NY State Senate · District 20
Zellnor Myrie
New York State Senator, District 20 (since January 2019)DWFPINCUMBENT
- Race
- NY State Senate · District 20
- Result
- Zellnor Myrie, projected winner
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- Unopposed
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Party line32 votes tracked
Broke with Democrats on
With party = voted the same way as most Democrats who voted.
Said vs. did6 statements · 32 votes
This year New York passed strong laws to hold agents accountable when they violate our constitutional rights.
Expand immigration enforcement and deportations
Compare statements with votes ›On the ballotNY State Senate · 20
2026-11-03
| Zellnor Myrie DWFP | incumbent |
Nominated without a primary opponent; running unopposed in the general election
Said vs. did
Each documented position next to the recorded floor votes we map to the same issue. Votes are compared one at a time; no overall stance is inferred from them.
This year New York passed strong laws to hold agents accountable when they violate our constitutional rights.
Sponsored the New York Bivens Act, signed by Governor Hochul in May 2026, which holds federal agents civilly liable for constitutional-rights violations; issued a statement after ICE shootings in Texas and Maine defending New York's accountability law.[6]
- YESS425-A (Protect Our Courts Act, 2020-07-22): Bars federal civil immigration arrests of people going to, attending, or leaving New York courthouses without a judicial warrant.[7]
1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement
Authored New York's first-in-the-nation law making illegal gun sales a public nuisance exposing manufacturers to liability (2021), and authored the Community Violence Intervention Act, which declared gun violence a public health crisis.
- YESS2451 (Extreme Risk Protection Orders (Red Flag Law), 2019-01-29): Allows courts to temporarily bar people found to pose a danger to themselves or others from possessing firearms.[10]
- YESS51001 (Concealed Carry Improvement Act, 2022-07-01): Enacted after the Bruen decision: added training and character requirements for carry permits and barred guns in designated sensitive places.[11]
2 of 2 votes point the same way as the statement
According to his official Senate biography, authored tenant-protection legislation described as among New York's strongest affordable-housing and tenant-protection laws in a generation; Wikipedia reports he supported the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act.
- YESS6458 (Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019, 2019-06-14): Made rent regulation permanent, ended vacancy decontrol and the vacancy bonus, and limited rent increases for major capital improvements.[12]
1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement
In a March 2026 Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club questionnaire, answered "Yes" when asked whether he supports the unrestricted right to reproductive care and abortion.
Documented position[13]
- YESS240 (Reproductive Health Act, 2019-01-22): Moved abortion from the penal code to the public-health law and protected access to abortion under state law.[14]
1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement
In a March 2026 Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club questionnaire, answered "Yes" when asked whether he would commit to supporting legislation raising taxes on the richest New Yorkers and large corporations.
Documented position[13]
- YESS2509-C (2021–22 Budget Revenue Bill (raised taxes on income over $1M and corporate franchise tax), 2021-04-06): Raised personal income tax rates on incomes above $1 million and raised the corporate franchise tax rate on large businesses, among other revenue measures.[15]
1 of 1 vote point the same way as the statement
I also think we should be considering how we can make it easier to build single-staircase buildings.
In a March 2025 interview as a New York City mayoral candidate, said he wants to build one million homes in ten years and to make it easier to build single-staircase buildings and to finance buildings of six stories or less.[16]
No recorded floor vote in our key-vote set maps to this issue.
No statement on this issue in our sources.
