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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Margaret Markey |
| Address | 53-16 69th St
Maspeth, New York , United States |
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| Info | Assemblywoman Margaret Markey was elected to the New York State Assembly in November of 1998 as the representative of the 30th Assembly District. The 30th Assembly District is comprised of the Queens neighborhoods of Maspeth, Woodside and parts of Long Island City, Middle Village, Astoria and Sunnyside.
Assemblywoman Markey has been working to strengthen and better Queens for over twenty years, starting her public service career as the Assistant Director of Economic Development for former Queens Borough President Claire Shulman. She was promoted to Director of Marketing & Tourism. In this capacity Mrs. Markey was responsible for creating much of the marketing materials still distributed today to promote the Queens tourism industry. Assemblywoman Markey is a long time community activist, a former member of Community Boards two and five and is the founder of Maspeth Town Hall, Inc,. a community center that serves over eight hundred families.
In Albany, Assemblywoman Markey has focused on sponsoring legislation to protect consumers and improve the quality of life for Queens residents and all New Yorkers. In her second term, Assemblywoman Markey took the lead for legislators in fighting for tougher standards in the farm and food industry to protect against BSE also known as ‘mad cow disease’ and it’s human forms. The following term, The Speaker appointed Assemblywoman Markey as Chair of the Sub-Committee on Child Product Safety. In this position Assemblywoman Markey was able to continue her work in fighting for stronger consumer protections to safeguard New York children.
Fighting for funding increases for education, healthcare and senior services have been some of Assemblywoman Markey’s top priorities in Albany. She has been fully committed to improving New York’s economy, healthcare, education and affordable housing through her work in the Assembly. In 2005, Assemblywoman Markey won passage of a bill into law to ban the sale of boxcutters to minors statewide and introduced important legislation to extend the statute of limitations for sexual assault against minors.
Assemblywoman Markey is the chair of the Assembly House Operations Committee and is a sitting member of the Agriculture, Government Operations, Labor, Racing & Wagering, Consumer Affairs & Protection and Tourism, Arts & Sports Development committees. Mrs. Markey is a member of the Legislative Women’s Caucus and is the President of the New York State American Irish Legislators Society. She is a graduate of the Berkeley Business School and a member of the Maspeth Kiwanis.
Assemblywoman Markey has received awards in recognition of her work from; the New York City Department of Parks, American Irish Legislators Society, New York State Court Clerks Association, United Federation of Teachers, Police & Fire Line of Duty Widows of New York City, Samaritan Village, Maspeth SelfHelp and former Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer.
Assemblywoman Markey is married to State Supreme Court Judge Charles Markey. Mr. & Mrs. Markey live in Maspeth and are the proud parents of Charles, John and Margaret, all of whom live in Queens.
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