She was one of the youngest women ever elected in New York when she was first sent to Albany in 1984 at age 26. Now, 38 years later, Assemblywoman Cathy Nolan has decided that she will not seek re-election to represent western Queens when her current term ends at the end of this year.
Nolan was diagnosed with cancer last February and has been working remotely, or from her district office in Long Island City, since last year.
“I’m doing well, I’m back in the district office quite a bit, but I just can’t do it the way I did with all the events,” Nolan told Newsday. “I can’t run for reelection like I used to and be with the voters. I’m a little sad, but 38 years…I always gave it full-out, and won’t be able to do that. I pretty much loved every minute. I never minded a fight for the right thing.”
Nolan represents the 37th Assembly District which encompasses Sunnyside, Long Island City, parts of Astoria, Maspeth and Ridgewood where she lives. She was appointed Deputy Speaker of the Assembly in the winter of 2018 by Speaker Carl Heastie. Nolan served as chair of the powerful education committee from 2006 to 2018 spearheading efforts to achieve class size reduction, universal pre-K, middle school initiatives, improved high school graduation rates and other measures that meant immediate success for the more than three million school children in New York State.
Van Bramer had been mentioned as a potential successor if Nolan decided to step aside, but he would not comment on whether he was considering a run. Danielle Brecker ran against Nolan in 2020 and thanked the longtime leader for her service.
11 comments:
so long, Big Red...
38 friggin years. That's at least 30 more than anybody should be allowed.
Term Limits and recalls for them all !
We strongly supported Nolan's first Republican opponent, who would have been a superb Assemblyman. He was endorsed by the NY Post and the NY Times. He lost a close election, in large measure, due to the solidarity of the Democrats in Sunnyside, and the almost unanimous Democrat vote in the Queensbridge Housing Project. However, we respect Nolan for her advocacy over the years, and were saddened to learn of her cancer diagnosis. We wish her the best of luck.
@NPC
Fauci, Pelosi comes to mind here. Too long, too corrupt.
What will all the developers do now with her now? Good fucking riddance .
Oh no, we finally got rid of that schmuck Van Bramer and now he's been just handed a comeback?
Cathy we hardly knew ye. She spent 38 years disrespecting and turning her back on her own. Nothing but contempt and hatred for tenants from her office. No help at all.
Thank God nothing lasts forever.
The Irish Mafia Queen is just taking a vacation down to the Cayman Islands to deposit the real estate bags
Now that she's got the payola from the Construction Company that's building the neighborhood destroying school on 43rd Street in Sunnyside Cathy can bow out. I guess if you pay off enough people you think no one notices The apartment building next door has lost all it's sunlight. The streets will be a nightmare with school buses, parents picking up and dropping off and staff parking. Not to mention the noise. Have you ever lived next to a school? She inserted herself into the Sunnyside Chamber of Commerce to have influence in the neighborhood to push for a public school. Why didn't she stay in Maspbeth and put up a NYC public school there? Her office had to move because supposedly she was afraid of constituents. Can you imagine? They wanted her to work!
@“ The Irish Mafia Queen is just taking a vacation down to the Cayman Islands to deposit the real estate bags”
It’s the “Crazy Joe’n Angry Zoe” duet again.
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