The lobbyist reportedly dated New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who suffers from degenerative nerve syndrome in his left leg following a horrific subway assault in 2013.
Rebecca Lamorte, 32, has been in a relationship with the Democratic politician since at least November, according to New York focus.
But she and Heastie refused to address allegations about their relationship after attending a football game together.
Lamorte’s leg was crushed when she was pushed by another passenger and fell into the gap between the train and the platform.
This experience shaped her life and she now advocates for people with disabilities and even ran for city council following her traumatic injury.
Lobbyist Rebecca Lamorte, who is reportedly dating New York Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, suffers from degenerative nerve syndrome in her left leg following a horrific subway attack in 2013.
The 32-year-old has been in a relationship with Democratic politician Carl Heastie (pictured) since at least November, according to New York Focus.
Lamorte’s leg was crushed when she was pushed by another passenger and fell into the gap between the train and the platform.
Lamorte, a lobbyist for the Greater New York Laborers-Employers Cooperation & Education Trust union, is reportedly dating President Heastie.
But when he was asked about the romance on Monday and asked if it was a conflict of interest, he shut down the questions.
“I’m never going to, again, make it clear, talk about my personal life,” he said.
“My life will never conflict with my work.”
Lamorte and Heastie went to a Buffalo Bills game against the Dallas Cowboys on Dec. 17 and sat in New York’s special box alongside Gov. Kathy Hochul.
She was on the state’s guest list for the event, but she did not list LECET as her employer, instead saying she was “independent.”
Lamorte was returning home from lunch with her friend when her life suddenly changed and she became permanently disabled.
“When I was 22, I lived through every New Yorker’s worst nightmare,” she said. The Tamron Hall show Last year.
“I was holding the subway pole reading, all of a sudden, when the doors opened. I was jostled by someone getting off at their stop. I fell into the space between the train and the platform. My left leg was crushed.
‘I was shocked. The subway doors kept hitting my chest and strangers had to help me out. They wanted to call 9-1-1 but I just wanted to go home.
She said the adrenaline from the ordeal helped her get back to her apartment, but she woke up the next day with a swollen leg and could not walk.
“I rushed to the emergency room, spent hours there, they tested me to see if there was even circulation in my left leg and I was afraid I was going to lose part of my leg,” added Lamorte.
Lamorte was returning home from lunch with her friend when her life suddenly changed and she became permanently disabled.
This experience shaped her life and she now advocates for people with disabilities and even ran for city council following her traumatic injury.
“When I was 22, I lived through every New Yorker’s worst nightmare,” she told the Tamron Hall Show last year.
“Just like that, I went from dancing on tables to resting in bed, and from there, I began the long process of figuring out my new normal and finding my new purpose.
“I have a permanent disability. I have degenerative nerve syndrome in my left leg, so I’m in pain all the time, and I walk with a cane because it helps take the weight off my leg and improves my mobility.
“It helps me climb stairs, which is still one of the hardest things for me to do, it just makes everyday life a lot easier.”
She added: “It completely changed my life, and I went from 22 years old not seeing a staircase and thinking twice about it, taking my body for granted like so many people do and the next day I don’t could no longer walk.
“I began to experience the reality that so many people with disabilities face, as well as the discrimination, isolation and segregation.”
Lamorte later became a disability activist because she wanted to fight for change and she previously ran for city council in the Upper East Side’s 5th District seat but lost.
Heastie has served in the New York State Assembly since 2001 and represents the 83rd District.
He became the first African-American president in state history when he was named speaker of the Assembly in 2015.
The politician shares a 14-year-old daughter named Taylor with his ex-girlfriend Alvita Robertson, 42, who was an aspiring model.
In 2015, he asked the court to add Heastie to his daughter’s last name, and they reportedly fought over custody of the girl and payment of child support in Bronx Family Court.
Heastie’s campaign previously paid Robertson, who now lives in Baltimore, $2,500 in 2011 to design a website.
Lamorte became a disability activist because she wanted to fight for change. She previously ran for city council in the Upper East Side’s 5th District seat, but lost.
The politician shares a 14-year-old daughter named Taylor with his ex-girlfriend Alvita Robertson, 42, who was an aspiring model.
Heastie’s campaign previously paid $2,500 to Robertson (pictured), who now lives in Baltimore, in 2011 to design a website.
Lamorte’s LECET company told New York Focus that it had made them “aware” that it was “seeing the speaker” over the past 30 to 45 days.
They said that when she informed them, she was “instructed not to lobby the Assembly” or Heastie and said they “were not aware of any lobbying in which she s ‘has been engaged with the Assembly since we put this policy in place.’
Likewise, Heastie said The New York Post Monday: “I’ve been very clear that protocols are in place, and that’s all you need to be comfortable with.”
There are no specific rules prohibiting a lobbyist from having a relationship with a state elected official.
According to a letter writer written by Heastie’s Assembly lawyer and seen by the Post, Heastie agreed not to have in-person meetings with LECET.
The letter reads: “Senior management will come to propose a consensus decision to the President on any matter specific or unique to these organizations.”
Lamorte is one of four lobbyists listed for LECET in January and February.
The organization campaigns for the use of unionized labor on construction projects in New York.
DailyMail.com has contacted Heastie and Lamorte for comment.