Running forState Assembly, District 48
Simcha Eichenstein
Democrat, ConservativeHas the job now
Overview
Simcha Eichenstein is an American politician from New York. He is a member of the New York State Assembly.
Facts from Wikipedia.
- How to reach them
- Office phone: 718-853-9616
- Office: 1310 48th St. Unit 204, Brooklyn, NY 11219
- Email: eichensteins@nyassembly.gov
- Official accounts: X (Twitter)
Bills they wrote
Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.
Wrote
84 bills
Became law
4 became law. Another 7 passed the House or Senate but didn't.
- A 8626: Changes the effectiveness of provisions relating to religious dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areasBecame law
- A 5939: Requires religious dietary food options in prison commissaries and visitor's areasBecame law
- A 5036: Authorizes the city of New York to reduce the interest accrued on certain charges assessed on real property located at 1690 60th Street in BrooklynBecame law
- A 2207: Relates to insurance for victims of a hate crime; repealerBecame law
- A 9195: Relates to protecting the display of religious items on dwellingsPassed both chambers
- A 2400: Requires the public service commission to consider the economic impact of utility rates and chargesPassed both chambers
- A 8816: Relates to providing tenants with the option to execute leases electronicallyPassed the Assembly
- A 2693: Prohibits the issuance of tickets to residential occupants for certain violations of the sanitation codePassed the Assembly
- A 2384: Requires insurers to provide insurance coverage for rare diseases, life-threatening conditions or diseases, degenerative and disabling conditions, or diagnoses involving medically fragile childrenPassed the Assembly
- A 236: Provides senior citizens shall be entitled to use any park, recreational facility or historic site without the imposition of any fee or other chargePassed the Assembly
- A 241: Relates to reporting unmet need for programs and services for the agingPassed the Assembly
- A 10707: Relates to reporting unmet need for programs and services for the agingIntroduced
- A 10346: Relates to exempting members of the New York state police from tolls associated with entering on or exiting Ward's islandIntroduced
- A 9505: Prohibits the issuance of tickets to residential occupants for certain violations of the sanitation codeIntroduced
- A 7076: Clarifies the time in which the public service commission must act upon certain petitionsIntroduced
- A 7064: Includes offenses involving physical harm or danger to others to be qualifying offenses for the purpose of allowing a principal to be eligible to be held on bailIntroduced
- A 2593: Limits robocalls to state residents and requires telephone service providers to offer free call mitigation technology to telephone customersIntroduced
- A 2346: Includes aggravated cemetery desecration in the second degree and aggravated cemetery desecration in the first degree as specified offenses for purposes of hate crimesIntroduced
- A 2363: Relates to the licensing, registration, purchase, insurance and training for low velocity electric vehiclesIntroduced
- A 2357: Release of persons charged with certain crimes involving possession of a firearm on their own recognizance or under non-monetary conditions, bail or custody of the sheriffIntroduced
- A 2358: Authorizes absentee voting for religious observance or practiceIntroduced
- A 2088: Relates to the number of voting machines required, supplies at polling locations and the number of affidavit ballots to be supplied at polling locationsIntroduced
- A 2159: Increases the classification of misdemeanor hate crime offenses to a felonyIntroduced
- A 2072: Establishes a commission to produce protocols on how to make schools in New York safer from school shootings and bombers; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereofIntroduced
- A 2235: Provides for a two percent cap on rate increases imposed by utilitiesIntroduced
- A 2063: Relates to a rebate for residents of Kings county who frequently commute across the Verrazzano-Narrows bridgeIntroduced
- A 2158: Requires all agencies of the city of New York which issue summons to document violations with photographic evidence when feasibleIntroduced
- A 384: Relates to reporting unmet need for programs and services for the agingIntroduced
- A 125: Creates the blue light emergency phones pilot program and directs the commissioner of parks and recreation to study and report upon the use of such programIntroduced
- A 143: Limits the naming of municipalities and subdivisions thereofIntroduced
