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What it did for people

NYC must check on at-risk older adults during heat waves and cold snaps
Carried by Elsie Encarnación (D).
Voted for it
Rolling out. Not everyone has it yet.
NYC school paraprofessionals are owed up to $10,000 this school year
Carried by Carmen De La Rosa (D).
Voted for it
Under threat. As of Nov. 12, 2026.
Illustration from official portrait.See the photo (New York City Council), opens in a new tab© New York City Council, used as a drawing reference.
Grocery app workers in NYC get at least $22.13 per delivery hour
Carried by Sandy Nurse (D) and Jennifer Gutiérrez (D).
Voted for it
Under threat. As of Nov. 12, 2026.
City rent vouchers can't make you pay more than 30% of income
Carried by Diana Ayala (D).
Voted for it
Working now.
Illustration from official portrait.See the photo (New York City Council), opens in a new tab© New York City Council, used as a drawing reference.
Renters no longer pay the landlord's broker fee
Carried by Chi Ossé (D).
Voted for it
Working now.
Illustration from official portrait.See the photo (New York City Council), opens in a new tab© New York City Council, used as a drawing reference.
Every NYC home now has curbside compost pickup
Carried by Shahana Hanif (D).
Voted for it
Under threat. As of Nov. 11, 2026.
In NYC, tenants 60 and older facing eviction qualify for a free lawyer
Carried by Crystal Hudson (D).
Voted for it
Working now.
NYC job ads must show the lowest and highest pay offered
Carried by Helen Rosenthal (D).
Voted for it
Working now.

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Each of them ran for a city council or a state legislature, won, and did work you’ll find on this site. Running is one way in. Serving on a board or working the polls are others.

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From left: Chi Ossé (D), Bill Stanley (R), and Louise Lucas (D).

From left: Chi Ossé (D), Bill Stanley (R), Louise Lucas (D), Emmett Hanger (R), and Michelle Hinchey (D).

Illustrations from photos.See the photo of Ossé (New York City Council), opens in a new tab© New York City Council, used as a drawing reference.See the photo of Stanley (Office of the Governor of Virginia, via Wikimedia Commons), opens in a new tabCC BY 4.0.See the photo of Lucas (Senate of Virginia), opens in a new tab

Illustrations from photos.See the photo of Ossé (New York City Council), opens in a new tab© New York City Council, used as a drawing reference.See the photo of Stanley (Office of the Governor of Virginia, via Wikimedia Commons), opens in a new tabCC BY 4.0.See the photo of Lucas (Senate of Virginia), opens in a new tabSee the photo of Hanger (Senate of Virginia), opens in a new tab© Senate of Virginia, used as a drawing reference.See the photo of Hinchey (NY Senate, via Wikimedia Commons), opens in a new tabCC BY 2.5.