Jeffrey Dinowitz
AI Regulation
In coverageDinowitz sponsored legislation to prohibit artificial intelligence companions from using features considered unsafe for minors, and to prohibit the manufacture and sale of chatbot toys in the state.
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Sponsored NY A10379 (AI companions safety for minors) and NY A11144 (chatbot toy ban).
Childcare & Early Education
In coverageDinowitz sponsored 'Kyra's Law' requiring courts to consider a child's health and safety when making decisions regarding child custody and visitation, and to review information related to allegations of child abuse, domestic violence, and child safety.
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Sponsored NY A06194 (Kyra's Law).
Environmental Justice
In coverageDinowitz identifies climate and environment as a key priority. He has sponsored legislation to ban unencapsulated foam flotation in docks and buoys, regulate toxic substances in playground surfacing materials, and establish an indirect source review for heavy distribution warehouse operations to reduce emissions.
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Sponsored NY A09047 (foam flotation ban), NY A07594 (toxic substances in playground surfacing), and NY A03575 (warehouse emissions review).
Healthcare and Maternal Health
In coverageDinowitz lists healthcare as a key area of passion. He sponsored legislation to allow camp employees aged 18 or older to administer medications to children under certain conditions, and to protect health information by requiring consent or a designated purpose for processing health data.
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Sponsored NY A00509 (camp medication administration) and NY A10357 (health information protection).
Housing - Tenants Rights & Affordable Homeownership
Dinowitz has prioritized housing stability, citing the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Act as a major legislative achievement. He has experience living in various housing types including NYCHA, rent-controlled, Mitchell-Lama, rent-stabilized, and co-op housing.
Ballotpedia ↗Worker Power and Labor Movement
In coverageDinowitz sponsored the 'construction reporting pay act' requiring that laborers, workers, or mechanics who report for work on any day be paid no less than four hours at the prevailing wage. He also sponsored legislation to provide deputy sheriffs with the same interest arbitration scope as municipal police officers.
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Sponsored NY A06950 (construction reporting pay act) and NY A09665 (deputy sheriff arbitration).
Safer Streets
In coverageDinowitz identifies public safety and justice as a top priority for his community. He has sponsored legislation including the 'victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act' to increase the age of victims of patronizing, promoting, and compelling prostitution, and the 'ceasing repeated and extremely egregious predatory (CREEP) behavior act' to provide anti-stalking orders.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Sponsored NY A09214 (victims protection and child sex buyer accountability act) and NY A03226 (CREEP behavior act).
Prioritizing Our Seniors
In coverageDinowitz previously chaired the Aging Committee in the New York State Assembly, indicating a focus on senior issues.
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Chaired the Aging Committee (2011-2012).
No public position yet on Disability Rights, Justice for Immigrants, LGBTQ+ Rights, Local Economy
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