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Amy Paulin Applauds Measures in Budget to Make Stretch Limousines Safer, Urges Further Regulations

Apr 9, 2019

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) cheered policies enacted in the state budget to provide more tools for the State Police, the State Department of Transportation, and the Department of Motor Vehicles to keep unscrupulous limousine...

Amy Paulin Celebrates New Statewide Program to Increase Donation and Recycling of Food Scraps

Apr 3, 2019

Assemblymember Amy Paulin toured the Scarsdale Food Scrap Recycling / Food Scrap Composting Program at the Village Recycling Center.

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) hailed a new food donation and food scraps recycling program established in the recently passed 2019-2020 state budget. Building on the success local governments and sustainability advocates have...

Assembly Members from Westchester County Announce New Program to Help Deal with the Con Edison Moratorium Passed in the State Budget

Apr 2, 2019

Albany, NY – The members of the New York State Assembly who represent communities throughout Westchester County were pleased to announce that the recently passed 2019-2020 state budget contains a new program to help Westchester residents and developers...

Amy Paulin Joins Amicus Brief in Lawsuit to Prevent an Undercount in the 2020 U.S. Census That Would Harm New Yorkers

Apr 1, 2019

Scarsdale, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that she had signed onto an Amicus Curiae brief in the lawsuit State of New York, et al., v. U.S. Dep’t of Commerce. The brief was filed today in support of a coalition of states,...

Amy Paulin’s Bill to Require Informed Consent for Training Exams on Unconscious Patients Passes the Assembly

Mar 19, 2019

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that her bill to require the informed consent of the patient for any health care procedure of examination, including those done in the course of medical education or training (A. 4988...

Amy Paulin to Host Fourth Annual “There Ought to Be a Law” Contest

Mar 7, 2019

Scarsdale, NY – Assemblywoman Amy Paulin is sponsoring her fourth annual “There Ought to Be a Law” contest for students in grades six to eight throughout the 88th Assembly District. The contest asks students to identify a problem impacting...

Amy Paulin’s Bill on the Safe Storage of Firearms Passes the New York State Legislature

Mar 4, 2019

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that her bill (A. 2686A) to require the safe and secure storage of rifles, shotguns, and handguns to prevent access by children and other prohibited persons has passed the New York State...

Assembly Judiciary Committee Approves Child-Parent Security Act, Assemblymember Amy Paulin’s Bill to Allow Gestational Surrogacy Agreements

Feb 27, 2019

ALBANY, NY -- Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) cheered the passage of the Child-Parent Security Act (A. 1071A) through the Assembly Judiciary Committee – a milestone in reforming New York’s outdated laws on gestational surrogacy agreements...

Scarsdale Woman’s Club To Receive $125,000 in CCAP Funding to Improve Accessibility at its Historic Site

Feb 20, 2019

SCARSDALE, NY - Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) is pleased to announce that the Scarsdale Woman’s Club will receive a capital funding grant of $125,000 from the Community Capital Assistance Program (CCAP). The project will enable the National...

Amy Paulin Cheers Legislature’s Quick Passage of Bill to Keep Guns Out of the Hands of Those Unable to Pass a Background Check

Jan 29, 2019

Taking up the crisis of gun violence with the same energy as so many other long-awaited priorities, today the New York State Assembly and State Senate passed a comprehensive package of bills to reduce gun violence, promote gun safety, and keep firearms...

Statement of Assemblymember Amy R. Paulin on the Final Report of the Metropolitan Transportation Sustainability Advisory Workgroup

Dec 18, 2018

I am grateful to have served as one of the two appointments made by Speaker Carl Heastie to the Metropolitan Transportation Sustainability Advisory Workgroup. As Chair of the Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions, I possessed a fair...

Assemblymember Amy Paulin Calls for a State Task Force to Improve the Safety of Stretch Limousines

Oct 18, 2018

SCARSDALE, NY - Spurred by the tragic accident that took the lives of 20 people in Schoharie, NY, Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) introduced six bills to improve the safe operation of stretch limousines and increase protections for drivers and...

2018 Westchester Storms Report

Aug 21, 2018

Amy Paulin’s Bill to Prevent a Tax Hike on Non-Profits Passes the Legislature

Jul 17, 2018

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that her bill (A.11051 / S. 8831) to prevent an unintended new state tax for unrelated business taxable income on not-for-profit companies, which was inadvertently created by recent changes...

Amy Paulin’s Bill to Require Gas Companies to Report the History and Severity of Leaks Passes the NYS Legislature

Jun 28, 2018

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that her bill to require gas companies to report the location and severity of gas leaks to the state and public safety officials (A. 467-A / S. 4264-A) passed the New York State Senate during...

NYS Legislature Passes Bill to Require Hotels to Share Information to Help Human Trafficking Victims, Sponsored by Amy Paulin

Jun 21, 2018

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) announced that her bill to require hotels and other lodging facilities to provide information concerning services for human trafficking victims in public spaces within their establishments (A.10425-A...

Assembly Passes Legislation to Protect Victims of Human Trafficking and Bring Perpetrators Of Sex Trafficking of a Child to Justice

Jun 13, 2018

Assemblymember Paulin and Senator Lanza Announce Agreement on Bill to Establish the Crime of Sex Trafficking of a Child

Jun 7, 2018

Albany, NY – Assemblymember Amy Paulin (D-Scarsdale) and Senator Andrew Lanza (R-Staten Island) the sponsors of a bill (A.6823-C/ S.5988-B) that would combat the sex trafficking of children by bringing New York law closer to current federal law, announced...

Three Pelham Middle School Students are the Winners of Amy Paulin’s “There Ought to Be a Law” Contest

May 31, 2018

Pelham, NY – Assemblymember Amy R. Paulin is proud to announce three seventh graders at Pelham Middle School are the winners of her Third Annual “There Ought to Be a Law” Contest. Dorentina Lucgjonaj and Lawrence Ohmes each wrote winning essays...

Assemblymembers Paulin and Cusick Examine Utilities Companies’ Responses to March Nor’easters

May 29, 2018

White Plains, NY – Assemblymember Amy R. Paulin (D-Scarsdale) and Michael J. Cusick (D-Staten Island) convened a public hearing on Monday to examine the response of utilities companies to the winter snowstorms that slammed into the Hudson Valley in...