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New York State Assembly District 92
Yale University—Bachelor's in Art History; New York University School of Law—J.D.; City University of New York—Ph.D. in History
Data last updated 10/21/2026
MaryJane Shimsky has represented New York's 92nd Assembly District in Westchester County since January 2023, after serving on the Westchester County Board of Legislators from 2011 to 2022. Before the Assembly, she was Community Relations Director for Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, worked as an Assistant District Attorney in the Appeals Bureau of the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, and taught history and geography at Marymount College in Tarrytown.
Committee Assignments: Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions · Governmental Operations · Judiciary · Local Governments · Tourism, Parks, Arts, and Sports Development · Transportation
MaryJane Shimsky, the Democratic Assemblymember for New York State Assembly District 92, has backed healthcare access measures including opioid overdose response, reproductive healthcare workforce access, health workforce recruitment, patient navigation coverage, and medical aid in dying. Her record suggests support for expanding healthcare access, harm reduction, reproductive health services, and end-of-life choice protections.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Shimsky publicly supported the Medical Aid in Dying Act, saying it would extend end-of-life choice to New Yorkers with less than six months to live while including protections for patients and physicians.
SourceMaryJane Shimsky emphasizes affordability, infrastructure investment, public-sector workforce recruitment and retention, and targeted economic-development accountability. Her record includes co-sponsoring bills on dependent-worker protections, employer reporting tied to economic-development oversight, and limits on industrial-development incentives, while her campaign highlights utility-cost relief, childcare investment, housing affordability, and municipal aid.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Her campaign issues page says affordability priorities include passing the NY HEAT Act, increasing childcare investments, expanding affordable housing, controlling property taxes through school-aid formula updates, and increasing municipal aid.
SourceMaryJane Shimsky, Democratic Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 92, has co-sponsored multiple pro-immigrant bills in the 2025-2026 session. Her record supports expanding immigration legal services, limiting disclosure of immigration status, protecting students from immigration enforcement at school, and reducing citizenship/immigration-status barriers to state licensing.
MaryJane Shimsky, Democratic Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 92, presents herself as a strong supporter of climate action, clean energy, climate adaptation, and waste-reduction policies. Her record includes prime sponsorship of food-scrap recycling expansion and co-sponsorship of bills on climate education, a just energy transition, sustainability leadership in state government, and corporate emissions disclosure.
MaryJane Shimsky, the Democratic Assemblymember for New York State Assembly District 92, supports increased public education funding, school meals, early childhood education, and higher-education funding, and has co-sponsored education-related bills on climate instruction, student privacy/biometrics, and comprehensive sexuality education.
Specific Actions & Proposals
In her District 92 Albany newsletter, Shimsky highlighted and supported budget investments including full Foundation Aid funding, increased school meal funding, SUNY/CUNY funding, and daycare and preschool funding.
SourceMaryJane Shimsky’s public-safety record combines criminal-justice reform, including support for Fair & Timely Parole and Elder Parole, with state legislation aimed at court security, police transparency, and correctional-facility safety in New York Assembly District 92.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Shimsky stated support for Fair & Timely Parole and Elder Parole initiatives to allow people who have served most of their sentences and demonstrated transformation to have their cases heard by a parole board.
SourceNew York State Assembly
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/?ad=092&sh=bioFetched: biography, education, location, committees
MaryJane Shimsky campaign website
https://shimsky4assembly.com/aboutFetched: biography, education, location, committees
New York State Assembly Member Directory
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/?ad=092&sh=bioFetched: votingRecord
Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/district/NY/New_York_State_Assembly_District_92/51943/830Fetched: endorsements
MaryJane Shimsky campaign endorsements page
https://shimsky4assembly.com/about-1Fetched: endorsements, ratings
Food & Water Action
https://www.foodandwateraction.org/press/food-water-action-endorses-maryjane-mj-shimsky-for-ny-assembly-district-92/Fetched: endorsements
New York League of Conservation Voters 2025 State Environmental Scorecard
https://www.nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/NYS-Scorecard-2025.pdfFetched: ratings
New York League of Conservation Voters 2024 State Environmental Scorecard
https://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/nys-scorecard-2024.pdfFetched: ratings
New York State Assembly Member Directory - MaryJane Shimsky
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/MaryJane-Shimsky/bio/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Shimsky opioid overdose response press release
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/MaryJane-Shimsky/story/105017Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A2452
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2452Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A2446
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2446Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A6586
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6586Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Medical Aid in Dying Act rally
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Amy-Paulin/story/115758Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member biography
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=092&sh=aboutFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill A04935
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A04935&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill A10545
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A10545&default_fld=&leg_video=&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill A5258
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A5258&default_fld=&leg_video=&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill A10852
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&bn=A10852&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory - MaryJane Shimsky
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/MaryJane-ShimskyFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A2689
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2689Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A3506
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3506Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A675
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A675Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A270
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A270Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A5373
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A5373Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Biography
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/MaryJane-Shimsky/bio/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A5906A
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5906/amendment/AFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A8458
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8458Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation - A11645
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11645Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill Search - A09524
https://www2.nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A09524&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill Search - A04282
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Summary=Y&bn=A04282&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8458Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6720/amendment/originalFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A4604Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly
https://assembly.state.ny.us/write/upload/member_files/092/pdfs/20231213_0108414.pdf?v=1702480154Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member profile and sponsored legislation
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/?ad=092&sh=sponsorFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page for A00615
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?bn=A00615&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page for A01682
https://www.nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A01682&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page for A03987
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A03987&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page for A03988
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?bn=A03988&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
BallotReady profile for MaryJane C. Shimsky
https://www.ballotready.org/people/maryjane-c-shimskyFetched: issuePositions