Based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Emily Gallagher is the Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing District 50, which covers Greenpoint and parts of Williamsburg in Brooklyn. First elected in 2020, she is a longtime neighborhood activist focused on environmental, transportation, and housing justice. She led the All-Electric Buildings Act and the LLC Transparency Act in the 2023 session.

• Community activist in North Brooklyn for over a decade

• Organized for tenant protections, environmental justice, and survivors' rights

• Worked in museum education, public history, and community affairs

• Former executive assistant at D.E. Shaw Group and Congregation Rodeph Sholom

• Raised in Rochester area, attended Ithaca College, moved to Brooklyn in 2006