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Zellnor Y. Myrie

Democratic · NY · New York State Senator, District 20

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Brooklyn state senator and Codes Committee chair focused on affordable housing, tenant protections, criminal-justice reform, gun safety, voting rights, consumer protection, healthcare, and deed-theft prevention.

Where Zellnor Y. Myrie stands, based on their records

Supports

Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Reduce Wealth Gap (1 record), Anti-Corruption (4 records),

Campaign finance information not available

Track record

Track record — Healthcare Affordability

Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
  • Sponsored S438, requiring pharmacy-service administrative organizations, prescription-switch companies, and rebate aggregators to register with the state and disclose ownership and business information; the Senate passed it.

    March 24, 2026Supports Healthcare Affordability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap

Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support
  • Voted for the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act, which became law and made rent regulation permanent, ended vacancy deregulation and vacancy bonuses, and expanded tenant protections.

    June 14, 2019Supports Reduce Wealth Gap

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption · 4 support
  • Chaired a joint legislative hearing on white-collar crime, scams, and consumer fraud while advancing the SCAM Act to modernize fraud and bribery statutes and scale corporate penalties to company size.

    March 4, 2026Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Proposed amending New York's civil-rights law to create state remedies and accountability for government actors who deprive people of constitutional rights.

    September 26, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored legislation co-authored with the attorney general that took effect making deed theft a crime, extending the time to prosecute it, and granting the attorney general criminal jurisdiction over deed-theft cases.

    July 19, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: ag.ny.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored the COVID-19 Fraud Accountability Act, which became law and increased civil penalties for white-collar misconduct connected to COVID-19 or a future declared market disruption.

    January 3, 2023Supports Anti-Corruption

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
  • Sponsored the Trafficking Survivor Recovery and Accountability Act, creating crimes and civil claims for benefiting from labor or sex trafficking ventures and reviving certain otherwise time-barred civil claims; the Senate passed it.

    June 2, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored S2551, which became law and raised New York's corporate criminal fines to as much as $80,000 for a felony and up to three times a corporation's gain from an offense.

    October 16, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored legislation co-authored with the attorney general that took effect making deed theft a crime, extending the time to prosecute it, and granting the attorney general criminal jurisdiction over deed-theft cases.

    July 19, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: ag.ny.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Joined Senate passage of a police-accountability package including repeal of Civil Rights Law 50-a, a law-enforcement misconduct office, body-camera requirements, reporting of police shootings, and a ban on police chokeholds.

    June 9, 2020Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Housing Affordability

Housing Affordability · 2 support
  • Sponsored legislation co-authored with the attorney general that took effect making deed theft a crime, extending the time to prosecute it, and granting the attorney general criminal jurisdiction over deed-theft cases.

    July 19, 2024Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: ag.ny.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Voted for the Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act, which became law and made rent regulation permanent, ended vacancy deregulation and vacancy bonuses, and expanded tenant protections.

    June 14, 2019Supports Housing Affordability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Gun Control

Gun Control · 2 support
  • Sponsored S7392A, which became law and clarified New York's firearm-industry public-nuisance liability statute and its application to conduct endangering public safety and health.

    June 28, 2024Supports Gun Control

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored S7196, which became law and created a civil public-nuisance cause of action for harms caused by irresponsible firearm-industry sale, manufacturing, importing, or marketing practices.

    July 6, 2021Supports Gun Control

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Election Integrity

Election Integrity · 4 support
  • Introduced S10618 to prohibit military personnel and government officials from using armed presence, official authority, force, threats, or intimidation to interfere with elections and to provide civil enforcement.

    June 1, 2026Supports Election Integrity

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored the John R. Lewis New York Voting Rights Act, which became law and created state protections against vote dilution, language-access failures, voter intimidation, and discriminatory voting changes.

    June 20, 2022Supports Election Integrity

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored S8370B, which became law and requires election officials to notify absentee voters of certain ballot defects and give them an opportunity to cure those defects.

    August 21, 2020Supports Election Integrity

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored S1102, which became law and established early voting in New York from the tenth day through the second day before an election, with requirements aimed at equitable access and manageable wait times.

    January 24, 2019Supports Election Integrity

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Data Privacy

Data Privacy · 1 support
  • Launched an oversight inquiry by writing the Department of Homeland Security and major technology and telecommunications companies about administrative demands for New Yorkers' customer data, company compliance, and user-notification practices.

    September 8, 2026Supports Data Privacy

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 9 support
  • Launched an oversight inquiry by writing the Department of Homeland Security and major technology and telecommunications companies about administrative demands for New Yorkers' customer data, company compliance, and user-notification practices.

    September 8, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored the Trafficking Survivor Recovery and Accountability Act, creating crimes and civil claims for benefiting from labor or sex trafficking ventures and reviving certain otherwise time-barred civil claims; the Senate passed it.

    June 2, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Introduced S10618 to prohibit military personnel and government officials from using armed presence, official authority, force, threats, or intimidation to interfere with elections and to provide civil enforcement.

    June 1, 2026Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Proposed amending New York's civil-rights law to create state remedies and accountability for government actors who deprive people of constitutional rights.

    September 26, 2025Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored the John R. Lewis New York Voting Rights Act, which became law and created state protections against vote dilution, language-access failures, voter intimidation, and discriminatory voting changes.

    June 20, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored S8370B, which became law and requires election officials to notify absentee voters of certain ballot defects and give them an opportunity to cure those defects.

    August 21, 2020Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Joined Senate passage of a police-accountability package including repeal of Civil Rights Law 50-a, a law-enforcement misconduct office, body-camera requirements, reporting of police shootings, and a ban on police chokeholds.

    June 9, 2020Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Supported passage of New York's Green Light law allowing undocumented residents to obtain standard driver's licenses.

    June 18, 2019Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored S1102, which became law and established early voting in New York from the tenth day through the second day before an election, with requirements aimed at equitable access and manageable wait times.

    January 24, 2019Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — Corporate Accountability

Corporate Accountability · 6 support
  • Sponsored S438, requiring pharmacy-service administrative organizations, prescription-switch companies, and rebate aggregators to register with the state and disclose ownership and business information; the Senate passed it.

    March 24, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Chaired a joint legislative hearing on white-collar crime, scams, and consumer fraud while advancing the SCAM Act to modernize fraud and bribery statutes and scale corporate penalties to company size.

    March 4, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored S2551, which became law and raised New York's corporate criminal fines to as much as $80,000 for a felony and up to three times a corporation's gain from an offense.

    October 16, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored S7392A, which became law and clarified New York's firearm-industry public-nuisance liability statute and its application to conduct endangering public safety and health.

    June 28, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored the COVID-19 Fraud Accountability Act, which became law and increased civil penalties for white-collar misconduct connected to COVID-19 or a future declared market disruption.

    January 3, 2023Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

  • Sponsored S7196, which became law and created a civil public-nuisance cause of action for harms caused by irresponsible firearm-industry sale, manufacturing, importing, or marketing practices.

    July 6, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026

Track record — General

General · 1 record
  • Received District Council 37's endorsement for reelection to Senate District 20 in the 2026 Democratic primary.

    April 29, 2026

    Source: dc37.net · researched September 12, 2026

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Profile last researched September 12, 2026.