ASSEMBLYWOMAN DIANA C. RICHARDSONRoom 834 Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248 • 518-455-5262

330 Empire Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY 11225 • 718-771-3105District43@nyassembly.gov

Winter 2016

Assemblywoman

Diana C. RichardsonReports to the People

Dear Friends,

I hope this newsletter finds you and your family blissful and

healthy. Over the course of the past year, my staff and I have had the

wonderful opportunity of serving you. I have been busy in Albany

and here in Brooklyn, attending community events throughout

the district. I have made it a priority to take into account, your

comments and concerns in regards to education, affordable housing,

anti-gun violence and senior services. As a result of our combined

effort, much was achieved and I look forward to continuing to

address the needs of our district.

As we get ready to celebrate the coming Holiday Season, let us

remember in these times of unprecedented challenges that we are

strengthened by the spirit of giving as always, feel free to contact

my district office with any comments or suggestions you may have.

Inside this newsletter, you will find some of my legislation that has

been signed by the governor, in addition to captions of community

events throughout the district.

Finally, and more importantly, may your holiday be blessed

with joy, and your new year filled with peace, hope and prosperity.

Happy Holidays!

Sincerely,

Diana C. Richardson

Member of Assembly

A9712A – The purpose of this bill is to make financial literacy education and elder abuse education and outreach more widely available to seniors.(Passed in Assembly and Delivered to Governor)

A9746 – The purpose of this legislation is to define the term “consummation of a mortgage loan.”(Signed into law by Governor Cuomo)

A10048B – The purpose of this bill that I sponsored served as an act to amend Chapter 377 of the Laws of 2012 relating to assaults against certain employees of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The intentional causing of physical injury to a station cleaner or terminal cleaner would be classified as a D felony. (Signed into law by Governor Cuomo)

A9522 – Authorizes a sentencing court to consider an application for poor person relief on appeal.(Signed into law by Governor Cuomo)

A10262 – The purpose of this bill that I sponsored would create an exemption to the two-year and lifetime service bars for State employees performing direct care or other related support duties. (Signed into law by Governor Cuomo)

BROOKLYN IN ALBANY:

LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

Assemblywoman Diana C. Richardson acts as the Speaker, leading the legislative session.

Assemblywoman Diana C. Richardson represents the community’s voice on the floor.

Left to Right: Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Deputy Speaker Earlene Hooper, Assemblywoman Annette Robinson, and Assemblywoman Diana C. Richardson.

43RD ASSEMBLY DISTRICT COMMUNITY CORNER GET CIVIC MINDED

Assemblywoman Diana C. Richardson presents hundreds of community members with food that was donated for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Saving Our Streets (SOS) Crown Heights and volunteers gather together to give back to the residents of the 43rd Assembly District.

CIVIC MINDED MEETING DATES

Scores of community members come out to fight for 100% affordable housing for the Bedford Union Armory: Too Big To Lose meeting.

Hundreds of residents look on as Assemblywoman Diana C. Richardson addresses issues sur-rounding the Bedford Union Armory.

I encourage you to take a glimpse of the visuals below depicting various community events including the Bedford Union Armory meeting, Civic Minded Meetings and our Annual Turkey Day Giveaway extravaganza. Get Civic Minded and join us for the

meetings listed below at 400 Empire Boulevard, Brooklyn New York 11225 from 12:00 P.M. - 2:00 P.M. These meetings occur on the fourth Saturday of every month and you may attend as follows:

December 17, 2016 March 25, 2017 January 28, 2017 April 22, 2017 February 25, 2017 May 27, 2017 June 24, 2017

Season’s Greetings from

Reports to the People

Assemblywoman

Diana C. Richardson

Winter 2016

Happy Holidays!

THE BEDFORD UNION ARMORY: TOO BIG TO LOSE

Assemblywoman Diana C. Richardson

Excessive rent and over-pricing has become a huge bur-den to our national and local community. This comes as no surprise due to the increase in luxury building, which has added to a decline in affordable housing, es-pecially within the 43rd Assembly District. One struc-ture at the heart of the matter in our neighborhood is the Bedford-Union Armory.

This building at the center of much debate was originally formed to accommodate the National Guard and was often used for civic and community functions.

The Bedford-Union Armory is now in the midst of a plan to transform it into a mixed-use entity which includes housing and a recreational space. There are large concerns for the housing portion which proves to be unaffordable to the Area Median Income (AMI) of the community and is a City project that will be driving further displacement. This proposal does nothing to help the surrounding community with the increasing affordable housing gap. I encourage all community residents to get involved.

Join us on December 17, 2016 for our next Civic Minded event! For further information, reach out to my office at 718-771-3105.