia Salazar, and Assemblymember Robert Carroll marked the 11th Annual Dyslexia & Literacy Advocacy Day. Students, families, advocates,...

Brooklyn, NY -- Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon released the following statement regarding the efforts to rollback the CLCPA: “Rolling back New York’s signature climate law would move the state in the wrong direction. We should be accelerating investments...

New York City, NY – Senator Samra Brouk and Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, Chairs of the Mental Health Committees in their respective houses, released the following statement regarding the mental health crisis response and shooting of then 22-year-old...

Watch a recording of the event here. Photos upon request. Brooklyn, NY – NY State Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon and NY State Senators Brian Kavanagh and Jabari Brisport, Council Member Mercedes Narcisse, 1199SEIU, NYSNA, health care and patient advocates,...

Albany, NY – On Friday, December 19th, Governor Kathy Hochul again vetoed the Local Input for Community Healthcare Act (S1226 Rivera /A6004 Simon). This bill has now passed the legislature twice with bipartisan support. “It’s a real shame that the...

Dear Friends & Neighbors, Mayor Eric Adam’s plan for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT) will move forward, after Monday’s last-minute Task Force vote (17 in support, 8 opposed). I voted against the plan. When the NYC Economic Development Corporation...