Linda B. Rosenthal (born November 12, 1957) represents District 67 as a

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in the

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, which includes parts of

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and

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neighborhoods.

Early life

Linda Rosenthal was born in 1957 to parents who fled the Nazis in the 1930s. Rosenthal earned a

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degree in History from the

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in 1980.

Career

In 1993, Rosenthal began working for US Congressman (for

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)

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and served as Manhattan District Director and Director of Special Projects. Prior to this, she worked in publishing. Rosenthal was elected to the New York State Assembly in a February 2006

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for District 67 between four candidates to replace

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, who left the Assembly to become Manhattan Borough President. Rosenthal won the November 2008

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with 84.7 percent of the vote, and ran uncontested in the November 2010 general election. In the Assembly, Rosenthal is the chair for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Committee, and sits on the Codes, Housing, Health, and Agriculture committees. In 2006, the New York State Legislature passed Assemblymember Rosenthal's landmark legislation allowing court orders of protection to be extended to companion animals; it has also passed laws she proposed requiring applicants of public assistance to be provided with resources for victims of sexual assault, allowing for same-sex couples to adopt non-biological children, eliminating the state sales tax on feminine hygiene products; and prohibiting the sale of

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s to minors. In May 2015, fellow Manhattan Democrat Richard N. Gottfried tried to curb a bill introduced by Rosenthal that would allow customers to bring their dogs to outdoor restaurants, because Gottfried was afraid larger breeds would be able to grab food from tabletops. Gottfried said: "Some dogs are tall enough that all they would have to do is turn their heads and they would be eating off people’s plates." A similar bill that passed in California has not resulted in any problems, and the practice is also legal in Israel and some European countries, and common in Europe and in Los Angeles. The bill passed the Senate in May 2015 by a 60-0 vote. In March 2016, follows the State Legislature’s passage of her bill, the

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issued an advisory allowing dogs to accompany human diners at restaurants that have outdoor seating, joining

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s which were already allowed in virtually all situations. In March 2019, she introduced a bill, A5040, that will ban a sale of fur in New York, by 2021. New York would follow California, which is in the process of legislating the ban. Also in 2019, New York passed Rosenthal's bill A1303B, the first statewide law to ban cat declawing in the United States. Assemblymember Rosenthal worked closely with the nonprofit animal advocacy organization,

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, to pass the bill. In 2021, Rosenthal introduced a bill banning the mailing of live animals to and within New York State. The bill is in opposition to federal law as the United States Post Office, a federal agency, cannot be regulated by states. The bill was sent to the agriculture committee where it will likely not progress.

Personal life

Rosenthal resides on the

. Although she shares a last name with City Council member

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and represents the same area, they are not related.

Election results

* February 2006

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, NYS Assembly, 67th AD : * November 2010

, NYS Assembly, 67th AD : * November 2012

, NYS Assembly, 67th AD : * November 2014

, NYS Assembly, 67th AD : * September 2016

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, NYS Assembly, 67th AD : * November 2016

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References

External links

Linda Rosenthal
Official website.
New York State Assembly Member Website
Biography. {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosenthal, Linda 1957 births Living people Jewish American state legislators in New York (state) Democratic Party members of the New York State Assembly People from the Upper West Side University of Rochester alumni Women state legislators in New York (state) 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century American Jews