Marcela Mitaynes

Happy Birthday to Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes! 🎉🌻 The LWC Family celebrates your fearless advocacy, community-first leadership, and the powerful voice you bring to everyday New Yorkers. Wishing you a birthday filled with love and a year ahead of continued impact, growth, and wins! ✨

New York says it supports immigrant communities—but right now, our state is still creating pathways for ICE collaboration. Through contracts with local jails. Through data sharing. Through harmful loopholes that leave immigrant communities vulnerable to detention and deportation. The New York for All Act would stop local agencies from collaborating with ICE. The Dignity Not Detention Act would end the use of local jails for immigrant detention. At 1pm tomorrow, (and every Tuesday), take 2 minutes to call your representatives and urge them to pass DND. Make your call here: bit.ly/PassDND26 #ICEDetention #ICEOut #AbolishICE

New op-ed on @cityandstateny : The Climate Law puts dollars into Black and Latino communities Thank you to @mmitaynes for publishing and defending our climate law, which was designed to support and protect frontline Black and Brown communities. “Come talk to a grandmother who has to make the choice between warming her prewar apartment and filling up her grocery cart. Come talk to a kid with asthma who can’t play outside because of diesel trucks idling on the street. Come talk to the young vocational school graduates who are ready and waiting to work the 123,000 NYC jobs that the Climate Law would create over the next decade. These New Yorkers are dreaming of a better future – a future the Climate Law is ready to deliver, so long as our leaders commit to nurturing it, not cutting it down before it has the chance to bloom.”

Leading the Conversation on Health Equity 💙 Join us for a powerful discussion on how community health centers serve as civic anchors—driving change at the intersection of health, housing, and education. 🗓 Saturday, April 18, 2026 🕒 3:15 PM – 4:30 PM 📍 Empire State Plaza Convention Center Meeting Room #6 ✨ Featuring an incredible panel of leaders across sectors working to advance health equity and strengthen Latino communities. Proudly sponsored by NYS Assembly Member Marcela Mitaynes in partnership with JPAFHC, with Senate sponsorship by Senator Julia Salazar. 💬 Let’s explore solutions, partnerships, and policies that move communities forward. #JPAFHC #HealthEquity #LatinoHealth #CommunityHealth #SOMOS2026 #PublicHealth #HealthcareLeadership #NYCHealth #CommunityImpact #EquityInAction

[Community Resource] Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes Office Hours Office hours for Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes. Representatives from her office will be here to assist people with questions relating to immigration, city services, MTA fares, etc. [Recurso Comunitario] Horario de oficina de la asambleísta Marcela Mitaynes Horario de atención de la asambleísta Marcela Mitaynes. Representantes de su oficina estarán presentes para ayudar con preguntas relacionadas con inmigración, servicios de la ciudad, tarifas del MTA, entre otros. 【社区资源】 州议员 Marcela Mitaynes 办公时间 Marcela Mitaynes 州议员的办公时间。其办公室代表将在现场，为大家解答有关移民、城市服务、MTA 票价等方面的问题。 #SunsetPark #Library #Community #Volunteer #Brooklyn #freeNYC

With 25 BMT port proposals just released, the community needs time to review them before the public comment period ends on 3/31. I sent a letter with Assemblymember @mmitaynes & Council Members @shahanafrombk @alexaforcouncil urging @nycedc & the City to extend the comment period. Read @bkeagle coverage. Link in bio. /377372/officials-public-needs-more-time-to-evaluate-maritime-uses-for-brooklyn-marine-terminal/

Yesterday in Albany, we stood with immigrants, advocates, and colleagues to demand dignity, safety, and justice for all New Yorkers. For too long, our communities have lived in fear—fear of family separation, fear of detention, fear of simply going about their daily lives. That’s why we are fighting to pass the New York for All Act and the Dignity Not Detention Act. These bills are about making clear that New York will not be complicit in a cruel and broken federal immigration system. They are about protecting our neighbors, strengthening our communities, and affirming that everyone—regardless of status—deserves to live with dignity. Our immigrant communities are the backbone of this state. We will not stop fighting until our laws reflect that truth. Photo Credit: Alexa Wilkinson @framed.unrest

🚨We’re rallying tomorrow, Sunday, March 22 at noon, to call on the Governor and legislature to pass New York for All and Dignity Not Detention. 🚨 The legislature is currently negotiating an immigration-related package. Albany loves to water things down, carve people out, and under-deliver. If you want our state to pass strong protections for immigrants, this is an incredibly important moment to turn out and make sure they understand we mean New York for ALL and NO profiting off the misery caused by immigrant detention. See you in the streets tomorrow! Link to RSVP is in our bio! 🚨Nos manifestaremos mañana, domingo 22 de marzo, al mediodía, para exigir al Gobernador y a la legislatura que aprueben las leyes “New York for All” y “Dignity Not Detention”.🚨 Actualmente, la legislatura se encuentra negociando un paquete de medidas relacionadas con la inmigración. A Albany le encanta diluir las propuestas, dejar a ciertos grupos fuera y quedarse corto en los resultados. Si deseas que nuestro estado apruebe protecciones sólidas para los inmigrantes, este es un momento crucial para salir a las calles y asegurarnos de que entiendan que exigimos “New York for ALL” y que NO se lucre con la miseria causada por la detención de inmigrantes. ¡Nos vemos mañana en las calles! ¡El enlace para confirmar tu asistencia está en nuestra biografía!

