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)
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
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
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
Introduced S5898 to convert unused state or local highway rights-of-way into parkland.
March 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: nysenate.gov
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Was appointed chair of the Senate Codes Committee, which considers criminal-justice legislation.
January 11, 2017Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: nysenate.gov
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
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
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
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
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
Introduced S6559 to authorize a real-property tax exemption for certain disabled veterans.
March 17, 2025Supports Personal Income Tax Reduction
Source: nysenate.gov
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
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
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
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
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
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
Introduced S8578 to incorporate Staten Island as a separate city within New York State.
November 14, 2025
Source: nysenate.gov
Voted against the Medical Aid in Dying Act in the Senate.
June 9, 2025
Source: nysenate.gov
Was named deputy minority leader of the New York State Senate.
December 22, 2020
Source: nysenate.gov
Was appointed chair of the Senate Cities and Ethics committees and co-chair of the Legislative Ethics Commission.
January 26, 2011
Source: nysenate.gov
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
Past race Andrew J. Lanza ran in:
- State Senator, District 24 · November 3, 2026 · State Senate District 24; New York · incumbent