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Know Your Legislator

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Know Your Legislator

Identify your local (this can be local to your home or work) NYC city council member:

Find Your District Council Member

My local New York City council member is Ritchie Torres and my district council member is

Robert E. Cornegy, Jr, (New York City Council, n.d).

What key policy issues related to child and family welfare are they interested in/currently

working on/supporting

The assembly is currently addressing the issue of gun violence basing on the death of Carey

Gabay, (New York City Council, n.d).

What Committees are they a member of? Explore the Committees:

Since every council member owns responsibility of head a committee, the Ney York

council members are members of the following committees; Committee on infrastructure,

committee on government affairs, committee on human services, committee on criminal justice,

committee on health, committee on finance, committee on Environmental protection, committee

on governmental operations, and committee on mental Health, Disabilities and Addiction, (New

York City Council, n.d).

Identify your local (this can be local to your home or work) NYS Senator

Our New York State senator is Jamaal T. Bailey and Velmanette Montgomery, ( New York State

Senate, n.d).
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For both - what key policy issues are they interested in/currently working on/supporting

They are currently working on abandoned property, Alcohol Beverage control, Agriculture and

markets, domestic relations, education, environmental conservation and mental hygiene, ( New

York State Senate, n.d).

For both - what Committees are they a member of?

The senators are members of the New York State Conference of Black Senators, children and

families committee and the committee of transportation, ( New York State Senate, n.d).

Identify ONE social problem/issue of interest to you in child and family welfare

Personally, I have high interests for child and family welfare, However I`m currently interested

in the life style of children with mental health problems, ( New York State Senate, n.d).

Identify Federal policy makers who are interested in/working on policies connected to

your chosen social issue (in the Senate and/or House of Representatives)

Phil Boyle is a lifelong resident of New York and a policy maker who created the Robin`s law

which relates to mental health and chemical dependence outpatient treatment of sex offenders.

He was a founding partner in the law firm of Steinberg. Furthermore, Mental Illness policy

organization created the Federal serious Mental Illness committee, which prohibits medical funds

from being misused. The legislation of policies on mental health generally focuses on improving

mental illness. The laws mainly focus on ensuring quality treatment procedures to seriously
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mental ill patients. Furthermore, it ensures provision of relief to families with mentally ill

patients, ( New York State Senate, n.d).

Identify a policy - that is currently in the legislative process (a proposed bill being

Considered for law) connected to your social problem/issue.

Mental Health policy is a law proposed to ensure civil rights of the patients suffering

from mental illness. Patients suffering from mental illness have personal rights to appropriate

personal clothing, safe and clean environment, balanced diet and they have freedom from abuse

by their caretakers, (New York State Senate, n.d).

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References

Assembly. State. (n.d). Assembly member Diana C. Richardson: get civic minded. Retrieved
from https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Diana-C-Richardson

Congress.Gov.(n.d).9NYS Representatives. Retrieved from

https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Diana-C-Richardson

The New York State Senate.(n.d). Velmanette Montgomery, Ranking member Children and
families Committee. Retrieved from https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Diana-C-
Richardson

New York City Council.(n.d). Robert E. Cornegy, Jr. Retrieved from

https://council.nyc.gov/district-36/