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New York State Assembly District 87
CUNY Baruch College—BA in Communications; Chamberlain College/University—BSN; Bronx Community College—Associate in Applied Sciences
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Karines Reyes is the Democratic New York State Assemblymember for District 87 and a registered oncology nurse at Montefiore Einstein Hospital. She has worked as a nurse, union representative, activist, and volunteer, including service as vice chair of the NYSNA bargaining unit at Einstein Hospital and advocacy for safer nurse-to-patient ratios and single-payer health care. She was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, immigrated to the United States as a child, and has been a longtime Bronx resident.
Committee Assignments: Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force · Committee on Codes · Committee on Health · Committee on Higher Education · Committee on Housing · Committee on Labor · Committee on Social Services · Asian Pacific American Task Force · Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus · Task Force on Food, Farm & Nutrition Policy · Legislative Women's Caucus · Task Force on New Americans · Task Force on Women's Issues
Karines Reyes, the Democratic Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 87, frames healthcare as an affordability and equity issue, citing her background as a nurse and stating that she pushes for care that works for patients rather than insurance companies. Her recent healthcare record includes sponsoring bills on obesity-treatment coverage, anesthesia coverage, pediatric HealthySteps payment support, nurse staffing in state-operated facilities, and peripheral artery disease screening coverage.
Karines Reyes emphasizes worker protections, fair pay, wage enforcement, and access to quality jobs, with a legislative record focused on labor standards, wage replacement, prevailing wages, and public-sector career ladders. She has also publicly supported green-economy investments tied to job creation and economic relief for Bronx constituents.
Karines Reyes supports immigrant-protection policies that limit state and local cooperation with federal civil immigration enforcement and expand legal defense resources for immigrants. As the Democratic Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 87, she is the Assembly sponsor of the New York For All Act and has backed related immigration legal-services and anti-detention measures.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Reyes stated that New York schools and shelters should not be places where ICE agents separate children from parents, criticizing New York City policy changes that could allow some ICE searches at city facilities.
SourceKarines Reyes supports climate and clean-energy action through co-sponsorships on bills addressing renewable energy/storage, building electrification, climate accountability, sea-level adaptation, and climate education. Her 2025–2026 record includes multiple co-sponsored measures aligned with emissions reduction, resiliency, and consumer/community protection in New York.
Karines Reyes supports increased education funding, including fully funding K–12 Foundation Aid and advancing the New Deal for CUNY to expand tuition relief, faculty, counselors, and student supports. Her education record emphasizes public higher education affordability, nursing education capacity, inclusive curriculum, and student safety/protection.
Karines Reyes’s public safety record emphasizes police transparency and accountability, immigrant protections intended to improve trust in reporting crime, and targeted public-safety responses for missing persons and local safety personnel. As a sitting New York Assemblymember for District 87, her record includes prime sponsorship of multiple public-safety bills in the 2025–2026 session.
New York State Assembly biography
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=087&sh=aboutFetched: biography, location, background
New York State Assembly committee membership
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=087&sh=commFetched: committees
New York City Campaign Finance Board candidate profile
https://www.nyccfb.info/nyc-votes/vgwelcome/general-election-2020/meet-the-candidates/meet-the-candidates/member-of-the-assembly/assembly-district-87/karines-reyes/?languageType=EnglishFetched: education, background
New York State Assembly
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Karines-Reyes/about/Fetched: votingRecord
MyRepTracker
https://www.myreptracker.com/new-york/legislators/ny-house-87-karines-reyes/voting-recordFetched: votingRecord
Transparency USA contributors
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/karines-reyes/contributorsFetched: campaignFinance
New York State Nurses Association
https://www.nysna.org/news/nysna-2026-endorsementsFetched: endorsements
New York State United Teachers
https://www.nysut.org/resources/special-resources-sites/voter-guide/endorsementsFetched: endorsements
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://www.nylcv.org/candidate/karines-reyes/Fetched: endorsements, ratings
NYLCV 2023 State Environmental Scorecard
https://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/NYLCV_2023_StateScorecard_DIGITAL.pdf?ceid=1325221&emci=fe786068-a69e-ee11-bea1-002248223f36&emdi=e3059448-4ca0-ee11-bea1-002248223f36&sourceid=1014473Fetched: ratings
NYLCV 2022 State Scorecard
https://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/NYLCV_2022_StateScorecard_FINAL_WEB.pdfFetched: ratings
Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts 2024 Assembly Scorecard
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/uploads/filer_public/f2/2e/f22e487d-6f40-4cd9-baa7-6801f7979b59/ppesa_2024_assembly_scorecard.pdfFetched: ratings
Environmental Advocates NY Action 2023 Scorecard
https://eaaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2023-Scorecard-EAA.pdfFetched: ratings
Environmental Advocates NY Action 2021 Scorecard
https://eaaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/eaaction_scorecard_2021_final-10-19.pdfFetched: ratings
New York State Assembly Member Page - Karines Reyes Sponsor List
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New York State Assembly member page
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/?ad=087&sh=sponsorFetched: issuePositions
New York League of Conservation Voters endorsement profile
https://www.nylcv.org/candidate/karines-reyes/Fetched: issuePositions
Earthjustice press release on Green Transit, Green Jobs
https://earthjustice.org/press/2024/bronx-lawmakers-union-leaders-and-advocates-call-on-gov-to-fund-bronx-blooms-not-fumesFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A3506B
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3506/amendment/BFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A2689
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2689Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A4181
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New York State Senate press release on ICE in schools and shelters
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/andrew-gounardes/sen-gounardes-am-reyes-dont-let-ice-our-schools-and?page=11Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member page for Karines Reyes, Assembly District 87
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Karines-Reyes/about/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A9279
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9279Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A2101A
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2101/amendment/AFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A4236
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4236Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A4876
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A4876Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for A7144
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A7144Fetched: issuePositions
Karines Reyes for Assembly - Priorities
https://www.karinesreyes.com/PrioritiesFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - A1727
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1727Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - A4604
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4604Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - A7966
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A7966&default_fld=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - A08463
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New York State Senate - A5403
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5403/amendment/originalFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=087&sh=sponsorFetched: issuePositions
LegiList
https://legilist.com/states/new-york/legislator/karines-reyes--ny-assembly-87-reyes-k/?session=2025-2026Fetched: issuePositions