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Rory Lancman

Democratic · NY · Nassau Health Care Corporation Board Member

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Rory Lancman is an attorney and Nassau Health Care Corporation board member. He previously served in the New York State Assembly and New York City Council.

Where Rory Lancman stands, based on their records

Supports

Labor Rights (1 record), Public Safety and Crime Control (1 record), Civil Rights (4 records)

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Track record

Track record — Labor Rights

Labor Rights · 1 support

  • Sponsored a state law, signed on September 23, 2011, that gave staff at privately run juvenile justice centers the same job safety protections as staff at state-run ones.

    September 23, 2011Supports Labor Rights

    Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 1 support

  • Wrote the city bill that made it a crime to share or threaten to share intimate images of someone without consent. The City Council passed it unanimously.

    November 16, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: qns.com · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 4 support

  • Wrote the city bill making it a crime for a police officer to use a chokehold or press on a person's neck, back, or chest while making an arrest. The Council passed it.

    June 18, 2020Supports Civil Rights

    Source: council.nyc.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Signed a letter with the Council Speaker asking the police, the courts, and the district attorneys to stop low-level arrests during the early coronavirus outbreak, as chair of the Council's justice committee.

    March 18, 2020Supports Civil Rights

    Source: council.nyc.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Voted yes on the Marriage Equality Act, the state law that let same-sex couples marry in New York. The Assembly passed it 80 to 63.

    June 15, 2011Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026

  • Sponsored a state law, signed on April 28, 2008, that let New York authors ask state courts to refuse foreign libel rulings that would not stand under American free speech law.

    April 28, 2008Supports Civil Rights

    Source: nyassembly.gov · researched September 20, 2026

Track record — General

General · 1 record

  • Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed him New York's first statewide Special Counsel for Ratepayer Protection, a new state job that argues for utility customers in cases before state regulators.

    October 30, 2020

    Source: qns.com · researched September 20, 2026

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Profile last researched September 20, 2026.