Inside Government is a Q&A series that gives New Yorkers a glimpse inside the role of the elected officials who represent them. This edition of Inside Government with PoliticsNY features New York State Assembly Member Catalina Cruz. Assembly Member Cruz represents the 39th Assembly District in Queens which includes the neighborhoods of Corona, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights, as well as parts of Middle Village and Rego Park.

What piece of legislation are you most proud to have passed this legislative session? This year, I passed a bill to protect health care workers from violence on the job. Nurses and frontline staff – many of them women, immigrants, and people of color – are being assaulted while doing their work. The legislation requires hospitals to create and implement real violence pre

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