Assembly Targets

Tier 1 Assemblymember Michaelle Solages: District 22, which includes Valley Stream, North Valley Stream, Elmont, South Valley Stream, South Floral Park, Floral Park, the Village of Bellerose, Bellerose Terrace, North Woodmere, Stewart Manor, and sections of Franklin Square

• Albany Office: 518-455-4465

• District Office: 516-599-2972

• Email: solagesm@nyassembly.gov

• Generic Contact Form: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Michaelle-C-Solages/contact/ 

Phone & Email Script:

My name is _____, and I am a resident of [NYC/NYS]. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Solages to put her full support behind the New York Dignity Not Detention Act (A.4354), which will prevent governmental entities from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants, while ending current contracts. 

Having backed New York For All (NY4All), Assemblymember Solages should extend her support for immigrants to include Dignity Not Detention (DND). DND is essential to safeguard the values reflected in NY4All: our state is inherently collaborating with ICE by allowing ICE jails to operate here. 

In 2021, New Jersey’s Governor Murphy signed into law legislation to ban new ICE contracts. Meanwhile, New York has yet to take meaningful action towards ending ICE detention and profiteering from it in our state. 

Your staff has told us that Assemblymember Solages agrees with the principles of Dignity Not Detention, but needed to pass the budget before she could give this legislation her full attention. The budget is finished now, and it is past time to act: Will you join over 100 organizations across New York and cosponsor NY DND to help it pass this legislative session? 

Tier 1 Assemblymember Patricia Fahy: First elected in 2012, Fahy represents Assembly District 109, comprising the entire City of Albany, the Town of New Scotland, and part of the Town of Guilderland. 

• Albany and District Office: 518-455-4178

• Email: FahyP@nyassembly.gov  

• Generic Contact Form: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Patricia-Fahy/contact/   

Phone & Email Script:

My name is _____, and I am a resident of [NYC/NYS]. I am [calling/emailing] to thank Assemblymember Fahy for meeting with NY Dignity Not Detention campaign members on April 16th, and urge her to cosponsor the New York Dignity Not Detention Act (A.4354), which will end current government contracts with ICE to cage immigrants and prohibit them going forward.

Having backed both New York For All (NY4All) and the Access to Representation Act (ARA), we strongly hope Assemblymember Fahy will extend her support for immigrants to include Dignity Not Detention (DND), since it is essential to safeguard the values reflected in NY4All and ARA: incarceration by ICE is the single biggest obstacle to effective representation and due process, and the state is inherently collaborating with ICE by allowing ICE jails to operate here. 

In 2021, New Jersey’s Governor Murphy signed into law legislation to ban new ICE contracts. Meanwhile, New York has yet to take meaningful action towards ending ICE detention and profiteering from it in our state. It is past time for us to act. Will you join over 100 organizations across New York and cosponsor NY DND to help pass it this legislative session? 

Tier 1 Assemblymember William Colton (Corrections): District 47, which includes Bath Beach and Gravesend

• Albany Office: 518-455-5828

• District Office: 718-236-1598

• Email: coltonw@nyassembly.gov

• Generic Contact Form: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/William-Colton/contact/ 

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _____, and I am a resident of _____. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Colton to put his full support behind the Dignity Not Detention Act (S.306 /A.4354), which will prevent government entities from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants, while ending current contracts. 

We strongly believe that, having supported the Access to Representation Act (ARA), Assemblymember Colton should extend his support for immigrants to include Dignity Not Detention (DND), which is essential to safeguard the values  of the ARA, since incarceration by ICE is the single biggest obstacle to effective representation and due process. 

When a member of our coalition spoke to your legislative director in mid-April, we were told we should have an answer by the end of the month. So, can we count on Assemblyman Colton to cosponsor DND and help end New York’s complicity with the violence of detention? 

[extra information: In addition, you represent a district where 36.3 percent of the population identifies as Asian, a demographic heavily policed by ICE. A report published by the New York City Comptroller’s Office in February 2019 showed that Chinese immigrants “make up the largest nationality of New York City immigrants with immigration court proceedings, with over 10,000 immigration cases (21 percent of cases) begun since FY 2016. Immigrants from India comprise roughly ten percent of all cases, ... and immigrants from Bangladesh for about 8 percent of cases.” ]

Tier 1 Assemblymember Latrice Walker (Judiciary): District 55, which includes Ocean Hill and Brownsville in Brooklyn

• Albany Office: 518-455-4466

• District Office: 718-342-1256

• Email: walkerl@nyassembly.gov 

Phone & Email Script:

My name is _____, and I am a resident of [NYC/NYS]. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Walker to put her full support behind the Dignity Not Detention Act (S.306/A.4354), which will prevent governmental entities from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants, while ending current contracts.

Having backed New York For All (NY4All), Assemblymember Walker should extend support for immigrants to include Dignity Not Detention (DND), since DND is essential to safeguarding the values of NY4All: the state is inherently collaborating with ICE by allowing ICE jails to operate here.

In 2021, New Jersey’s Governor Murphy signed into law legislation to ban new ICE contracts. Meanwhile, New York has yet to take meaningful action towards ending ICE detention and profiteering from it in our state. Will Assemblymember Walker join over 100 organizations across New York and cosponsor NY DND and help pass it this legislative session? 

