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Gabriella Romero
Democratic PartySTH · NY · District 109
New York State Assembly District 109
STH · NY · District 109
New York State Assembly District 109
Union College—undergraduate degree; Albany Law School—law degree
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Gabriella A. Romero is the Assemblymember for New York State’s 109th Assembly District, representing Albany, New Scotland, and parts of Guilderland. Before joining the Assembly, she worked as a public defender and felony trial attorney, then served on the Albany Common Council representing the 6th Ward, where she focused on tenant rights, criminal justice reform, youth recreation, and programs addressing homelessness and mental health crises.
Committee Assignments: Committee on Codes · Committee on Governmental Employees · Committee on Real Property Taxation · Committee on Social Services · Committee on Transportation · Asian Pacific American Task Force · Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus · Legislative Women's Caucus · Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force
Gabriella Romero supports expanding access to affordable or free healthcare, including healthcare for all, and has taken legislative action on patient access, health privacy, sleep-disorder education, hospital staffing accountability, and medical aid in dying. As the sitting Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 109, she has sponsored healthcare-related bills and voted for the Medical Aid in Dying Act.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Romero joined Capital Region legislators in calling on the New York State Department of Health to hold Albany Medical Center accountable for reported staffing-law violations and protect safe, quality patient care.
SourceGabriella Romero, Democratic Assemblymember for New York State Assembly District 109, frames her Economy & Jobs agenda around affordability, higher wages, worker organizing rights, union jobs, and asking large corporations and the top 1% to pay more to fund public services. She also supports ending sub-minimum wages for tipped workers and using Project Labor Agreements on publicly funded capital projects.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Romero states that she is firmly committed to requiring Project Labor Agreements for every capital project receiving public funds to ensure fair wages, safe job sites, strong benefits, and apprenticeship opportunities for local workers.
SourceRomero says she will fight for the right to organize, the right to strike, expansion of high-quality union jobs, raising the minimum wage to match the cost of living, and ending the tipped sub-minimum wage.
SourceGabriella Romero supports expanded protections for immigrant New Yorkers, including limits on ICE collaboration, protections for sensitive locations, and safeguards against collecting or disclosing immigration status. As a sitting New York Assemblymember for District 109, she has sponsored and co-sponsored immigration-related legislation and publicly backed funding and accountability measures for immigrant communities.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Romero presented $10,000 to the New York Immigration Coalition to support rapid response, community engagement, direct assistance, court-hearing accompaniment, interpretation, and Know Your Rights education for immigrant communities in the Capital Region.
SourceGabriella Romero supports a climate and energy agenda centered on renewable energy, emissions reduction, environmental justice, and lowering utility costs for working families. As Assemblymember for New York State Assembly District 109, she has sponsored renewable-energy legislation for Albany state facilities and co-sponsored bills addressing utility affordability and climate-disaster accountability.
Specific Actions & Proposals
States support for capping utility costs, weatherization programs, expanded utility assistance, and solar access in underserved neighborhoods to reduce energy costs and add affordable local power to the grid.
SourceGabriella Romero supports expanding access to public education from universal pre-K through higher education, emphasizing equitable school funding, reduced exclusionary discipline, affordable college, and student mental-health resources. As Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 109, she has sponsored education bills focused on higher-education access, immigrant-origin student support, teacher training, attendance data, and scholarship eligibility for veteran families.
Gabriella Romero frames public safety as community-based prevention: investing in mental health care, youth programs, violence interruption, alternatives to incarceration, trauma-informed crisis response, and police transparency. As an Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 109, she has sponsored or supported measures on youth crime prevention, crime-victim notification, civil-rights accountability for officers, and opposition to bail-reform rollbacks.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Romero announced her sponsorship of the Youth Justice Innovation Fund bill and said the best way to deal with youth crime is to invest in youth before crime feels like the only option.
SourceOn her campaign priorities page, Romero supports investments in mental health care, youth programs, violence interruption, alternatives to incarceration, trauma-informed crisis response, and police transparency, while opposing rollbacks to New York’s 2019 bail reform law.
SourceNew York State Assembly - Gabriella A. Romero Biography
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Gabriella-A-RomeroFetched: biography, education, background, current office
New York State Assembly - Gabriella A. Romero Committee Membership
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Gabriella-A-Romero/comm/Fetched: committees
Gabriella Romero Campaign - Meet Gabriella
https://www.gabriellafor109.com/meet-gabriellaFetched: biography, hometown, education, background
Election.org / Open States current officeholder profile
https://www.election.org/state/new-york/legislature/lower/district-109Fetched: votingRecord
New York State Assembly member profile
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Gabriella-A-RomeroFetched: votingRecord
MyRepTracker voting record
https://myreptracker.com/new-york/legislators/ny-house-109-gabriella-romero/voting-recordFetched: votingRecord
Transparency USA candidate profile
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/gabriella-romeroFetched: campaignFinance
Transparency USA committee profile
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/committee/friends-of-gabriella-for-the-109th-414457?cycle=2024-election-cycleFetched: campaignFinance
New York Public Campaign Finance Board 2024 End of Cycle Report
https://pcfb.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2025/01/2024-new-york-state-public-campaign-finance-board-election-cycle-report-final.pdfFetched: campaignFinance
Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/district/NY/New_York_State_Assembly_District_109/51960/830Fetched: endorsements
The Freedom Index
https://thefreedomindex.org/ny/legislator/25830/votes/report-ny-scorecard-2025/pdf/scc/Fetched: ratings
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://www.nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/NYS-Scorecard-2025.pdfFetched: ratings
New York State Assembly member page
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Gabriella-A-RomeroFetched: issuePositions
Gabriella Romero campaign priorities
https://www.gabriellafor109.com/prioritiesFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly sponsored legislation page
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Gabriella-A-Romero/sponsor/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8850Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill search
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Floor%26nbspVotes=Y&bn=A00136&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
BallotReady Gabriella A. Romero profile
https://www.ballotready.org/people/gabriella-a-romeroFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member legislation page
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Gabriella-A-Romero/sponsor/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly A01200 bill page
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A01200&default_fld=&leg_video=&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly A01006 bill page
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Text=Y&bn=A01006&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
LegiScan Gabriella Romero bills page
https://legiscan.com/NY/people/gabriella-romero/id/25830?page=1&type=billFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill search
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A03506&default_fld=&leg_video=&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Gabriella-A-Romero/story/118666Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Gabriella-A-Romero/story/116659Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Legislation - A3466
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3466Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Legislation - A9621
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9621Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Legislation - A8150
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8150Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Legislation - A9279
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9279Fetched: issuePositions
Gabriella Romero for Assembly Priorities
https://www.gabriellafor109.com/prioritiesFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory - Utility Bills Press Release
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Gabriella-A-Romero/story/116976Fetched: issuePositions
New York League of Conservation Voters - Gabriella Romero
https://www.nylcv.org/candidate/gabriella-romero/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly sponsored legislation
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Gabriella-A-Romero/sponsor/Fetched: issuePositions
LegiScan New York Assembly Bill A03587
https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A03587/2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill A08033
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?bn=A08033&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
LegiScan New York Assembly Bill A08034 text
https://legiscan.com/NY/text/A08034/2025Fetched: issuePositions
LegiScan New York Assembly Bill A09075 text
https://legiscan.com/NY/text/A09075/2025Fetched: issuePositions
LegiScan New York Assembly Bill A09181 text
https://legiscan.com/NY/text/A09181/2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member newsroom
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Gabriella-A-Romero/story/118668Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A10264Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A09493&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Gabriella-A-Romero/story/116661Fetched: issuePositions