- A 169: Relates to cemetery desecration; repealerIntroduced
- A 205: Requires police departments to electronically transmit to parking violations bureaus a copy of each stolen vehicle report prepared; use of electronic reports in defenseIntroduced
- A 171: Authorizes drivers to disobey a traffic-control device or signal, after exercising reasonable care, in order to yield the right of way to an authorized emergency vehicleIntroduced
- A 146: Relates to the appointment of impartial hearing officers to hear appeals of determinations regarding children with handicapping conditionsIntroduced
- A 151: Relates to securing orders for principals charged with hate crimesIntroduced
- A 161: Directs a study on the impact of increased wages on eligibility for income based services, programs and subsidiesIntroduced
- A 144: Requires the MTA to file a copy of proposed station closings with various governmental agenciesIntroduced
- A 152: Enacts the New York religious land use and religious exercise actIntroduced
- A 383: Provides senior citizens shall be entitled to use any park, recreational facility or historic site without the imposition of any fee or other chargeIntroduced
- A 381: Requires the department of transportation to report yearly to the governor and the legislature on the one hundred most structurally damaged bridgesIntroduced
- A 394: Relates to authorizing bail for certain harassment offenses which are, or are charged as, hate crimesIntroduced
- A 393: Relates to personal assistants in consumer directed personal assistance programsIntroduced
- A 406: Establishes a tax credit for the purchase and installation of a security camera system on residential- and commercial-owned propertiesIntroduced
- A 611: Relates to the disposition of fetal remainsIntroduced
- A 625: Relates to pendency placements in a school district in New York cityIntroduced
- A 1013: Includes certain violations involving the use of a firearm as qualifying offenses for the purpose of imposing bailIntroduced
- A 410: Requires hate crime awareness curriculum or instruction for school districtsIntroduced
- A 955: Directs the department of state to study, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning studies directed by the legislature to be completedIntroduced
- A 230: Relates to tax abatement for rent-controlled and rent regulated property occupied by and real property owned by senior citizens or persons with disabilitiesIntroduced
- A 386: Requires the sanitation department of the city of New York to provide a photograph of the materials, condition or situation alleged to constitute the violationIntroduced
- A 9528: Permits Congregation Kollel Tiferes Zvi to file an application for a real property tax exemptionIntroduced
- A 9547: Authorizes absentee voting for religious observance or practiceIntroduced
- A 9539: Requires insurers to provide insurance coverage for rare diseases, life-threatening conditions or diseases, degenerative and disabling conditions, or diagnoses involving medically fragile childrenIntroduced
- A 8471: Relates to the licensing, registration, purchase, insurance and training for low velocity electric vehiclesIntroduced
- A 6086: Increases the classification of misdemeanor hate crime offenses to a felonyIntroduced
- A 4610: Provides for a two percent cap on rate increases imposed by utilitiesIntroduced
- A 4140: Includes certain violations involving the use of a firearm as qualifying offenses for the purpose of imposing bailIntroduced
- A 4176: Directs the department of state to study, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning studies directed by the legislature to be completedIntroduced
- A 4180: Establishes a commission to produce protocols on how to make schools in New York safer from school shootings and bombers; and provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereofIntroduced
- A 4004: Requires all agencies of the city of New York which issue summons to document violations with photographic evidence when feasibleIntroduced
- A 3998: Requires the public service commission to consider the economic impact of utility rates and chargesIntroduced
- A 4002: Relates to a rebate for residents of Kings county who frequently commute across the Verrazzano-Narrows bridgeIntroduced
- A 3995: Release of persons charged with certain crimes involving possession of a firearm on their own recognizance or under non-monetary conditions, bail or custody of the sheriffIntroduced
- A 3747: Relates to the number of voting machines required, supplies at polling locations and the number of affidavit ballots to be supplied at polling locationsIntroduced