Happy #PiDay! 🥧 Today we’re celebrating the PIE Package — Protect, Invest, and Expand Food Security — because everyone deserves a *slice* of food security in New York. As federal budget cuts threaten food assistance and affordability continues to rise, New York must step up to ensure families can put food on the table. The PIE Package does exactly that: 🛡 Protect: Safeguard benefits families rely on. This includes transitioning to more secure EBT cards and creating a SNAP & Cash Assistance Fraud Victims Compensation Fund (A3578/S403) so New Yorkers whose benefits are stolen through EBT skimming can be reimbursed. 🌱 Invest: Strengthen programs that fight hunger and support local communities by funding initiatives like the Nutrition Outreach and Education Program (NOEP), Double Up Food Bucks, and the Hunger Prevention & Nutrition Assistance Program - ensuring families, farmers, and small businesses all benefit. 📈 Expand: Increase access to food assistance by raising the minimum SNAP benefit to $100 and extending support to thousands of newly eligible New Yorkers, including refugees, asylees, and mixed-status households with children. At a time when grocery prices are rising and families are feeling the strain, investing in nutrition is not a luxury—it’s a cost-saving, community-stabilizing necessity that supports public health, children’s futures, and local economies. This #PiDay, let’s pass the PIE Package and make sure every New Yorker gets their fair slice. 🥧

Community members, families, and allies are invited to our Community Solidarity Town Hall & Resource Fair on Friday, March 20 | 5–8 PM at P.S. 94 (5010 6th Ave, Brooklyn). Many in our community have been facing uncertainty and anxiety in recent months. This event is an opportunity to connect with trusted community organizations, access important resources, and get your questions answered. We’ll also share updates on how New York State is working to defend and support immigrant communities both on the ground and at the legislative level. 📍 Location: P.S. 94 Cafeteria (enter via the 50th St ramp entrance) 🗣 Translation available: English, Spanish, and Mandarin All are welcome. Join us in solidarity. 🤝 ~~ Invitamos a los miembros de la comunidad, las familias y los aliados a nuestra Feria de Recursos y Reunión Comunitaria Solidaria el viernes 20 de marzo, de 5 a 8 p. m., en P.S. 94 (5010 6th Ave, Brooklyn). Muchos miembros de nuestra comunidad han enfrentado incertidumbre y ansiedad en los últimos meses. Este evento es una oportunidad para conectarse con organizaciones comunitarias confiables, acceder a recursos importantes y obtener respuestas a sus preguntas. También compartiremos información actualizada sobre cómo el estado de Nueva York está trabajando para defender y apoyar a las comunidades de inmigrantes, y sobre el proceso legislativo. 📍 Lugar: Cafetería de la escuela P.S. 94 (entrada por la rampa de la calle 50). 🗣 Traducción disponible: inglés, español y mandarín. Todos son bienvenidos. Únase a nosotros en solidaridad. 🤝 ~ 社区成员、家庭及支持者诚邀参加3月20日（周五）下午5点至8点在P.S. 94学校（布鲁克林第六大道5010号）举办的社区团结对话暨资源博览会。 近月来，许多社区成员正面临着不确定性和焦虑。本次活动将为您提供与可信赖社区组织建立联系、获取重要资源并解答疑问的机会。 我们将同步分享纽约市在基层行动与立法层面为维护移民群体权益所做的最新努力。 📍 地点：P.S. 94小学食堂（请从50街坡道入口进入） 🗣 提供翻译：英语、西班牙语、中文 诚邀各界人士共襄盛举。携手同行，共筑团结。🤝

Great meeting last week with patients and staff from the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone and the Joseph P. Addabbo Family Health Center during the Community Health Care Association of New York State Advocacy Day. These community health centers provide comprehensive care to thousands of medically underserved patients, including many families in my district. I’m grateful to hear directly from the patients and frontline workers who make this care possible every day. Their message was clear: Community Health Centers need sustained financial and legislative support so they can continue delivering the essential services our communities rely on. I’ll keep fighting to ensure these vital resources remain available to the New Yorkers who need them most. 🏥💙

We went to the NY State Capitol to ask folks about going to immigration court without a lawyer. 👍🏽 or 👎🏽? ⚖️🗽 Let's pass the Access to Representation Act now! 📱Take action: nyic.me/ara #AccesstoRepresentationAct #ARA