VoterLens
New York State Assembly District 28
Queens College—Bachelor of Arts in Political Science
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Andrew D. Hevesi was first elected to the New York State Assembly to represent District 28 on May 10, 2005, and represents communities including Forest Hills, Rego Park, Ridgewood, Richmond Hill, Middle Village, Glendale, and Kew Gardens. Before serving in the Assembly, he served as chief of staff to a former New York State Assembly member, director of community affairs for the New York City Public Advocate, and worked in the Domestic Violence Bureau of the Queens County District Attorney’s Office.
Committee Assignments: Chair, Committee on Children and Families · Committee on Codes · Committee on Health · Committee on Rules · Committee on Ways and Means · Task Force on New Americans · Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force
Andrew Hevesi, Democratic Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 28, emphasizes healthcare access through Medicaid/EMS reimbursement, public-health workforce pay, home-care provider preservation, and disability-related healthcare access. His record includes prime-sponsored healthcare-related bills and stated support for reversing policies he says harm patients and providers.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hevesi backed a Rescue EMS package and said he would introduce a bill creating a Medicaid ambulance reimbursement methodology closer to the cost of service.
SourceHevesi joined local legislators and providers in calling for reversal of Medicaid redesign-related CDPAP policies that he said threatened small providers and harmed patients in diverse and aging Queens communities.
SourceAndrew Hevesi frames his economy-and-jobs agenda largely around making child care affordable and available so parents can work, stabilizing the child care workforce, and using targeted public investments to create jobs and spur development. He has also backed job-creation measures tied to after-school programs, brownfield redevelopment, and renewable-energy tax policy.
Specific Actions & Proposals
As Children and Families Committee Chair, Hevesi supported the enacted SFY 2026-2027 budget’s $3 billion in child care subsidies, saying the investments expand resources parents rely on while they work.
SourceHevesi urged Congress to extend the federal Production Tax Credit, saying it was important for renewable-energy growth and manufacturing jobs in New York.
SourceAndrew Hevesi, the Democratic incumbent for New York State Assembly District 28, has taken a pro-immigrant-services and immigrant-protection posture in the 2025-2026 session. His immigration-related record includes sponsoring services and court-access bills for unaccompanied immigrant children and co-sponsoring measures on immigrant legal defense, SNAP eligibility regardless of immigration status, restrictions on immigration-status disclosure, and ending government immigration-detention contracts.
Andrew Hevesi has a pro-clean-energy and environmental-protection record, including state budget funding for cleaner freight locomotives in Queens and co-sponsorship of bills on fossil-fuel phaseout, sustainable energy financing, cleaner state vehicle procurement, and renewable electric generation pilots.
Andrew Hevesi, Democratic Assemblymember for New York State Assembly District 28, emphasizes reducing barriers to education through smaller class sizes, local school capacity, childcare access, and student attendance supports. His record includes sponsoring or co-sponsoring education-related measures and advocating with NYC DOE for district school-seat and zoning remedies.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hevesi negotiated with NYC DOE to create priority status for students in school districts 24 and 28 at Queens Metropolitan Avenue High School to relieve overcrowding and keep seats focused on local students.
SourceHevesi advocated with local officials for short- and long-term NYC DOE remedies to address Forest Hills elementary school seat shortages, resulting in a temporary classroom unit at PS 144Q.
SourceAndrew Hevesi describes his public-safety approach as "prevention-first," emphasizing child safety, domestic-violence survivor protections, juvenile-justice reforms, victim services, and targeted security funding rather than only punitive enforcement. As a sitting Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 28, he has sponsored or supported measures addressing family-court safety, domestic-violence shelter access, juvenile facility contraband screening, youth interrogation protections, human trafficking penalties, and crime-victim services.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Hevesi called for Governor Hochul to fill funding gaps and include more support for victim-services organizations in the next state budget after federal Victims of Crime Act aid cuts threatened rape crisis and child advocacy centers.
SourceNew York State Assembly biography
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=028&sh=bioFetched: biography, education, location
New York State Assembly committee membership
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/?ad=028&sh=commFetched: committees
Legislative Action Center
https://app7.vocusgr.com/webpublish/Controller.aspx?Definition=ViewLegislator&LegislatorID=31034&SiteName=AIADAFetched: age, location
MyRepTracker
https://myreptracker.com/new-york/legislators/ny-house-28-andrew-hevesi/voting-recordFetched: votingRecord
Transparency USA
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/andrew-d-hevesiFetched: campaignFinance
FollowTheMoney.org search/API information
https://www.followthemoney.org/our-data/apis/Fetched: campaignFinance
Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/district/NY/New_York_State_Assembly_District_28/45495/564Fetched: endorsements
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://www.nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/NYS-Scorecard-2025.pdfFetched: ratings
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/FINAL_NYLCV_2021_StateScorecard_Singles.pdfFetched: ratings
Conservative Party of New York State
https://www.cpnys.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025-Assembly-Ratings-Final-Final.pdfFetched: ratings
Sway
https://www.sway.co/candidate/andrew-d-hevesi-eb20ed25-1ecc-4141-8a9c-189892e8d14aFetched: endorsements
New York State Assembly member page
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Andrew-Hevesi/sponsor/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Andrew-Hevesi/story/109650Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Andrew-Hevesi/story/108949Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A02442&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly newsletter PDF
https://assembly.state.ny.us/write/upload/member_files/028/pdfs/20240229_0109324.pdfFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A04037&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5899Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Legislation PDF
https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A466Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Press Release
https://www2.nyassembly.gov/Press/?sec=story&story=118371Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Page
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Andrew-Hevesi/story/45635Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Page
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Andrew-Hevesi/story/46650Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A2582
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2582Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - A06189
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/leg/?bn=A06189&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A2689
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2689Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A6632
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6632Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A4181
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4181Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory - Andrew Hevesi
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Andrew-Hevesi/welcome/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member page
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Andrew-Hevesi/story/118662Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory - Andrew Hevesi
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Andrew-Hevesi/story/21548Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Legislation - A05899
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Chamber%26nbspVideo%2FTranscript=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y&LFIN=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A05899&default_fld=&leg_video=&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A11345
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11345Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory - Andrew Hevesi
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Andrew-Hevesi/story/40904Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory - Andrew Hevesi
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Andrew-Hevesi/story/64968Fetched: issuePositions
NYC Votes
https://www.nycvotes.org/whats-on-the-ballot/2026-general-election-voter-guide/member-of-the-assembly/profile/?bannerTitle=Andrew+D.+Hevesi&boroughCode=&candidateId=V957&districtID=&electionCycle=2026&geoAreaAbbr=28&officeType=7&officelevel=2&partyId=OTHFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Speaker Press Release
https://www2.nyassembly.gov/Press/?sec=story&story=118525Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Andrew-Hevesi/story/118275Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Andrew Hevesi Newsletter
https://www.nyassembly.gov/write/upload/member_files/028/pdfs/20260504_0117974.pdfFetched: issuePositions
The Legal Aid Society
https://legalaidnyc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Media-AdvYouth-Parents-Advocates-Elected-Officials-to-Gather-in-Support-of-Critical-Legislation-to-Serve-Young-New-Yorkersisory-1.pdfFetched: issuePositions
City & State New York
https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/08/lawmakers-push-hochul-backfill-cuts-crime-victims-child-advocacy-centers/415464/?oref=csny-topic-lander-featured-riverFetched: issuePositions