- A 3746: Relates to false material statements related to a public utilityIntroduced
- A 2030: Relates to pendency placements in a school district in New York city.Introduced
- A 1617: Establishes a tax credit for the purchase and installation of a security camera system on residential- and commercial-owned propertiesIntroduced
- A 203: Requires the MTA to file a copy of proposed station closings with various governmental agenciesIntroduced
- A 178: Creates the blue light emergency phones pilot program and directs the commissioner of parks and recreation to study and report upon the use of such programIntroduced
- A 183: Enacts the New York religious land use and religious exercise actIntroduced
- A 209: Relates to securing orders for principals charged with hate crimesIntroduced
- A 204: Enacts the "save our stores act"Introduced
- A 217: Relates to cemetery desecration; repealerIntroduced
- A 239: Relates to personal assistants in consumer directed personal assistance programsIntroduced
- A 242: Relates to the disposition of fetal remainsIntroduced
- A 244: Requires the sanitation department of the city of New York to provide a photograph of the materials, condition or situation alleged to constitute the violationIntroduced
- A 238: Requires the department of transportation to report yearly to the governor and the legislature on the one hundred most structurally damaged bridgesIntroduced
- A 235: Requires police departments to electronically transmit to parking violations bureaus a copy of each stolen vehicle report prepared; use of electronic reports in defenseIntroduced
- A 232: Authorizes drivers to disobey a traffic-control device or signal, after exercising reasonable care, in order to yield the right of way to an authorized emergency vehicleIntroduced
- A 231: Directs a study on the impact of increased wages on eligibility for income based services, programs and subsidiesIntroduced
- A 254: Relates to authorizing bail for certain harassment offenses which are, or are charged as, hate crimesIntroduced
- A 243: Requires hate crime awareness curriculum or instruction for school districtsIntroduced
- A 205: Limits the naming of municipalities and subdivisions thereofIntroduced
- A 195: Relates to the appointment of impartial hearing officers to hear appeals of determinations regarding children with handicapping conditionsIntroduced
How they voted
Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the New York legislature, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.
Votes shown
3,989 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.
Attendance
Didn't vote on 363 of 3,989 votes (9%). They had permission to be away (excused) for all of them.
By topic
Aging31 votes
Agriculture44 votes
Alcoholism and Drug Abuse10 votes
Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders6 votes
Banks60 votes
Budget and Revenue9 votes
Children and Families63 votes
Cities40 votes
Cities 127 votes
Cities 210 votes
Civil Service and Pensions104 votes
Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business13 votes
Consumer Affairs and Protection119 votes
Consumer Protection31 votes
Corporations, Authorities and Commissions144 votes
Correction35 votes
Crime Victims, Crime and Correction14 votes
Criminal Law (Codes)165 votes
Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation15 votes
Disabilities7 votes
Economic Development64 votes
Education71 votes
Election Law26 votes
Elections24 votes
Energy55 votes
Energy and Telecommunications24 votes
Environmental Conservation168 votes
Ethics and Internal Governance3 votes
Finance47 votes
Governmental Employees109 votes
Governmental Operations176 votes
Health280 votes
Higher Education93 votes
Housing46 votes
Housing, Construction and Community Development23 votes
Insurance175 votes
Internet and Technology16 votes
Investigations and Government Operations221 votes
Judiciary158 votes
Labor96 votes
Libraries9 votes
Libraries and Education Technology7 votes
Local Government188 votes
Local Governments121 votes
Mental Health29 votes
New York City Education1 vote
People With Disabilities19 votes
Procurement and Contracts20 votes
Racing and Wagering19 votes
Racing, Gaming and Wagering10 votes
Real Property Taxation89 votes
Science and Technology17 votes
Small Business6 votes
Social Services39 votes
Taxes and Budget (Ways and Means)256 votes
Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development30 votes
Transportation220 votes
Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs15 votes
Veterans' Affairs55 votes
Women'S Issues17 votes
Source: Open States, New York State Senate and Assembly. Topics from the state legislature.