assistants, to collectively bargain through establishing union chapters. Tenant's rights and arts support During her tenure, Glick has been a strong advocate for tenants’ rights and has sponsored and won renewal of the Loft Law. This law brings formerly commercial buildings up to residential code and protects current tenants, many of them artists, from eviction. This law became permanent in 2010. Deborah has always been a strong proponent of the arts and has consistently advocated for increases in funding state-wide because of her conviction that the arts play a crucial role in the economic and cultural life of New York City and New York State. Currently, she is the sponsor of several measures to protect the rights of tenants, as well as legislation to provide a tax credit to renters. Pedestrian and traffic safety Glick has been a champion for pedestrian safety. She was the lead Assembly sponsor of a bill establishing a pilot program to install speed cameras in schools zones in 2013, which studies show has demonstrably reduced dangerous driving in those zones. Glick has championed legislation to expand that program, which has been blocked by the New York State Senate; however, after the pilot program expired in 2018, it was renewed and expanded by the New York City Council. Glick was also the primary sponsor of bills allowing cities to set speed limits below 25 miles per hour, requiring motorists to yield to the right of way of pedestrians in crosswalks uncontrolled by traffic signals, and requiring those under 16 to use seat belts when riding in the backseat. Parks and open space Glick has long fought against efforts to privatize open space in her district, and has been a strong proponent of maintaining and increasing park space in her district and in New York City. Glick was active in the fight against developing the Westside piers into Hudson River Park, and since the Park's creation has fought at the State and City level for adequate funding for the Park's maintenance and against efforts to privatize parts of the Park. Glick has also been involved in grassroots community activism to preserve open space, including the preservation of the Elizabeth Street Garden. She was the lead sponsor on a bill that aided in the creation of the Stonewall National Monument, the first National Monument honoring the history of the LGBT rights movement. Disability rights Glick was the lead