+ − Contact Information
Email Address: rozicn@assembly.state.ny.us
Phone: (518) 455-5172
Office Address:
LOB 820
Albany, NY 12248
+ − Biography
Assemblywoman Nily Rozic represents New York�s 25th District, which spans the northeast portion of Queens, including the communities of Flushing, Queensboro Hill, Hillcrest, Fresh Meadows, Oakland Gardens, Bayside, and Douglaston. Upon her election in 2012, Assemblywoman Rozic became the youngest woman in the state legislature and the first woman ever to represent the 25th District. Nily serves on the Assembly’s Children and Families, Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, Correction, Environmental Conservation, and Labor Committees. She is a member of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus and the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force.
Nily is focused on serving Queens’ day to day needs for State services and fighting for key quality of life issues in her district. In Albany, Nily is an outspoken advocate for working and middle class families, immigrant communities, and students, and she has already sponsored and passed legislation aimed at revitalizing New York’s environment, expanding government transparency, and strengthening the state’s workforce development system. She is also committed to social justice, equality and opportunity for all.
Nily was born in Jerusalem and raised in Queens, where she dedicated herself to public service at an early age. Prior to her election, she was Chief of Staff to Assemblymember Brian Kavanagh, a role that allowed her to help protect senior centers and programs from drastic cuts, increase parkland and open space, expand neighborhood bus service, and bring much-needed reform to Albany by pushing for the revamping of city elections and instituting of public financing for state elections. Nily also served as a member of Community Board 8 and as a member of the Townsend Harris High School Alumni Association.
Nily was selected as a Rising Star on City & State’s annual list of the Next Generation of Political Leaders and The Jewish Week's 36 Under 36. Nily has been a featured speaker at Running Start’s Young Women’s Political Summit and at the American Association of University Women‘s Elect Her: Campus Women Win Initiative. She was a finalist for the first-ever EMILY’s List Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award.
A graduate of New York University, Nily proudly calls Fresh Meadows home.
+ − Committees (12)
NY - Consumer Affairs and Protection (Assembly)
Title:
Member
NY - Corporations, Authorities and Commissions (Assembly)
Title:
Member
NY - Correction (Assembly)
Title:
Member
NY - Energy (Assembly)
Title:
Member
NY - Labor (Assembly)
Title:
Member
NY - Ways and Means (Assembly)
Title:
Member
NY - Asian Pacific American Task Force (Assembly)
Title:
Member
NY - Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus (Assembly)
Title:
Member
NY - Legislative Women's Caucus (Assembly)
Title:
Member
NY - Puerto Rican/Hispanic (Assembly)
Title:
Member
NY - State-Federal Relations (Assembly)
Title:
Chair
NY - Women's Issues (Assembly)
Title:
Member
