State Assembly Member - District 85
Emerita Torres
Assembly member for District 85 since January 2025, after winning the November 2024 general election with 78.9% of the vote.
Consumer prices and cost of living
In coverageSponsored a ban on surveillance pricing that both houses passed in June 2026, and bills requiring disclosure of algorithmically set prices and notice to consumers of their right to freeze their credit. Her campaign says she passed a first-in-the-nation law requiring companies to disclose when personal data sets prices, and led the fight for universal childcare in the Legislature.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Sponsored A9349, prohibiting the use of surveillance pricing; the Assembly and Senate passed it on June 4, 2026, and she voted yes in the final Assembly floor vote on June 5, 2026. Sponsored A6765, the preventing algorithmic pricing discrimination act, requiring disclosure of algorithmically set prices; ordered to the Assembly floor calendar on Jan. 7, 2026. Sponsored A8906, requiring entities that access a consumer's credit report to notify the consumer of the right to a security freeze; voted yes when the Assembly passed it on May 13, 2026. Voted yes on S8811, on the attorney general's ability to protect New Yorkers from unfair, deceptive and abusive business practices, on Feb. 25, 2026; it was signed into law as Chapter 94 on March 27, 2026. Voted yes on S8432, on the scope of provisions on beneficial owners of limited liability companies, on June 17, 2025; the governor vetoed it on Dec. 19, 2025.
Sponsor of A9349, A6765 and A8906 (voted yes on A9349 and A8906); voted yes on S8811 and S8432 · 2025-06-17 to 2026-06-05 · A9349 passed the Assembly and Senate on June 4, 2026; A6765 ordered to the Assembly floor calendar on Jan. 7, 2026; A8906 passed the Assembly on May 13, 2026; S8811 signed into law as Chapter 94 on March 27, 2026; S8432 vetoed by the governor on Dec. 19, 2025
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