State Assembly Member - District 55
Latrice M. Walker
Assembly member for District 55 since Jan. 1, 2015, and chair of the Assembly's Election Law Committee.
Issues Latrice is raising
Voting rights and election law
Sponsored two election laws now on the books: 2024 amendments to the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York, and a 2025 law setting early voting for certain special elections. Sponsors a bill on voting rights and access for incarcerated people, on the Assembly floor calendar as of June 2026.
Bail, discovery and criminal justice
In 2022, went on a 19-day hunger strike to protest proposed rollbacks to the state's bail law; her Assembly biography calls her the engine behind the 2019 law that eliminated cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felonies. Sponsors a bill for a Rand Corporation study of how the 2020 discovery reform law has affected criminal cases.
Health care and medical aid in dying
Voted against the Medical Aid in Dying Act when it passed the Assembly in April 2025 and against requirements for providing medication for medical aid in dying in February 2026; both became law Feb. 6, 2026. Sponsored a 2024 law letting pregnant women enroll in exchange health insurance at any time without penalty, and voted for 2026 health-care protections.
Climate costs, electric vehicle charging and gas service
Voted for 2024 laws creating a climate change adaptation cost recovery program and fund and requiring electric vehicle charging stations and charging-ready parking in certain new construction with off-street parking, and for a 2026 law on utilities' obligation to provide gas service to buildings not supplied with gas.
Child care and family assistance
Sponsored a 2026 law requiring social services districts to keep waiting lists and collect income data for families applying for child care assistance, and voted for the 2024-25 state budget bill covering education, labor, housing and family assistance.
Background
Based in Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Brooklyn
A Pace University School of Law graduate, she practiced law representing tenants facing eviction and people targeted by stop-and-frisk, and served as counsel to U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke. Born and raised in Brownsville, she grew up in the Prospect Plaza Houses and lives in Ocean Hill-Brownsville.
- Member of the New York State Assembly for District 55 since Jan. 1, 2015; her current term ends Jan. 1, 2027
- Chair of the Assembly Committee on Election Law; member of the Codes, Housing, Judiciary, and Ways and Means committees
- Member of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus and the Legislative Women's Caucus
- Before taking office, practiced law representing tenants facing eviction and people targeted by the New York City Police Department's stop-and-frisk policy
- Served as counsel to U.S. Rep. Yvette D. Clarke of Brooklyn
- Graduate of Pace University School of Law
- Grew up in public housing at the Prospect Plaza Houses in Brownsville; a former New York City Housing Authority resident
- Member of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and Wayside Baptist Church
- Won re-election on Nov. 5, 2024 with 91.5% of the vote over Berneda Jackson; first elected on Nov. 4, 2014 with 92.4%
- Won Democratic primaries for the seat over Darlene Mealy in 2016 (74.35%) and over Tracey Cashaw on June 28, 2022 (90.4%)
- Ran on the People For Walker line in the Feb. 26, 2019 special election for New York City Public Advocate, receiving 2,549 votes
- Advanced to the Nov. 3, 2026 general election without appearing on a primary ballot after the June 23, 2026 Democratic and Working Families Party primaries for the seat were canceled
Support
New York Working Families Party
Also on your ballot on the Working Families Party line
Money
$11K
raised
Top donors: Alexander Rovt, Irenise Hernandez, Emily Giske