State Senator, District 49
What does this office do?
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates:
Democratic
Cassie Robbins-Forbus is a grant writer for Samaritan Medical Center and a former Spanish teacher and nonprofit director from Lowville. She supports a state-run single-payer health system to keep rural hospitals funded.
Records: Environment and Public Health 1 for
Republican · Incumbent
Mark Walczyk is a former Watertown city councilman and State Assembly member who began his career on a state senator's staff. He opposes the costs of the state's climate law for taxpayers and backs economic growth in the North Country.
Records: Environment and Public Health 4 against, Corporate Accountability 2 against, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties 2 against,
Sources: elections.ny.gov2