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Andrew J. Lanza

Republican · NY · New York State Senator, District 24

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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

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Profile last researched September 12, 2026.