EditorialNew York State Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou arrives to her primary night watch party in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Aug. 23, 2022. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times)
EditorialIn a two-image combo, Carlina Rivera, left, a city councilwoman, on Aug. 8, 2022; and Yuh-Line Niou, a state assemblywoman, on July 12, 2022; in New york. (Left: Kirsten Luce, right: Elizabeth D. Herman/The New York Times)
EditorialState Assemblywoman Latrice Walker challenged the stance of New York Mayor Eric Adams on toughening bail laws at a legislative hearing earlier this year. (Cindy Schultz/The New York Times)
EditorialCheon Seung-ah, 19, who has begun her term as a city assemblywoman in Goyang, in Seoul, South Korea, on June 15, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialAssemblywoman Mathylde Frontus speaks at a protest of a plan to build a ferry landing on Coney Island Creek, at Kaiser Park in Brooklyn, Nov. 10, 2021. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)
EditorialPhara Souffrant Forrest, an state assemblywoman from Brooklyn, speaks at a news conference outside the entrance to the Rikers Island jail complex in Queens on Sept. 13, 2021. (Juan Arredondo/The New York Times.)
EditorialState Assemblywoman Aravella Simotas speaks during a news conference at the state Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Jan. 22, 2020. (Cindy Schultz/The New York Times)
EditorialNicole Malliotakis, then a state assemblywoman and a Republican candidate for the House of Representatives, campaigns door-to-door in Staten Island on Sept. 22, 2020. (James Estrin/The New York Times)
EditorialNicole Malliotakis, a Republican state assemblywoman, on Nov. 3, 2020, on Staten Island, focused her campaign on family values, crime rates and public safety. (Benjamin Norman/The New York Times)
EditorialNicole Malliotakis, a Republican state assemblywoman, declares victory on election night, though Democratic incumbent Rep. Max Rose has not conceded, at Republican headquarters in New York, Nov. 3, 2020. (Benjamin Norman/The New York Times)
EditorialNicole Malliotakis, a Republican state assemblywoman, gives a victory speech on New York's Staten Island, on election night, Nov. 3, 2020. (Benjamin Norman/The New York Times)
EditorialLorena Gonzalez a state assemblywoman from San Diego and author of California's new law governing freelancers, at a ride-sharing pickup spot at San Diego International Airport in California, Sept. 7, 2019. (John Francis Peters/The New York Times)