We know you have spoken positively about the bill, so we are hoping you will sign on as a cosponsor ASAP! 

Tier 1 Assemblymember Landon Dais (Member, Committee on Small Business; Member, Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force): District 77, Bronx, including Fordham University 

• Albany Office: 518-455-5671

• District Office: 718-538-2000

• General Contact Form: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Landon-C-Dais/contact/ 

Phone & Email Script:

My name is _____, and I am a resident of [NYC/NYS]. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Dais to put his full support behind the Dignity Not Detention Act (S.306/A.4354), which will prevent governmental entities from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants, while ending current contracts.

We believe that Assemblymember Dais can support and uplift immigrant community members in his district by passing Dignity Not Detention (DND) and getting New York out of the business of immigration detention. 

In 2021, New Jersey’s Governor Murphy signed into law legislation to ban new ICE contracts. Meanwhile, New York has yet to take meaningful action towards ending ICE detention and profiteering from it in our state. Will Assemblymember Dais join over 100 organizations across New York and cosponsor NY DND and help pass it this legislative session?

Tier 1 Assemblymember Grace Lee (Co-Chair, Asian Pacific American Task Force): District 65, Manhattan, including Chinatown, parts of the Lower East Side and the Financial District 

• Albany Office: 518-455-3640

• District Office: 212-312-1420

• General Contact Form: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Grace-Lee/story/104876 

Phone & Email Script:

My name is _____, and I am a resident of [NYC/NYS]. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Lee to throw her full support behind the Dignity Not Detention Act (S.306/A.4354), which will prevent government entities from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants, while ending current contracts.

I believe that Assemblymember Lee, as a prominent voice against anti-Asian hate in NYC and the first Korean American woman elected to New York State government, will want to support migrant community members in her district by passing Dignity Not Detention (DND) to get our state out of the business of immigrant detention. 

In addition, having backed New York For All (NY4All), it is a logical step for Assemblymember Lee to extend her support for immigrants to DND, since this bill is essential to safeguard the values of NY4All: the state is inherently collaborating with ICE by allowing ICE jails to operate here.

In 2021, New Jersey’s Governor Murphy signed into law legislation to ban new ICE contracts. Meanwhile, New York has yet to take meaningful action towards ending ICE detention and profiteering from it in our state. 

When we last spoke to your staff, we were told it was on your radar and you were going to give it a closer look. Can you tell us now? Will Assemblymember Lee join over 100 organizations across New York and cosponsor NY DND to make sure it passes this session?

Tier 1 Assemblymember Edward Gibbs (Corrections): District 68, which encompasses East Harlem (El Barrio), Randall’s Island, and parts of the Upper East Side and Central Harlem in Manhattan

• Albany Office: 518-455-4781

• District Office: 212-828-3953

• Email: gibbse@nyassembly.gov 

• Generic Contact Form: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Edward-Gibbs/contact/ 

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _________, and I am a resident of [NYC/NYS]. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Gibbs to put his full support behind the New York Dignity Not Detention Act, A. 4354, which will prevent governmental entities from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants, while ending current contracts. 

As a cosponsor of New York For All (NY4All), it's critical for Assemblymember Gibbs to extend his support for immigrants to include Dignity Not Detention (DND), which is essential to safeguarding the values reflected in NY4All: our state is inherently collaborating with ICE by allowing ICE jails to operate here.   

In 2021, New Jersey’s Governor Murphy signed into law legislation to ban new ICE contracts. Meanwhile, New York has yet to take meaningful action towards ending ICE detention and profiteering from it in our state. 

When we met with your office earlier this year, we were told the Assemblymember was going to sign on.  Previously, Assembly Corrections Chair David Weprin also supported Dignity Not Detention. Now it is past time to act. Does DND have your support as a Corrections Committee member? 

Tier 1 Assemblymember Charles D. Lavine (Codes): District 13, in northeast Nassau County, including the neighborhoods of Bayville, Brookville, Centre Island, Cove Neck, East Hills, Glen Cove, Glen Head, Glenwood Landing, Greenvale, Hicksville, Jericho, Lattingtown, Mill Neck, Mineola, New Cassel, Old Westbury, Oyster Bay, Oyster Bay Cove, Plainview, Roslyn, Roslyn Harbor, Sea Cliff, Salisbury, Syosset, Westbury, and Woodbury

• Albany Office: 518-455-5456

• District Office: 516-676-0050

• Email: LavineC@nyassembly.gov 

• Generic Contact Form: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Charles-D-Lavine/contact/ 

Phone & Email Script:

Hi, my name is _________, and I am a resident of [NYC/NYS]. I am [calling/emailing] to urge Assemblymember Lavine to put his full support behind the New York Dignity Not Detention Act, A. 4354, which will prevent governmental entities from contracting with ICE to cage immigrants, while ending current contracts. 

Having backed New York For All (NY4All), Assemblymember Lavine should extend his support for immigrants to include Dignity Not Detention (DND). DND is essential to safeguard the values reflected in NY4All: our state is inherently collaborating with ICE by allowing ICE jails to operate here. 

In 2021, New Jersey’s Governor Murphy signed into law legislation to ban new ICE contracts. Meanwhile, New York has yet to take meaningful action towards ending ICE detention and profiteering from it in our state. Will DND have your support?