Alicia Hyndman

Alicia L. Hyndman is the Assembly member for the 29th District of the New York State Assembly. She is a Democrat. The district includes portions of Laurelton, Rosedale, St. Albans, Addisleigh Park, Hollis, Springfield Gardens and Jamaica in Queens.

Hyndman was born in London, England to parents who had immigrated from the Caribbean, and moved at a very young age to New York City, where her parents settled in the Queens neighborhoods of Hollis, and subsequently South Ozone Park. She would attend public schools, graduating from John Adams High School.

She would go on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree from SUNY New Paltz and later a Masters of Public Administration from Framingham State College in Massachusetts. She would go on to work in education policy, including at the New York State Department of Education, Brooklyn College and the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine.

Hyndman resides in Rosedale, Queens with her two daughters.

In 2015, Assemblyman William Scarborough was convicted of a felony for the inappropriate use of state funds, and as a result was forced to relinquish his seat in the Assembly. With a special election called, Hyndman was nominated by the Queens Democratic Party to replace him. Facing nominal opposition, Hyndman went on to win the seat on November 3, 2015 with 91.35% of the vote.

She was sworn into office on January 10, 2016.