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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
17,205 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
15,353
voted in favor
Nay
277
voted against
Absent
1,550
missed votes
Total cast
17,205
across all sessions
Crossed party
193
votes against own party
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17,205
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
S 3052
Requires N.Y. city to collect discarded recyclable materials at city parks, playgrounds, historic sites and other facilities
Yea
Passed
59–1
Mar 8, 2017
S 1135
Relates to restrictions on commercial driver's licenses
Yea
Passed
60–0
Mar 8, 2017
S 2492
Relates to purchasing restrictions Against party
Nay
Passed
55–5
Mar 8, 2017
S 4837
Prohibits the use of state aid by colleges and universities to fund or provide membership in academic institutions that are boycotting a country or higher education institutions of a country Against party
Nay
Passed
54–6
Mar 8, 2017
S 2493
Relates to certain student organizations which are ineligible for funding Against party
Nay
Passed
49–11
Mar 8, 2017
S 1012
Requires investigating officers to field test and test blood alcohol levels of all drivers involved in auto accidents where serious physical injury or death occur Against party
Nay
Passed
55–5
Mar 8, 2017
S 4777
Makes graffiti a hate crime
Yea
Passed
59–1
Mar 8, 2017
S 2254
Provides for the appointment of the members of the New York state housing finance agency, the housing trust fund corporation and the affordable housing corporation
Yea
Passed
60–0
Mar 7, 2017
S 1030
Relates to a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises
Yea
Passed
60–0
Mar 7, 2017
A 1189
Extends, until December 31, 2018, the authorization of residential property owners in high risk brush fire areas on Staten Island to cut and remove reeds
Yea
Passed
60–0
Mar 7, 2017
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