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Demond Meeks
Democratic PartySTH · NY · District 137
New York State Assembly District 137
STH · NY · District 137
New York State Assembly District 137
Monroe Community College—Associate's Degree; SUNY Brockport—BA
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Born and raised in Rochester, NY, Demond Meeks is a public servant and advocate for education, housing, childcare, fair wages, and worker rights. Before representing New York State Assembly District 137, he worked as an Administrative Organizer with 1199SEIU, representing healthcare-sector employees, bargaining contracts, and mobilizing workers around workplace and community issues. He has also served with the Rochester Chapter of the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists and the Civic Design Team of the Parent Leadership Training Institute.
Committee Assignments: Chair, Office of State-Federal Relations Committee · Member, Committee on Children and Families · Member, Committee on Cities · Member, Committee on Correction · Member, Committee on Health · Member, Committee on Housing · Member, Committee on Insurance · Member, Black Task Force · Member, Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus · Member, Task Force on Food, Farm & Nutrition Policy · Member, Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force
Demond Meeks has supported expanding health coverage and emergency health access, including mental health coverage under Healthy New York, a universal New York Health program, maternal/postpartum coverage, and first-responder epinephrine access. He is also listed as a member of the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Health for District 137.
Demond Meeks emphasizes worker-centered economic policy, including fair wages, worker rights, income supports, youth employment, workforce development, and public investment in Rochester-area families and neighborhoods. His legislative record includes proposals for a higher living wage, universal basic income pilot, progressive taxation, and job protections against worker displacement by AI or autonomous vehicles.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Meeks partnered with Assemblywoman Sarah Clark, RochesterWorks, and Monroe County on a youth job fair connecting more than 300 young people with employers, internships, summer jobs, and workforce-development resources.
SourceDemond Meeks has repeatedly co-sponsored New York Assembly measures that expand protections for immigrants, including limits on immigration-status inquiries, restrictions on immigration enforcement in schools, legal defense capacity for people facing deportation, and limits on immigration detention agreements. In 2026, he was also identified with the Greater Rochester Majority Delegation budget announcement that described investments to limit local collaboration with federal immigration officials and protect immigrant New Yorkers.
Demond Meeks, Democratic Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 137, has a pro-climate and clean-energy record, with his official Assembly biography describing him as a supporter of environmental initiatives and climate justice/emissions-reduction legislation. His climate and energy actions include co-sponsoring bills on gas-system transition, economy-wide cap-and-invest, corporate emissions disclosure, and transportation fuel emissions reductions.
Demond Meeks, the Democratic Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 137, presents himself as an advocate for quality education and has supported increased school funding, Rochester City School District funding, free school meals, dyslexia screening/supports, career and workforce education, and student conflict-resolution instruction.
Demond Meeks frames public safety around victim support, alternatives to policing for mental health crises, criminal-justice reform, and correctional accountability. As the sitting Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 137, he has sponsored or co-sponsored legislation expanding crime-victim compensation, creating crisis-response systems, publicizing victim services, and reducing mandatory minimum sentencing.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Meeks publicly joined colleagues and advocates calling for passage of Daniel's Law to encourage preventive, rehabilitative, crisis response, and treatment services.
SourceNew York State Assembly
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Demond-MeeksFetched: biography, location, education, background
MyRepTracker
https://www.myreptracker.com/new-york/legislators/ny-house-137-demond-meeks/voting-recordFetched: votingRecord
Transparency USA
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/race/new-york-state-assembly-district-137-74551Fetched: campaignFinance
Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/district/NY/New_York_State_Assembly_District_137/37976/564Fetched: endorsements
New York State Assembly member biography and District 137 page
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Demond-MeeksFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Health membership
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/comm/?id=019&sec=membershipFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly sponsored legislation page for Demond Meeks
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=137&sh=sponsorFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page for A06128
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A06128&default_fld=&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page for A04719
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New York State Assembly bill page for A01466
https://assembly.ny.gov/leg/?Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A01466&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page for A00136
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New York State Assembly bill page for A05279
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New York State Assembly member profile for Demond Meeks
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New York State Assembly sponsored legislation for Demond Meeks
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Demond-Meeks/sponsor/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A10507
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10507Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly legislation page for universal basic income pilot
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A1308&default_fld=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly legislation page for AI worker displacement film tax credit restriction
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A06180&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly legislation page for progressive income tax structure
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A01281&default_fld=&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release on Rochester youth job fair
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Sarah-Clark/story/118274Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member profile
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Demond-MeeksFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Greater Rochester delegation budget release
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/mem/Harry-B-Bronson/story/118659Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member biography
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Demond-MeeksFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill Search A03975
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A03975&default_fld=%0D%0A&leg_video=&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill Search A04282
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New York State Assembly Bill Search A00964
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A00964&default_fld=&term=2023Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member biography
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Demond-MeeksFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A4923
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4923Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A37
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New York State Senate legislation page for A4032
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New York State Assembly legislation page for A07135
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/leg/?bn=A07135&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly legislation page for A01186
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A01186&default_fld=&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member biography
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Demond-Meeks/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill search: A02105
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?bn=A02105&term=2023Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate bill PDF: A4617
https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/A4617Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill search: A05443
https://www.nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A05443&leg_video=1&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill search: A01297
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A01297&default_fld=%0D%0A&leg_video=&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly video page: Daniel's Law
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=137&sh=video&video=23206Fetched: issuePositions