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New York State Assembly District 29
State University of New York at New Paltz—Bachelor of Arts; Framingham State College—Master’s Degree in Public Administration
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Assemblywoman Alicia L. Hyndman was elected to the New York State Assembly on November 3, 2015, representing the 29th Assembly District in Queens. Before joining the Assembly, she served for ten years on NYC Department of Education Community District Education Council 29, including four years as president, and her professional career included more than fifteen years with the New York State Department of Education as a Senior Professional Conduct Investigator overseeing adult trade and vocational schools. She also previously worked as a counselor for the Brooklyn College Educational Talent Search Program, Director of Minority Affairs at the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of NYIT, and in the New York State Education Department Office of Higher Education.
Committee Assignments: Chair, Committee on Higher Education · Member, Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry · Member, Committee on Education · Member, Committee on Rules · Member, Committee on Ways and Means · Member, Black Task Force · Member, Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus · Member, Legislative Women's Caucus · Member, Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force · Member, Task Force on Women's Issues
Alicia Hyndman's healthcare record emphasizes expanding access to care, strengthening healthcare workforce capacity, improving treatment standards, and protecting vulnerable patients, including seniors, people with dementia, dialysis patients, and people with sickle cell disease. As the sitting Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 29, she has prime-sponsored multiple healthcare bills and publicly supported affordable coverage, ACA protections, Medicaid restorations, hospital funding, and safe staffing measures.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hyndman supported the 2019-20 state budget healthcare provisions, including codifying ACA protections in state law, restoring Medicaid cuts, investing in health facilities, and studying nurse-to-patient ratios.
SourceAlicia Hyndman emphasizes growing small businesses, expanding access to living-wage jobs, entrepreneurial opportunities, and job training in Southeast Queens. In the 2025-2026 legislative session she sponsored economy-and-jobs measures focused on creating or retaining jobs through the Excelsior Jobs Program, raising wages for airport workers, enforcing prevailing-wage rules, and expanding local-produce purchasing incentives.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hyndman stated support for the 2019-2020 state budget provisions funding economic development, REDC awards, Centers of Excellence, CDFIs, MWBE lending, and worker training programs such as Career Pathways, ACCESS, wage subsidies, and the Summer Youth Employment Program.
SourceAlicia Hyndman supports immigrant-inclusive policies, including state financial aid for undocumented students, limits on disclosure of immigration status, legal counsel in immigration court, and access to professional licenses regardless of immigration status.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hyndman announced she helped pass legislation to allow immigrant students, regardless of immigration status, to pursue college financial aid opportunities in New York.
SourceAlicia Hyndman's Climate & Energy record emphasizes Southeast Queens flooding and groundwater mitigation, renewable/alternative energy incentives, safe siting limits for battery storage, and end-of-life recycling for solar photovoltaic modules. Her 2026 energy-related bills are mostly sponsor-led proposals rather than campaign platform statements; VOTE411 shows she had not responded to its climate question as of the fetched page.
Alicia Hyndman, Democratic Assembly member for New York Assembly District 29, emphasizes education access, affordability, and equity, especially in higher education. Her record includes sponsoring legislation to expand college eligibility and financial aid, protect students at proprietary colleges, and support broader funding and affordability measures for SUNY, CUNY, TAP, and student loan access.
Specific Actions & Proposals
As Assembly Higher Education Committee chair, Hyndman supported the Assembly budget proposal to invest in higher education, expand TAP and Excelsior eligibility, and fund SUNY, CUNY, and opportunity programs.
SourceAlicia Hyndman's public-safety record emphasizes community security investments, police accountability and vetting, emergency preparedness, and targeted criminal-justice measures. As a sitting New York Assembly member for District 29, she has sponsored bills on police liability insurance, police hiring reviews, confidential informant safeguards, and vehicular violence offenses, and previously reported reallocating $1.1 million for NYPD-placed security cameras in the district.
New York State Assembly Member Directory - Alicia Hyndman Biography
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New York State Assembly Member Directory - Alicia Hyndman Committee Membership
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New York State Assembly Member Directory
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Blue Voter Guide
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New York League of Conservation Voters
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Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts
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New York State Assembly Member Directory - Alicia Hyndman sponsored legislation
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New York State Senate Open Legislation - Assembly Bill A1864
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New York State Senate Open Legislation - Assembly Bill A2197
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New York State Senate Open Legislation - Assembly Bill A3676B
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New York State Senate Open Legislation - Assembly Bill A4296
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New York State Assembly - Alicia Hyndman budget healthcare statement
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Alicia-Hyndman/story/86051Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member biography
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Alicia-Hyndman/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A11147
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New York State Senate legislation page for A6867
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New York State Senate legislation page for A10597
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New York State Senate legislation page for A4515
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New York State Assembly budget announcement
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Alicia-Hyndman/story/86051Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/?ad=029Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Press Release
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New York State Assembly Bill Search
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New York State Assembly Bill Search
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New York State Assembly Bill Search
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New York State Assembly Bill Search
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New York State Assembly member page
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New York State Assembly sponsored legislation page
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VOTE411 Voter Guide
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New York State Senate legislation database
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New York State Assembly legislation database
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New York State Assembly member biography
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New York State Assembly sponsored legislation list
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New York State Assembly press release on online high school graduates
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Alicia-Hyndman/story/116108Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member profile
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New York State Assembly 2017 district report
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