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D New York Senate · District 10 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. James Sanders

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Total votes
17,205
all sessions
Attendance
90%
1,550 missed
Lower than 84% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Higher than 78% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 81% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,891
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
8
assignments
1,891 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
1,891
Primary
844
Co-sponsor
1,047
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Primary S 1690
Signed into law · New York Senate · Lead sponsor
Relates to the capital access program

Relates to the capital access program; focuses on minority and women-owned business enterprises and small businesses located in highly distressed areas to assist them in processing and being approved for qualifying program loans; requires the engagement in outreach and marketing to financial institutions to increase awareness of the program.

Signed into law Dec 8, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Co-sponsor S 6536
Vetoed · New York Senate · Co-sponsor
Relates to the calculation of past service credit for NYC DEP police transferring between the New York city employees' retirement system to the state and local police and fire retirement system

Relates to the calculation of past service credit for police officers employed by the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental protection in the city of New York transferring between the New York city employees' retirement system to the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.

Vetoed Dec 8, 2023 1 co-sponsor
Primary S 7563
Signed into law · New York Senate · Lead sponsor
Relates to the city of New York procurement limit

Increases the city of New York procurement limit for businesses owned by women and minorities from one million dollars to one million, five hundred thousand dollars.

Signed into law Dec 8, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary S 1688
Signed into law · New York Senate · Lead sponsor
Relates to the use of waste tire management and recycling fee funds

Relates to the use of waste tire management and recycling fee funds; directs certain funds to be used by the department of economic development for funding demonstration projects relating to reuse in agricultural settings and for conducting analysis of waste tire reuse opportunities.

Signed into law Nov 17, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary S 1891
Vetoed · New York Senate · Lead sponsor
Establishes the New York state cryptocurrency and blockchain study task force

Establishes the New York state cryptocurrency and blockchain study task force to provide the governor and the legislature with information on the effects of the widespread use of cryptocurrencies and other forms of digital currencies and their ancillary systems, including but not limited to blockchain technology, in the state.

Vetoed Nov 17, 2023 0 co-sponsors
Primary S 7385
Signed into law · New York Senate · Lead sponsor
Exempts certain public construction projects from certain restrictions

Exempts the city of New York, the city school district of the city of New York, the New York city industrial development agency, the New York city health and hospitals corporation, or the New York city housing authority in connection with construction contracts that have an estimated cost of no less than five million dollars or is subject to an owner-controlled insurance program for projects from requirements regarding application to a particular insurance company, agent or broker.

Signed into law Oct 25, 2023 0 co-sponsors
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