Alden H. Wolfe
Democratic · NY · Rockland County Legislator, District 6 (Majority Leader)
Majority Leader of the Rockland County Legislature and a lawyer with 30 years in private practice, including court-appointed work as a guardian and court examiner. He says everyone in court should be heard, treated with dignity, and have the law applied fairly.
Where Alden H. Wolfe stands, based on their records
Supports
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Co-sponsored a proposed county law, the Safety and Dignity for All Act, that limits what county police may ask about immigration status and bars holding people for federal immigration agents without a criminal warrant.
February 5, 2026Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: rocklandtimes.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Voted for a Legislature resolution backing the Anti-Defamation League's criticism of a sheriff campaign video that blamed the Orthodox Jewish community for illegal housing. It passed 13-3.
June 16, 2015Supports Civil Rights
Source: rocklandtimes.com
Track record — General
General · 9 records
Was re-elected Majority Leader of the Rockland County Legislature by its Democratic members for 2026.
January 19, 2026
Source: rocklandtimes.com
Signed a statement with nine other county legislators condemning the January 2025 presidential pardons of people convicted for the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
January 30, 2025
Source: rocklandtimes.com
A state court dismissed a lawsuit challenging the county legislative district map drawn by the committee he co-chaired.
March 13, 2023
Source: rocklandtimes.com
Co-chaired the special committee that redrew the county's 17 legislative districts after the 2020 Census. The Legislature adopted the new map 13-1.
November 8, 2022
Source: rocklandtimes.com
Voted with a unanimous Legislature for a county law that permanently protects the Split Rock site, which the Ramapough Lenape Nation holds sacred.
October 18, 2021
Source: rocklandtimes.com
As chairman, publicly opposed County Executive Ed Day's 2020 plan to raise the county sales tax during the pandemic. The Legislature voted the plan down.
September 2, 2020
Source: rocklandtimes.com
As chairman, led the Legislature in overriding every line-item veto that County Executive Ed Day made to the Legislature's 2015 county budget, using one combined vote.
December 15, 2014
Source: rocklandtimes.com
As Legislature chairman, spoke at a state environmental agency hearing in March 2014 and asked for a full cleanup of toxic paint sludge that Ford Motor Company dumped in Hillburn.
March 20, 2014
Source: rocklandtimes.com
Became chairman of the Rockland County Legislature in January 2014, replacing Harriet Cornell, who had led it for nine years.
January 9, 2014
Source: rocklandtimes.com
Past races Alden H. Wolfe ran in:
- Supreme Court Justice - 9th Judicial District · November 3, 2026 · Orange County, New York
- Supreme Court Justice - 9th Judicial District · November 3, 2026 · Dutchess County, New York
- Supreme Court Justice - 9th Judicial District · November 3, 2026 · Putnam County, New York
- Supreme Court Justice - 9th Judicial District · November 3, 2026 · Rockland County, New York
- Supreme Court Justice - 9th Judicial District · November 3, 2026 · Westchester County, New York