State Assembly Member - District 75
Tony Simone
Has represented Assembly District 75 since Jan. 1, 2023, succeeding Richard Gottfried, and was re-elected in November 2024 with 99.1% of the vote.
Where they stand
Housing, rents and new construction
Voted for the 2024-25 education, labor, housing and family assistance budget bill. Sponsored a bill, vetoed in November 2024, to create a common state application and web portal for housing development funding, tax credits, loans and grants.
Cost of living, taxes and the state budget
Voted for the bill carrying out major parts of the 2026-27 state budget, which passed the Assembly 91-52 and was signed in May 2026, and for a 2026 law on the attorney general's ability to protect New Yorkers from unfair, deceptive and abusive business practices.
Public safety and criminal justice
Sponsored and voted for a law, signed in February 2026, on criminal cases that end because the defendant was found to have a mental disease or defect, setting reporting requirements for those cases.
Issues Tony is raising
Climate and environmental rules
Voted for laws requiring electric-vehicle charging stations and EV-ready parking in new construction with off-street parking and creating a climate change adaptation cost recovery program and fund, and for a 2026 law changing when state rules on gas service to new customers take effect. Sponsored a law extending the state's polystyrene foam container and loose-fill packaging ban provisions to 2030.
Elections and local ballot questions
Sponsored a bill to stop a city charter commission's ballot proposal from keeping other local referendum questions off the ballot; it passed both houses in June 2025 and was vetoed that December. Also sponsored a bill requiring boards of elections to post sample ballots online at least 12 days before early voting, which passed both houses in May 2026.
LGBTQ rights
Sponsored and voted for the 2023 law adding gender identity or expression as a protected class under the state human rights law.
Background
He has worked for former state Sen. Catherine Abate, former state Comptroller Carl McCall and former City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, and at the nonprofits People for the American Way and Hudson River Park Friends.
- Member of the New York State Assembly for District 75 since Jan. 1, 2023; succeeded Richard Gottfried
- Won the seat in November 2022 with 84.7% of the vote, and re-election on Nov. 5, 2024, with 99.1%
- Legislative aide to state Sen. Catherine Abate
- Special assistant in the office of state Comptroller Carl McCall
- Legislative aide and director of community outreach for New York City Council Member Christine Quinn; as the City Council's director of community outreach, coordinated relief efforts after Hurricane Sandy
- Director of external affairs for Hudson River Park Friends; also worked at People for the American Way
- Worked on Hillary Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate campaign
- B.A. in political science and applied economics, Hofstra University (1994); master's degree in public management, public finance and policy, Columbia University (2001)
- First openly gay Assembly member to represent the 75th District
Support
New York Working Families Party
Also on your ballot on the Working Families Party line
Money
$114K
raised
Top donors: Lori Schreiber, Zachary Schreiber, Bradley Feig
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