The Socialists in Office led and supported critical legislative victories, alongside constituents, advocates, fellow elected officials and coalitions. These included the major climate interventions of the Build Public Renewables Act and All-Electric Buildings Act; unprecedented MTA investments including five fare-free bus routes and millions to increase subway frequency; minimum wage increases across the state; the LLC Transparency Act to require limited liability companies to report the names of their owners to the New York Department of State; a new Reparations Commission to report Wall Street’s complicity with the slave trade and make recommendations for reparations; and Clean Slate to seal criminal records for eligible individuals so they can re-enter life without the ‘prison penalty.’ 

Despite passing these bills, and as discussed in New York Focus, the Governor has used a little-discussed process of inserting "chapter amendments" to water down legislation that does pass. It is critical to keep up the pressure, even when we do secure victories in the Legislature.