Andrew S. Gounardes
Democratic · NY · New York State Senator, District 26
Brooklyn state senator and Budget and Revenue Committee chair focused on hospital costs, worker rights, affordability, transportation, street safety, higher education, and online child safety.
Where Andrew S. Gounardes stands, based on their records
Supports
AI Regulation (3 records), Healthcare Affordability (6 records), Environment and Public Health (6 records),
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 1 oppose)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — AI Regulation
AI Regulation · 3 support
Introduced the FOCUS Act to set age-appropriate limits on school screens, AI, and education technology and require product registration and evidence of educational benefit.
August 21, 2026Supports AI Regulation
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored and won Senate passage of a five-year moratorium on sales of AI-powered chatbot toys for young children while a state task force studies their risks.
June 2, 2026Supports AI Regulation
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored the enacted RAISE Act, requiring large frontier-AI developers to publish safety and security protocols addressing severe risks.
December 19, 2025Supports AI Regulation
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 6 support
Sponsored a law expanding thyroid-cancer disability protections for New York City firefighters.
December 16, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law extending health-insurance protections to spouses of New York City fire protection inspectors.
December 16, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law allowing pharmacists to discuss pharmacy-benefit-manager reimbursement rates with patients and protecting pharmacies from related penalties.
September 30, 2024Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law increasing the number of physicians available to the NYCERS medical board to reduce delays in World Trade Center disability claims.
September 11, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law granting unlimited paid sick leave to public employees who developed qualifying conditions after participating in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup.
September 11, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law creating a presumption that cancer diagnosed in an FDNY retiree within five years of retirement arose from job duties.
September 11, 2019Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 6 support
Supported rehabilitating the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway within its current footprint with two traffic lanes, air-quality protections, park connections, and a public post-BQE planning timeline.
August 24, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored and won Senate passage of a five-year moratorium on sales of AI-powered chatbot toys for young children while a state task force studies their risks.
June 2, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored and won Senate passage of a bill requiring state air-monitoring studies to consider pollution generated by truck traffic attracted through state permitting of last-mile warehouses.
May 18, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law requiring warning labels on social-media platforms that use addictive design features such as autoplay, infinite scroll, and algorithmic feeds.
December 20, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law requiring large public venues to stock epinephrine auto-injectors and train staff to use them.
November 25, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored the enacted SAFE for Kids Act, restricting addictive social-media feeds and overnight notifications for minors without parental consent.
June 20, 2024Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Reduce Wealth Gap
Reduce Wealth Gap · 1 support
Introduced a package to close sales- and use-tax exemptions for gold bullion, racehorses, yachts, private aircraft, and selected corporate transactions.
May 14, 2025Supports Reduce Wealth Gap
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 9 support
Sponsored and won Senate passage of legislation preventing courts from arbitrarily reducing damages awarded in workplace-discrimination cases.
June 12, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored and won Senate passage of the Wage Payment Integrity Act, clarifying that employers may not arbitrarily revoke bonuses workers already earned.
March 18, 2025Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law expanding thyroid-cancer disability protections for New York City firefighters.
December 16, 2024Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law allowing eligible FDNY employees to count Cadet Corps service toward retirement benefits.
December 16, 2024Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law extending health-insurance protections to spouses of New York City fire protection inspectors.
December 16, 2024Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored and advanced Senate legislation extending state human-rights-law workplace protections to personal staff of elected officials and judges.
June 8, 2021Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law providing line-of-duty accidental-death benefits to families of public employees who died after contracting COVID-19 through in-person work.
May 30, 2020Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law granting unlimited paid sick leave to public employees who developed qualifying conditions after participating in the World Trade Center rescue, recovery, or cleanup.
September 11, 2019Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law creating a presumption that cancer diagnosed in an FDNY retiree within five years of retirement arose from job duties.
September 11, 2019Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 3 support
Sponsored and won Senate passage of a bill requiring state air-monitoring studies to consider pollution generated by truck traffic attracted through state permitting of last-mile warehouses.
May 18, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Published a Budget and Revenue Committee report identifying nearly $3 billion in state tax exemptions and expenditures for legislative review.
January 24, 2025Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law increasing the number of physicians available to the NYCERS medical board to reduce delays in World Trade Center disability claims.
September 11, 2019Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 1 oppose
Supported New York's $7.25 million allocation for legal services to 1,400 unaccompanied immigrant children after a federal contract was terminated.
August 12, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Introduced a package to close sales- and use-tax exemptions for gold bullion, racehorses, yachts, private aircraft, and selected corporate transactions.
May 14, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Published a Budget and Revenue Committee report identifying nearly $3 billion in state tax exemptions and expenditures for legislative review.
January 24, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 10 support
Voted for a Senate package restricting formal local-police collaboration with federal immigration enforcement and limiting immigration-enforcement access to schools and hospitals.
May 22, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored the New York for All Act to restrict state and local government participation in federal civil immigration enforcement.
January 30, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Introduced legislation requiring online sports-betting operators to use stronger age verification and safeguards against underage gambling.
January 29, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law requiring vehicle manufacturers and dealers to terminate an abuser's remote access to a survivor's vehicle upon a documented request.
December 27, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law requiring large public venues to stock epinephrine auto-injectors and train staff to use them.
November 25, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law expanding New York City's red-light camera program from 150 to 600 intersections.
