State Assembly Member - District 25
Nily D. Rozic
Has represented the 25th Assembly District in northeast Queens since January 2013; on her election in 2012 she became the youngest woman in the state Legislature and the first woman to represent the district.
Issues Nily is raising
End-of-life care and public health
Voted against the medical aid in dying act and against the 2026 law on requirements for medical professionals and health care facilities that provide medication for medical aid in dying; both were signed Feb. 6, 2026. Sponsored the 2023 law barring sales of over-the-counter diet pills and weight-loss or muscle-building supplements to people under 18.
Wages, business rules and the state budget
Wants higher wages for workers, better transit service and improved government services. Voted for the 2026-27 budget bill and against the February 2026 law changing how close cannabis dispensaries may be to schools and houses of worship. Sponsored a bill requiring employers to get employees' written acknowledgement of sexual harassment prevention policies and a law requiring card-skimming notices where electronic benefit cards are accepted.
Immigrants and language access
Has spoken out for the DREAM Act. Sponsored laws requiring general hospitals to provide language assistance services and develop a language assistance program (signed December 2025) and providing language access services for injured workers with limited English proficiency (signed September 2023).
College costs and campus discrimination
Wants college to be affordable for Queens families. Sponsored the 2025 law requiring every college and university in New York to appoint a Title VI coordinator to ensure compliance with Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Energy, buildings and the environment
Voted for the 2024 law requiring new construction with off-street parking to include electric vehicle charging stations and EV-ready spaces, and for the 2026 law on when provisions on gas service to new customers take effect. Sponsored the 2026 law extending deadlines for the green roof tax abatement in cities of one million or more people.
Background
Based in Fresh Meadows
She chairs the Assembly Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection and was chief of staff to Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh before her election.
- Member of the New York State Assembly for District 25 since Jan. 1, 2013
- Chairs the Assembly Committee on Consumer Affairs and Protection; serves on the Rules, Ways and Means, Labor, and Corporations, Authorities and Commissions committees
- Secretary of the Assembly Majority Conference
- Previously chaired the Assembly Subcommittee on Emerging Workforce (named in 2015), the Task Force on Women's Issues (2017) and the Office of State-Federal Relations (2020)
- Member of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus and the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force
- Her Assembly biography says she wrote a law easing work schedules for state employees and expanding flexible workplace practices
- Chief of staff to Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh before her election
- Former member of Community Board 8 and of the Townsend Harris High School Alumni Association
- Graduate of New York City schools, New York University and Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
- Born in Jerusalem and raised in Queens; a first-generation American who lives in Fresh Meadows
- Won the seat on Nov. 6, 2012 with 70.2% of the vote; re-elected unopposed in 2014 and with 76.36% in 2016, 99.2% in 2018, 99.0% in 2020, 57.0% in 2022 and 52.9% over Kenneth Paek on Nov. 5, 2024
- Advanced to the Nov. 3, 2026 general election on the Democratic line after the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary for the seat was canceled
Support
No endorsements beyond the Democratic nomination were found as of Oct. 1, 2026.
Money
$72K
raised
Top donors: Charter Communications PAC, Gershon Barnett, Azizo Holdings LLC