Frank A. Mauriello
Republican · NY · Albany County Legislator, District 27
Frank Mauriello is an Albany County legislator who leads its Republican minority caucus and spent a decade on the Colonie Town Board. He focuses on lowering energy costs and taxes and on supporting law enforcement.
Where Frank A. Mauriello stands, based on their records
Supports
Government Efficiency (3 records), Government Spending Reduction (2 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records),
Opposes
Labor Rights (1 record), Housing Affordability (1 record)
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Track record
Track record — Labor Rights
Labor Rights · 1 oppose
Voted no on a county law that would have made Albany County employers give both full-time and part-time workers paid sick time. The measure failed 21 to 17. He said the county needed to tell businesses it was open for business.
June 11, 2019Opposes Labor Rights
Source: wamc.org · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Government Efficiency
Government Efficiency · 3 support
Criticized the county's $133,500-a-year public relations contract with an outside firm, saying legislators would have looked at it harder if the contract review board's spending threshold had not been raised past the point where the full legislature sees such deals.
May 27, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: timesunion.com · researched September 20, 2026
Co-sponsored a resolution that would have required the county to study what newly arrived migrants cost the county budget. The legislature rejected it.
August 14, 2023Supports Government Efficiency
Source: albanycounty.legistar.com · researched September 20, 2026
Objected that a county measure cutting the service time needed for full retiree health coverage from 20 years to 15 came to a vote with no fiscal impact statement, which he said county rules require. The measure had passed 26 to 11.
August 13, 2019Supports Government Efficiency
Source: wamc.org · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support
Voted against an $8,230 mid-term pay rise for the legislature's deputy chairwoman and offered an amendment to delay it to the start of the 2028 term. His amendment failed and the rise passed 25 to 8. He said pay rises come after an election, not mid-term.
September 8, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: timesunion.com · researched September 20, 2026
Co-sponsored a resolution to undo the county's 2019 decision to cut the service time needed for full retiree health coverage from 20 years to 15. The legislature rejected it.
November 9, 2020Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: albanycounty.legistar.com · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Co-sponsored and championed a proposed county law that would have made parents of young people convicted of serious crimes sit through a parenting class of up to five hours. He agreed to withdraw it after community opposition.
August 26, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: wamc.org · researched September 20, 2026
Publicly opposed two county resolutions adopted that day that bar county agencies from helping federal immigration officers and stop the county paying for travel on airlines that run deportation flights. He called the measures politically expedient and said they made communities less safe.
March 9, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: dailygazette.com · researched September 20, 2026
Wrote and led a proposed county law requiring that notices about the penalties for illegal firearms be handed out in the county. Three committees set it aside and it was withdrawn without a floor vote.
October 27, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: albanycounty.legistar.com · researched September 20, 2026
Wrote and led a resolution asking the city of Albany to repay the county for the overtime and dispatching costs of sheriff's patrols the city relied on. The legislature rejected it.
December 6, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: albanycounty.legistar.com · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 1 oppose
Called for a building moratorium in Colonie that capped new projects at 80 percent of the town's current housing density, and for a halt on planned development districts and special use permits until the town finished its comprehensive plan.
October 19, 2017Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: timesunion.com · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — Corporate Accountability
Corporate Accountability · 1 support
Was the lead co-sponsor of the county's Restaurant Protection Law, which limits the fees third-party delivery companies can charge restaurants. The legislature adopted it.
August 9, 2021Supports Corporate Accountability
Source: albanycounty.legistar.com · researched September 20, 2026
Track record — General
General · 1 record
His Republican and Conservative colleagues in the Albany County Legislature chose him as minority leader, replacing Peter Crouse after a fight over a proposed coalition with breakaway Democrats. He agreed to take the job for one year instead of the usual two.
January 6, 2016
Source: timesunion.com · researched September 20, 2026
Race Frank A. Mauriello is in:
- Member of the New York State Assembly, District 110 · November 3, 2026 · Assembly District 110; New York
Profile last researched September 18, 2026.