Andrew J. Lanza
Republican · NY · New York State Senator, District 24
New York State senator for District 24 and deputy minority leader with prior New York City Council service and experience as a prosecutor and accountant.
Where Andrew J. Lanza stands, based on their records
Supports
Healthcare Affordability (1 record), Labor Rights (2 records), Anti-Corruption (1 record),
Opposes
Gun Control (1 record)
Mixed record
Environment and Public Health (2 support · 1 oppose)
Campaign finance information not available
Track record
Track record — Healthcare Affordability
Healthcare Affordability · 1 support
Sponsored the enacted I-STOP law requiring real-time prescription-drug monitoring and electronic prescribing to combat prescription abuse.
August 27, 2012Supports Healthcare Affordability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 2 support · 1 oppose
Called for repeal of New York's Cap-and-Invest program and Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act mandates, citing projected household energy costs.
March 5, 2026Opposes Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Introduced S7096, Arielle's Law, to require methyl-salicylate warning labels on sports and muscle creams.
April 1, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Introduced S5898 to convert unused state or local highway rights-of-way into parkland.
March 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 2 support
Received Communication Workers of America District 1's endorsement for State Senate District 24 in the 2026 election.
September 12, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: cwad1.org · researched September 13, 2026
Introduced S10234 to reduce the retirement age for certain Tier 6 Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority employees based on qualifying service.
May 7, 2026Supports Labor Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Anti-Corruption
Anti-Corruption · 1 support
Introduced S3725 to require state agencies to make payroll records available for public inspection.
January 29, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 1 support
Introduced S9493, the Toll Payer Advocacy and Relief Act, to cap late toll fees, extend payment time, and create a toll-payer advocate and amnesty program.
March 18, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 11 support
Introduced S6557 to prohibit siting battery energy storage systems on Staten Island.
March 17, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Introduced S5899, Cesar's Law, to require warrants and law-enforcement notification when a parolee absconds from supervision.
March 3, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Introduced S5586 to allow crime victims' family members and interested parties to make statements to the parole-board members deciding release.
February 25, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Introduced S5411 to establish tiered dangerous-driving crimes and increase penalties when dangerous driving causes injury or death.
February 21, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Introduced S3710 to create a first-degree offense for child endangerment involving specified violent conduct.
January 29, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Introduced S2538 to require law enforcement and courts to notify ICE when an arrested person or defendant is not a U.S. citizen and to repeal the Protect Our Courts Act.
January 21, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Sponsored an enacted law making sex trafficking of a child punishable without requiring proof of force, fraud, or coercion.
August 17, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Sponsored an enacted law requiring hotels, motels, and similar lodging facilities to provide trafficking victims with service-information cards.
August 17, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Was appointed chair of the Senate Codes Committee, which considers criminal-justice legislation.
January 11, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Sponsored the enacted Trafficking Victims Protection and Justice Act, which increased trafficking penalties and expanded protections for victims.
October 21, 2015Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Sponsored an enacted law expanding protections for young trafficking victims by treating sexually exploited minors as victims rather than defendants.
October 16, 2014Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Gun Control
Gun Control · 1 oppose
Introduced S7245 to repeal the offense of possessing an ammunition-feeding device holding more than seven rounds.
April 7, 2025Opposes Gun Control
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Election Integrity
Election Integrity · 1 support
Introduced S9610 to require New York City county clerks and sheriffs to be elected rather than appointed.
March 30, 2026Supports Election Integrity
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Personal Income Tax Reduction
Personal Income Tax Reduction · 2 support
Joined a Senate Republican tax package proposing to exempt the first $50,000 of individual income and $100,000 of joint income from state income tax.
February 4, 2026Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Introduced S6559 to authorize a real-property tax exemption for certain disabled veterans.
March 17, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Introduced S7042 to criminalize unlawful possession of a patient's medical record.
April 1, 2025Supports Data Privacy
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Introduced S7356 to protect the confidentiality of trafficking victims and permit vacatur of certain convictions resulting from trafficking.
April 10, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Introduced S9432 to require arbitration awards in consumer and employment disputes to state the issues decided and the arbitrator's findings.
March 11, 2026Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 2 support
Sponsored S5686, enacted as Chapter 150 of 2025, extending the deadline for a federal land conveyance involving the Gateway National Recreation Area.
June 18, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Sponsored legislation establishing Staten Island as New York's separate 13th Judicial District; the measure passed both legislative chambers and became law.
June 21, 2007Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Qualified for the November 2026 general-election ballot as the Republican and Conservative candidate for New York State Senate District 24.
September 4, 2026
Source: elections.ny.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Introduced S8578 to incorporate Staten Island as a separate city within New York State.
November 14, 2025
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Voted against the Medical Aid in Dying Act in the Senate.
June 9, 2025
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Was named deputy minority leader of the New York State Senate.
December 22, 2020
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Was appointed chair of the Senate Cities and Ethics committees and co-chair of the Legislative Ethics Commission.
January 26, 2011
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Was elected to the New York State Senate from District 24 after serving on the New York City Council.
November 7, 2006
Source: nysenate.gov · researched September 13, 2026
Race Andrew J. Lanza is in:
- State Senator, District 24 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 24; New York · incumbent
Profile last researched September 12, 2026.