Deborah J. Glick (born December 24, 1950) is a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 66th Assembly District in Lower Manhattan, including the neighborhoods of Alphabet City, Greenwich Village, Noho, the East Village, the West Village, Tribeca, and Battery Park City. She is a Democrat. Biography Glick is a lifelong resident of New York City and has lived in Greenwich Village for over 40 years. A graduate of the City University of New York's Queens College, she received a Master of Business Administration degree from Fordham University. Glick owned and managed a small printing business in TriBeCa before becoming Deputy Director of General Services at the New York City Department of Housing, Preservation, and Development, where she worked until May 1990. Glick's political activism began in college and she is still strongly involved in grassroots organizing. Glick first ran for the State Assembly in 1990 and won, becoming the first openly gay state legislator in New York State She has served in the legislature for 30 years, championing a number of progressive legislative causes as well as key local issues. She is Jewish. Legislative record Glick serves as the Chair of the Assembly's Higher Education Committee, which oversees all private and public higher education institutions, financial assistance for students, and professional licensing, a position she has held since 2007. Additionally, Glick serves on the Ways and Means, Rules, Governmental Operations and Environmental Conservation Committees. She also serves as the Chair of the Assembly's Intern Program, overseeing the Assembly's student interns. As an Assembly member, her legislative priorities have focused on women's rights, including expanding access to reproductive healthcare; LGBTQ rights; environmental preservation and protection; the protection of animals, especially those in shelters; higher education; tenants’ rights; increasing pedestrian and traffic safety; maintaining and expanding open space; and support for the arts. LGBTQ and women's rights Glick's legislative victories include the passage of the Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act (SONDA), which was finally signed into law in December 2002. Glick's Hospital Visitation Bill became law in 2004, providing domestic partners the same rights that spouses and next-of-kin have when caring for a loved one in a hospital or nursing facility. She has worked on issues of concern to women for over thirty years, including advocating for reproductive freedom, a change in the rape statutes, and women's health concerns. The Women's Health and Wellness Act, a bill that promotes early