Pamela Harris is a Democratic politician who was a member of the New York State Assembly representing the 46th Assembly District from 2015 to 2018, covering the neighborhoods of Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Dyker Heights, and Seagate, in Brooklyn, until she resigned under a fraud indictment.
Prior to becoming an assemblywoman, she worked for the New York City Department of Correction as an officer on Riker's Island, and after she retired from that job, became a community activist who was well known locally for her work as head of Coney Island Generation Gap and for her advocacy and participation in relief efforts to help those who lost their homes or had damage to their property as a result of Hurricane Sandy.
[12] The charges stemmed from false claims and statements alleged to have occurred following Superstorm Sandy, and were brought by Richard Donoghue, the interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
Harris allegedly commenced her criminal activity in 2012, before she held elective office, and continued it during her assembly tenure.
[17][18] In September, she was ordered to forfeit $10,000 to the United States government,[19] and on October 24, she was sentenced to six months in jail followed by three years of supervised release, 400 hours of community service, and restitution of $45,600 to the City of New York for the money stolen from Coney Island Generation Gap and $24,800 to the U.S. government for the money stolen from FEMA.