State Assembly Member - District 28
Andrew D. Hevesi
Assembly member for District 28 since 2005 and chair of the Assembly Committee on Children and Families since 2021; he chaired the Social Services Committee from 2015 to 2020.
Issues Andrew is raising
Child care, foster care and adoption
Sponsored laws requiring local social services districts to give children in foster care luggage, with state reimbursement, changing how child care staff-to-child ratios are set, and letting officials end adoption subsidies for children with disabilities in some cases. A data bill on children at risk of maltreatment was vetoed.
Health care and medical aid in dying
Co-sponsored and voted for the Medical Aid in Dying Act, on a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying, which became law in February 2026. Sponsored laws adding Duchenne muscular dystrophy to newborn screening and letting severely disabled people renew parking permits without new medical documents.
Youth justice and family court
Sponsored laws authorizing body scanners in state Office of Children and Family Services facilities for youth and adolescent offenders, and allowing records to be sealed and expunged in family court cases involving persons in need of supervision.
Climate and energy
Voted for laws having companies that contributed significantly to greenhouse gas buildup bear a share of climate adaptation infrastructure costs, and requiring electric vehicle charging stations and EV-ready parking in new construction with off-street parking. Also voted for a 2026 law on gas service to new customers.
State budget and taxes
Voted for two budget bills in April 2024: the aid to localities budget and the bill carrying out the 2024-25 education, labor, housing and family assistance budget.
Background
Based in Forest Hills
A Queens College graduate who lives in Forest Hills, he earlier worked in the Queens District Attorney's Domestic Violence Bureau and for the New York City Public Advocate.
- Member of the Assembly for District 28 since 2005; first elected on May 10, 2005. The district includes parts of Forest Hills, Middle Village, Rego Park, Kew Gardens, Richmond Hill and Glendale
- Chair of the Assembly Committee on Children and Families since 2021
- Chair of the Assembly Social Services Committee, 2015 to 2020
- Member of the Assembly's Codes, Health, Rules, and Ways and Means committees, the Task Force on New Americans and the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force
- Earlier chief of staff to a former New York State Assembly member and director of community affairs for the New York City Public Advocate
- Worked in the Domestic Violence Bureau of the Queens County District Attorney's Office
- Bachelor of Arts in political science from Queens College
- Lives in Forest Hills with his wife and daughter
- His official Assembly biography credits him with writing laws that bar the arrest and prosecution of children under 12 except for homicide, let domestic violence survivors end residential leases without an order of protection or notice to the abuser, and require culturally competent safe houses for survivors of human trafficking
- The same biography credits him with securing $70 million for the Nonpublic School Safety Equipment grant program for religious and private schools, and with leading budget actions that extended the Empire State Child Tax Credit to children under 4
- Sponsor of bills including the Universal Child Care Act, Kyra's Law, the Supportive Housing Modernization Act, a bill to eliminate rent for homeless shelters, and a bill requiring materials on child access prevention and safe storage of firearms
- Won the Nov. 5, 2024 general election over Jonathan Rinaldi, 58.6% to 41.1%, and the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary over Rinaldi, 87.7% to 11.8%
- Filed a complaint with the Queens District Attorney's office in 2026 alleging that Jonathan Rinaldi tried to change Hevesi's party enrollment with the Board of Elections so Rinaldi could run unopposed on the Democratic line
- On the Democratic line in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election
Support
No endorsements beyond the Democratic nomination were found as of Sept. 30, 2026.
Money
$101K
raised
Top donors: Chris Keegan, Marc Gelbtuch, Joel Brecher
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