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Noah Burroughs
Democratic PartySTH · NY · District 18
New York State Assembly District 18
STH · NY · District 18
New York State Assembly District 18
Nassau Community College—Associate's Degree in Liberal Arts; University at Buffalo—Bachelor of Arts in Sociology; Touro College—Master of Science in Education/Special Education and Master of Science in School Building/District Leadership
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Noah Burroughs grew up in Hempstead and became an educator, serving Hempstead children for more than 20 years. He was elected Village of Hempstead Trustee in 2021, where he worked on quality-of-life issues including illegal gambling machines, senior-citizen tax exemption income limits, and police presence in senior housing, before serving New York State Assembly District 18.
Committee Assignments: Correction Committee · Governmental Operations Committee · Labor Committee · Real Property Taxation Committee · Transportation Committee · Black Task Force · Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus
Noah Burroughs supports healthcare access and affordability measures, including reorganizing Nassau University Medical Center to preserve affordable care and co-sponsoring bills aimed at universal coverage, hospital transparency, and routine-care price caps.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Burroughs backed appointment of a new board and reorganization plan for Nassau University Medical Center to stabilize operations, protect jobs, and expand patient care services.
SourceNoah Burroughs emphasizes affordability, local reinvestment, and job access, including senior tax relief, redevelopment funding meant to grow the District 18 economy, and programs that train residents for employment. As a sitting Assemblymember, he has also co-sponsored measures aimed at lowering health-care costs for workers/employers and expanding child-care assistance tied to work.
Specific Actions & Proposals
As Village Trustee, Burroughs voted to enact legislation increasing income limits for the village's senior-citizen tax exemption, a local affordability and tax-relief measure.
SourceBurroughs joined Speaker Heastie in announcing $4.1 million over two years to demolish and redevelop a vacant school property into community recreational fields, describing the project as one that would grow the local economy and promote equity.
SourceBurroughs spoke in support of legislation prohibiting insurers and employers from withholding certain workers' compensation benefits from injured workers based on claims that they withdrew from the labor market.
SourceNoah Burroughs supports immigrant-protective policies: he has urged District 18 residents to document and report ICE/federal enforcement activity, received NYIC Action’s 2026 endorsement after candidates were required to pledge support for its immigrant-community platform, and co-sponsored several Assembly bills expanding protections or access regardless of immigration status.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Burroughs told 18th District residents and community groups to use the New York Attorney General’s Federal Action Reporting Form to document federal or ICE activity, protect residents’ rights, and ensure follow-up.
SourceNYIC Action listed Burroughs as an endorsed 2026 Assembly District 18 candidate after stating that state-legislative candidates must pledge to champion its vision, including ending state support for detention and deportation, creating healthy communities, civil rights, education, and economic justice for immigrant communities.
SourceNoah Burroughs supports climate and clean-energy measures, including infrastructure standards intended to reduce climate pollution and energy waste, green infrastructure for stormwater and shoreline resilience, and clean-energy development tied to local jobs in Nassau County.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Burroughs stated that he helped pass legislation setting new state infrastructure standards to cut climate pollution and reduce energy waste.
SourceBurroughs promoted Environmental Bond Act green resiliency grants for projects that manage stormwater, mitigate flooding, reduce pollution, cool cities, and restore habitats.
SourceBurroughs promotes clean-energy development as a way to create local jobs and support a more sustainable Nassau County.
SourceNoah Burroughs emphasizes fair public-school funding, education access regardless of ZIP code, and affordability in higher education. His record and stated positions include support for classroom technology and student supports, addressing charter-school impacts on district budgets in minority communities, expanding tuition assistance/free state college tuition, and reducing costs for school supplies.
Specific Actions & Proposals
In a candidate questionnaire for Assembly District 18, Burroughs said he plans to address charter schools' impact on school budgets in minority communities and fight for equal educational opportunities for Black students in his district.
