State Assembly Member - District 58
Monique Chandler-Waterman
Assembly member for District 58 in Brooklyn since winning a May 2022 special election to succeed Nick Perry; re-elected in November 2024 with 99.8% of the vote.
Issues Monique is raising
Gun violence, policing and crime victims
Sponsored the Assembly version of the 2024 law defining a mass shooting for emergency response and emergency funding, and sponsors bills to create a state gun violence prevention office and advisory council and to require police and peace officers to intervene against clearly excessive force.
Mental health services and crisis response
Sponsored the 2025 law replacing the term "emotionally disturbed person" with "person experiencing an emotional crisis" in state and local government documents. Her Assembly member page cites her advocacy for $8 million for Daniel's Law pilot start-up programs.
Child care
Sponsored the 2026 law letting child care provider licenses be valid for up to six years.
Subway crews and transit
Sponsored a bill barring New York City Transit from running subways or trains without a conductor on board; it passed the Assembly and Senate in June 2025 and the governor vetoed it in December 2025. Authored legislation in March 2026 mandating two-person crews on MTA subway trains.
Voting materials and language access
Sponsors a bill to provide voting materials in French and Creole in New York City and to require French and Creole translators at eligible polling places; it was referred to the Assembly Election Law Committee on Jan. 7, 2026.
Background
Based in East Flatbush · Age 45
She co-founded the nonprofit East Flatbush Village in 2008, directed community outreach for then-Council Member Jumaane Williams and was outreach director for New York City's Test & Trace Corps during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Member of the New York State Assembly for District 58 since May 31, 2022, after winning the May 24, 2022 special election with 79.8% of the vote; Nick Perry had left the seat on his appointment as U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica
- Won the June 28, 2022 Democratic primary over Hercules Reid with 65.3% of the vote and the Nov. 8, 2022 general election with 95.0%
- Re-elected Nov. 5, 2024 with 35,744 votes (99.8%)
- Member of the Assembly committees on Children and Families, Election Law, Higher Education, Housing, Mental Health and Small Business
- Co-chair of the Anti-Gun Violence Subcommittee of the New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, of the Mental Health Subcommittee of the Black Legislative Taskforce, and of the subcommittee on gun violence within the Legislative Women's Caucus
- Co-founded the nonprofit East Flatbush Village, founded in 2008; also founded a day care center
- Civilian Advisor for the NYPD's 67th Precinct
- Directed community outreach for then-City Council Member Jumaane Williams
- Outreach Director for New York City's Test & Trace Corps during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Ran for New York City Council District 45 in 2019, placing second in the May 14 special election (29.3%) and the June 25 Democratic primary (43.0%)
- Graduated from Boys and Girls High School; bachelor's degree in business administration from Berkeley College; MBA from Metropolitan College of New York
- Born Jan. 14, 1981, in New York City to Jamaican and Barbadian immigrants, and raised in East Flatbush
- Received the New York City Council's Shirley Chisholm Woman of Distinction Award and the UFT School Safety Award
- Lives in East Flatbush with her husband, Eric Waterman, and their four children
Support
New York Working Families Party
Also on your ballot on the Working Families Party line
Money
$87K
raised
Top donors: Public Employees Federation, Nicholas Lembo, 32BJ United ADF