October 23, 2024Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law increasing fines for leaving the scene of a property-damage collision without reporting it.
August 12, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law requiring pedestrian and bicyclist safety instruction in New York driver pre-licensing courses.
July 21, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law authorizing New York City's school-zone speed cameras to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
June 24, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law expanding New York City's school-zone speed-camera program from 140 to 750 zones and extending weekday operating hours to 6 a.m.–10 p.m.
May 12, 2019Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 5 support
Supported New York's $7.25 million allocation for legal services to 1,400 unaccompanied immigrant children after a federal contract was terminated.
August 12, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored and won Senate passage of the Consumer Debt Uniformity Act, extending notice, pleading, and service protections to medical, rent, tuition, utility, and other consumer-debt cases.
June 2, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored and won Senate passage of the SAFE Shelter Act, preserving full state reimbursement when domestic-violence shelters place a single survivor in a double-occupancy room.
May 14, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law allowing eligible FDNY employees to count Cadet Corps service toward retirement benefits.
December 16, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law providing line-of-duty accidental-death benefits to families of public employees who died after contracting COVID-19 through in-person work.
May 30, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Education Quality
Public Education Quality · 3 support
Introduced the FOCUS Act to set age-appropriate limits on school screens, AI, and education technology and require product registration and evidence of educational benefit.
August 21, 2026Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Introduced legislation creating a 15-day sales-tax holiday for basic school supplies before Labor Day.
February 14, 2023Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law requiring pedestrian and bicyclist safety instruction in New York driver pre-licensing courses.
July 21, 2022Supports Public Education Quality
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Voted to advance a Senate election-reform package expanding absentee-ballot access, ballot tracking, drop-off options, and protections for clearly expressed voter intent.
January 11, 2021Supports Election Integrity
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 1 support
Introduced legislation creating a 15-day sales-tax holiday for basic school supplies before Labor Day.
February 14, 2023Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 5 support
Sponsored and won Senate passage of a five-year moratorium on sales of AI-powered chatbot toys for young children while a state task force studies their risks.
June 2, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Introduced legislation requiring online sports-betting operators to use stronger age verification and safeguards against underage gambling.
January 29, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law requiring vehicle manufacturers and dealers to terminate an abuser's remote access to a survivor's vehicle upon a documented request.
December 27, 2024Supports Data Privacy
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored the enacted New York Child Data Protection Act, limiting collection, use, sharing, and sale of minors' personal data.
June 20, 2024Supports Data Privacy
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored the enacted SAFE for Kids Act, restricting addictive social-media feeds and overnight notifications for minors without parental consent.
June 20, 2024Supports Data Privacy
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 7 support
Supported New York's $7.25 million allocation for legal services to 1,400 unaccompanied immigrant children after a federal contract was terminated.
August 12, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Voted for a Senate package restricting formal local-police collaboration with federal immigration enforcement and limiting immigration-enforcement access to schools and hospitals.
May 22, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored and won Senate passage of the SAFE Shelter Act, preserving full state reimbursement when domestic-violence shelters place a single survivor in a double-occupancy room.
May 14, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Prime-sponsored the New York for All Act to restrict state and local government participation in federal civil immigration enforcement.
January 30, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored and won Senate passage of legislation preventing courts from arbitrarily reducing damages awarded in workplace-discrimination cases.
June 12, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law requiring vehicle manufacturers and dealers to terminate an abuser's remote access to a survivor's vehicle upon a documented request.
December 27, 2024Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored and advanced Senate legislation extending state human-rights-law workplace protections to personal staff of elected officials and judges.
June 8, 2021Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 9 support
Introduced the FOCUS Act to set age-appropriate limits on school screens, AI, and education technology and require product registration and evidence of educational benefit.
August 21, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored and won Senate passage of the Consumer Debt Uniformity Act, extending notice, pleading, and service protections to medical, rent, tuition, utility, and other consumer-debt cases.
June 2, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law requiring warning labels on social-media platforms that use addictive design features such as autoplay, infinite scroll, and algorithmic feeds.
December 20, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored the enacted RAISE Act, requiring large frontier-AI developers to publish safety and security protocols addressing severe risks.
December 19, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Introduced a package to close sales- and use-tax exemptions for gold bullion, racehorses, yachts, private aircraft, and selected corporate transactions.
May 14, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored and won Senate passage of the Wage Payment Integrity Act, clarifying that employers may not arbitrarily revoke bonuses workers already earned.
March 18, 2025Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law allowing pharmacists to discuss pharmacy-benefit-manager reimbursement rates with patients and protecting pharmacies from related penalties.
September 30, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored the enacted New York Child Data Protection Act, limiting collection, use, sharing, and sale of minors' personal data.
June 20, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored the enacted SAFE for Kids Act, restricting addictive social-media feeds and overnight notifications for minors without parental consent.
June 20, 2024Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Supported rehabilitating the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway within its current footprint with two traffic lanes, air-quality protections, park connections, and a public post-BQE planning timeline.
August 24, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Sponsored a law expanding New York City's school-zone speed-camera program from 140 to 750 zones and extending weekday operating hours to 6 a.m.–10 p.m.
May 12, 2019Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 12, 2026
Race Andrew S. Gounardes is in:
- State Senator, District 26 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 26; New York · incumbent
Profile last researched September 12, 2026.