SourceBurroughs' Assembly mailer says he secured state relief for the Hempstead School District, championed classroom technology and student support funding, supported expanding free state college tuition, fought to increase TAP funding, and advocated student-loan forgiveness for public-service careers.
SourceNoah Burroughs emphasizes public safety through gun-violence prevention, safer roads, and local enforcement quality-of-life actions. As the sitting Democratic Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 18, his record includes co-sponsoring firearm-safety legislation and urging local governments to pursue roadway-safety funding.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Burroughs urged communities across New York's 18th Assembly District to apply for federal SS4A grants intended to save lives and reduce serious injuries on Long Island roads.
SourceBurroughs's official Assembly biography says that, as a Village of Hempstead trustee, he helped revoke business licenses for illegal gambling machines, untaxed cigarettes, and illegal prescription drugs.
SourceBurroughs's official Assembly biography says that, as a Village of Hempstead trustee, he helped create a greater police presence in senior housing properties.
SourceNew York State Assembly Biography
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Noah-Burroughs/bio/Fetched: biography, location
Vote Smart
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New York State Assembly Committee Membership
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=018&sh=commFetched: committees
New York State Assembly Member Directory
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Noah-BurroughsFetched: votingRecord
Blue Voter Guide - New York State Assembly District 18
https://bluevoterguide.org/district/NY/New_York_State_Assembly_District_18/51870/Fetched: endorsements
Blue Voter Guide - Noah Burroughs candidate page
https://bluevoterguide.org/NY/candidate_Noah_Burroughs/556234Fetched: endorsements
New York State United Teachers VOTE-COPE 2026 Voter Guide
https://vote-cope.org/voter-guide-2026Fetched: endorsements
New York League of Conservation Voters Endorsements
https://www.nylcv.org/endorsements/Fetched: endorsements
The Freedom Index - Noah Burroughs NY Scorecard 2025
https://thefreedomindex.org/ny/legislator/25821/votes/report-ny-scorecard-2025/pdf/scc/Fetched: endorsements
New York State Assembly member profile
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Noah-BurroughsFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly district mailer PDF
https://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/member_files/018/pdfs/20251027_0115578.pdfFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page - A02140
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A02140&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate bill page - A1466
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1466Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page - A10203
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A10203&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory - Noah Burroughs
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/mem/Noah-Burroughs/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Speaker Press Release
https://www2.nyassembly.gov/Press/?sec=story&story=115358Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Legislation - A02140
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A02140&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Video - A08482A injured workers benefits
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Noah-Burroughs/video/28442/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Legislation - A03174
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A03174&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
Branch candidate profile - Noah Burroughs
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-state-representative-ny-state-house-18/candidates/noah-burroughsFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member page
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/mem/Noah-Burroughs/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly official ICE statement PDF
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/write/upload/member_files/018/pdfs/20260219_0116945.pdf?v=1771532231Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly A04181 bill page
https://assembly.ny.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A04181&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly A04875 bill page
https://assembly.ny.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A04875&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly A01466 bill page
https://assembly.ny.gov/leg/?Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A01466&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - A04200 bill page
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Committee%26nbspVotes=Y&Floor%26nbspVotes=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&bn=A04200&default_fld=&term=2025Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Assemblyman Noah Burroughs PDF mailer
https://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/member_files/018/pdfs/20251027_0115578.pdfFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Noah Burroughs Green Resiliency Grants story
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Noah-Burroughs/story/113802Fetched: issuePositions
Branch - Noah Burroughs candidate profile
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-state-representative-ny-state-house-18/candidates/noah-burroughsFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A7680Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8707/amendment/AFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A1926Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly
https://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/member_files/018/pdfs/20251027_0115578.pdfFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member profile
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/mem/Noah-Burroughs/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page - Francesco's Law
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A01962&term=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly bill page - pistol converters
https://nyassembly.gov/leg/?Actions=Y&Summary=Y&Text=Y&Votes=Y&bn=A00199&default_fld=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release - SS4A grants
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Noah-Burroughs/story/113803Fetched: issuePositions