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Anthony Edward Sinapi

Democratic · RI · Warwick City Council President, Ward 8

Warwick City Council president and Ward 8 council member, and a lawyer with Sinapi Law Associates who once served on the city's Charter Review Commission. He has focused on stronger schools and on keeping taxes down so families stay in Warwick.

Where Anthony Edward Sinapi stands, based on their records

Supports

Environment and Public Health (1 record), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record), Social Programs and Welfare (2 records),

Mixed record

Government Spending Reduction (1 support · 10 oppose), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 support · 1 oppose)

Track record

Track record — Environment and Public Health

Environment and Public Health · 1 support
  • Voted to ask state lawmakers to let Warwick borrow up to $350 million for two new high schools. It passed 7-1. He voted against rejecting a $5 million open space bond request, which was rejected 6-2.

    June 6, 2022Supports Environment and Public Health

    Source: warwickri.gov

Track record — Government Spending Reduction

Government Spending Reduction · 1 support · 10 oppose
  • Sponsored, for the mayor, the city budget and tax rates for July 2026 to June 2027. It passed 7-2.

    May 21, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Sponsored, for the mayor, a three-year firefighters' union contract running July 2025 to June 2028. It passed 7-2.

    November 3, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Voted to kill a request for a special election to cancel unused borrowing from the $350 million high school bond. The motion passed 7-2.

    February 10, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Sponsored, for the mayor, three union deals: a police contract (passed 7-0), a city workers' contract (passed 7-2), and a firefighter benefits fund agreement (passed 8-1).

    January 27, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Voted against the 2024-25 city budget, which passed 6-3. His amendment to cut the property tax levy by $1.3 million failed 4-5.

    May 23, 2024Supports Government Spending Reduction

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Co-sponsored and moved the $350 million bond to build two new high schools. It passed 8-1. He also voted 6-3 to give schools more state aid without cutting their $1 million relief money.

    September 18, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Voted for the 2023-24 city budget, which passed 9-0. His amendment moving unused federal relief money to schools failed 4-5.

    May 25, 2023Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Voted to ask state lawmakers to let Warwick borrow up to $350 million for two new high schools. It passed 7-1. He voted against rejecting a $5 million open space bond request, which was rejected 6-2.

    June 6, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Voted for borrowing to repair and extend the city sewer system. It passed first reading 8-1.

    July 13, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Co-sponsored and voted for the firefighters' union contract for July 2019 to June 2022, which passed 5-4. He also co-sponsored borrowing for street and sidewalk repairs, which passed 8-1.

    January 6, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Co-sponsored a council offer of $1.3 million more for schools if the School Committee used it for school sports. He moved the amendment, and it passed 9-0.

    July 15, 2019Opposes Government Spending Reduction

    Source: warwickri.gov

Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control

Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support · 1 oppose
  • Sponsored a resolution backing state bills on prescription drug costs (H5634, S114), which passed 7-1. He also co-sponsored and voted for a resolution opposing the 2025 assault weapons ban bills, which passed 6-3.

    June 2, 2025Opposes Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Sponsored and moved an ordinance banning gas sales to unregistered off-road vehicles and snowmobiles. It passed 8-1.

    November 21, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Sponsored an ordinance setting rules for police license plate reader cameras. It passed 7-2. He also voted 7-2 to buy Flock license plate readers.

    October 17, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

    Source: warwickri.gov

Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
  • Sponsored an ordinance setting rules for police license plate reader cameras. It passed 7-2. He also voted 7-2 to buy Flock license plate readers.

    October 17, 2022Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties

    Source: warwickri.gov

Track record — Social Programs and Welfare

Social Programs and Welfare · 2 support
  • Sponsored a resolution backing state bills on prescription drug costs (H5634, S114), which passed 7-1. He also co-sponsored and voted for a resolution opposing the 2025 assault weapons ban bills, which passed 6-3.

    June 2, 2025Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Sponsored a request that state lawmakers exempt the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence from property taxes. It passed 5-4.

    April 22, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare

    Source: warwickri.gov

Track record — Public Infrastructure

Public Infrastructure · 3 support
  • Co-sponsored and moved the $350 million bond to build two new high schools. It passed 8-1. He also voted 6-3 to give schools more state aid without cutting their $1 million relief money.

    September 18, 2023Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Voted for borrowing to repair and extend the city sewer system. It passed first reading 8-1.

    July 13, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Co-sponsored and voted for the firefighters' union contract for July 2019 to June 2022, which passed 5-4. He also co-sponsored borrowing for street and sidewalk repairs, which passed 8-1.

    January 6, 2020Supports Public Infrastructure

    Source: warwickri.gov

Track record — General

General · 19 records
  • Sponsored, for the mayor, an ordinance ending the city Personnel Hearing Board, which passed 7-2. He also co-sponsored new limits on where marijuana shops may open, which passed 8-1.

    June 1, 2026

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Sponsored, for the mayor, an ordinance relaxing a rule on extra city payments into the retiree health fund until state school-building aid begins. It passed 7-2.

    May 11, 2026

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Sponsored, for the mayor, a change to how the city transfers title on property taken for unpaid taxes. It passed first reading 5-4.

    March 23, 2026

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Voted against asking state lawmakers to let the council approve pay for Warwick's local election board staff, though he was a co-sponsor. It passed 5-4.

    February 9, 2026

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Sponsored, for the mayor, borrowing and charter questions for a February 3, 2026 special election. It passed 9-0.

    November 17, 2025

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Sponsored, for the mayor, a lease extension for Fire Station No. 8 with the Rhode Island Airport Corporation. It passed 7-2.

    October 6, 2025

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Was elected president of the Warwick City Council by a 9-0 vote.

    January 7, 2025

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Won re-election to the Warwick City Council in Ward 8 with 3,209 votes, or 95.6%, with no listed opponent.

    November 5, 2024

    Source: ri.gov

  • Moved to reject an ordinance requiring a public hearing on the city's five-year budget forecast. The rejection passed 6-3.

    September 16, 2024

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Voted to add Juneteenth as a paid holiday in the police union contract. It passed 6-3.

    June 3, 2024

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Moved to let the mayor acquire the Warwick Neck Lighthouse for the city. It passed 7-1.

    December 4, 2023

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Voted for an ordinance changing city pension payments for Fire and Police Plan 1 and setting a plan to fund retiree benefits. It passed 6-2.

    July 17, 2023

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Voted to reject two requests asking state lawmakers to change how city worker overtime pay is counted. The second was rejected 6-3.

    August 30, 2021

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Sponsored and moved an ordinance requiring stores to keep shopping carts on their own property. It passed 8-1.

    May 17, 2021

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Sponsored and moved changes to the City Council's own rules. They passed 6-3.

    April 5, 2021

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Sponsored and moved a no-confidence resolution against the school department's chief budget officer, Anthony Ferrucci. It passed 5-2, with one abstention.

    June 17, 2019

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Led and moved a council request asking state lawmakers to raise state school funding. It passed 8-0.

    May 6, 2019

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Was named the Ward 8 member of the Warwick Charter Review Commission, the panel that studied changes to the city charter.

    April 4, 2016

    Source: warwickri.gov

  • Told the Warwick City Council he had found over 100 open-meetings violations by the School Committee since 2014. He urged the council to take action.

    March 21, 2016

    Source: warwickri.gov

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