Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) joined with Chair of the Assembly's Oversight, Analysis and Investigation Committee Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) to announce the unanimous Assembly passage of legislation that will promote greater efficiency within...

On April 29, 2013, Assembly Members Kim, Rozic, Moya, and Hevesi along with 12 Members of the Queens delegation signed a letter to Governor Cuomo urging him to adopt a comprehensive “Tech Zone” innovation hot spot proposal designed by...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) and a coalition of elected officials, civic organizations, and the New York League of Conservation Voters, have secured $3 million in this year’s State Budget to start cleaning up old, polluting train locomotives. The...

On January 28, 2013, Assembly bill A.3354, supported by Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), passed the house and the State Senate extending tax abatement for Condo and Co-Op owners in New York City. The law will provide retroactive...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens), Chair of the Assembly Oversight, Analysis, and Investigations Committee, Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D-Suffolk), Chair of the Assembly Governmental Operations Committee, and Assemblyman George Latimer, (D-Westchester),...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens), Chair of the Assembly Oversight, Analysis, and Investigations Committee, sent a letter to Commissioner Joseph Martens in regard to his concern about the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) passed bill number A6114-C which requires the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to establish a system to track energy creation, attributions, and trade within New York State. A certificate tracking...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), Senator Joe Addabbo (D-Middle Village), Assemblyman Mike Miller (D-Woodhaven), Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan (D-Ridgewood), and Council Member Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) have arranged for the New York...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing), Council Member Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), and Assemblywoman Grace Meng sent a letter to Mayor Michael Bloomberg this week detailing funds that could be used to...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) introduced two bills recently, A9598 and A9600, which will require Superintendents to report all allegation of child abuse by school employees or volunteers during the transfer of accused persons between school districts,...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) Chairman of the Committee on Oversight, Investigation, and Analysis and William Magnarelli (D-Syracuse, Geddes and Van Buren) Chairman of the Committee on Local Governments have issued 4,660 requests to local government...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills), Senator Toby Ann Stavisky (D-Flushing), Council Member Karen Koslowitz (D-Forest Hills), and Assemblywoman Grace Meng will hold a rally in the courtyard of Russell Sage Junior High located at 68-17 Austin Street...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) passed bill number A8296 which will require the Department of Criminal Justice to publish and circulate documentation to youth agencies which instructs them on how to retrieve full background checks on employees. This...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) drafted a letter to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver last week urging an increased commitment in this year’s budget towards securing a federal Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge Grant. The federal Department...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens) chairman of the Assembly Subcommittee on Renewable Energy, reached out to Washington today urging Congress of the importance of extending the Production Tax Credit (PTC), a credit he believes is vital to the future...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) sent a letter to the New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday February 14, 2012 regarding the potential closure of the Queens Community House Beacon Program, which operates at J.H.S. 190 Russell Sage...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) donated blood on Friday January 20, 2012 at the Forest Hills High School blood drive. January is the National Blood Donation month, and New York City often finds itself in particularly short supply of blood following...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Queens), Chair of the Assembly Oversight, Analysis, and Investigations Committee, along with Assemblyman Keith Wright, Chair of the Assembly Labor Committee, Assemblyman Peter Abbate, Chair of the Assembly Governmental Employees...

Assemblyman Andrew Hevesi (D-Forest Hills) will be hosting a year long food drive beginning this week, and continuing through December of 2012. Canned non-perishable food can be dropped off at Assemblyman Hevesi’s district office during business hours,...

It can sometimes be a challenge to see how legislation affects the very areas and landscapes that surround us every day. However, I have recently introduced a bill into the New York State Assembly that could assist in transforming vacant, blighted lots...