- YESS6599 (Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, 2019-06-18): Set statewide targets of 70% renewable electricity by 2030 and an 85% cut in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050.[17]
Biography
Zellnor Myrie is the Democratic and Working Families Party New York State Senator for District 20 in Brooklyn and won re-election on November 3, 2026 as the only candidate listed on the ballot. A Brooklyn native and attorney, he worked as a City Council legislative director and at Davis Polk & Wardwell before defeating incumbent Jesse Hamilton in 2018. He chairs the Senate Codes Committee and ran unsuccessfully for New York City Mayor in 2025.[1][2][3][4][5]
Zellnor Myrie was born in Brooklyn on November 3, 1986, to Costa Rican-born immigrant parents and was raised in Prospect Lefferts Gardens; his official biography says his mother moved to Brooklyn from Costa Rica and is an inspiration for his public service.[2][3] He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School, earned a B.A. in Communications and an M.A. in Urban Studies from Fordham University, and received a J.D. from Cornell Law School, where he served as student government president.[3][2] Before law school he worked as legislative director to New York City Council Member Fernando Cabrera, and after law school he spent just over a year at the law firm Davis Polk & Wardwell.[2]
Myrie left the firm to run for the State Senate in 2018, defeating incumbent Jesse Hamilton in the Democratic primary and again in the general election, and he took office on January 1, 2019.[1][2][18] In the 2025-2026 session he chairs the Senate Codes Committee and is also a member of the Children and Families, Consumer Protection, Elections, Health, Judiciary, and Rules committees; his official biography says he previously chaired the Elections Committee.[3] According to that biography, his legislative work includes tenant protection and criminal-legal-system measures, a 2021 state law on gun industry liability, election measures including early voting, and authorship of the John R. Lewis New York Voting Rights Act.[3]
Myrie ran for New York City Mayor in 2025 and placed sixth in the first round of the Democratic primary; the winner of that primary, Zohran Mamdani, went on to win the general election.[2][1] Myrie was the only candidate listed on the ballot for the November 3, 2026 general election, according to Ballotpedia and Wikipedia.[4][5]
Recent votes
| Date | Party line | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their familiesA10312-A · Passed Senate 39–21 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 1–21 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Enacts the "police radio transparency act"A11199-A · Passed Senate 37–23 · official record ↗Democrats 36–1 · Republicans 0–22 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to license fees required to be paid by wholesale beer licensees to sell ciderA11437 · Passed Senate 47–13 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 9–13 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Enacts the responsible data center development actA11560 · Passed Senate 43–17 · official record ↗Democrats 36–1 · Republicans 6–16 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological viability of personalized firearmsA1191-B · Passed Senate 40–20 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 2–20 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a one through ten repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of saleA3058-C · Passed Senate 39–21 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 1–21 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to the taxation of vapor productsA4619-B · Passed Senate 52–8 · official record ↗Democrats 32–5 · Republicans 19–3 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to training for school security guardsA5079-E · Passed Senate 52–8 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 14–8 |
Showing the 8 most recent of 32 votes.
All 32 recorded votes
| Date | Party line | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their familiesA10312-A · Passed Senate 39–21 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 1–21Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to separately disclose to residents and their families; requires such information to be posted on the residential health care facility's website. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Enacts the "police radio transparency act"A11199-A · Passed Senate 37–23 · official record ↗Democrats 36–1 · Republicans 0–22Requires that any law enforcement agency in the state that encrypts any portion of its radio communications shall ensure that all of its radio communications, with the exception of sensitive information, may be monitored in real time by professional journalists, newscasters, and individuals employed by emergency services organizations. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to license fees required to be paid by wholesale beer licensees to sell ciderA11437 · Passed Senate 47–13 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 9–13Requires wholesale beer licensees to only need to pay a one time additional license fee to sell cider. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Enacts the responsible data center development actA11560 · Passed Senate 43–17 · official record ↗Democrats 36–1 · Republicans 6–16Places a one year moratorium on the issuance of data center permits; requires utilities to establish an independent classification of service for large data centers; sets energy efficiency goals for data centers; provides for benefits for host communities; sets labor standards for the construction of data centers. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological viability of personalized firearmsA1191-B · Passed Senate 40–20 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 2–20Enacts the "safer weapons, safer homes act"; requires the division of criminal justice services to study the technological viability of personalized firearms; defines personalized firearms; requires the division to report to the governor and the legislature on the results of the study. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a one through ten repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of saleA3058-C · Passed Senate 39–21 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 1–21Promotes consumer choice by requiring manufacturers of digital electronic equipment to provide retail sellers with a repair score that will be displayed to consumers at point of sale. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to the taxation of vapor productsA4619-B · Passed Senate 52–8 · official record ↗Democrats 32–5 · Republicans 19–3Relates to the taxation of vapor products; provides for the licensing of vapor products distributors; imposes certain tax return filing requirements on vapor products distributors; provides for enforcement powers. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to training for school security guardsA5079-E · Passed Senate 52–8 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 14–8Enacts the "school security guard training enhancement act"; provides that annual training where a security guard is employed or contracted by a school in this state shall require the completion of school specific-training. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to the municipal sustainable energy loan programA5404-C · Passed Senate 47–13 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 9–13Relates to the municipal sustainable energy loan program regarding qualifying water improvements, qualifying resiliency improvements and, in a city with a population of one million or more, the use of low carbon intensity building components. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Relates to the contents of emergency response plans required to be submitted to the public service commission by electric corporationsA6285 · Passed Senate 53–7 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 15–7Relates to the contents of emergency response plans required to be submitted to the public service commission by electric corporations; requires such plans to include details of staffing, equipment, and ability to perform toward certain standards; requires the public service commission to establish a time-based restoration schedule. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Establishes the artificial intelligence training data transparency actA6578-B · Passed Senate 54–6 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 16–6Establishes the artificial intelligence training data transparency act requiring developers of generative artificial intelligence models or services to post on the developer's website information regarding the data used by the developer to train the generative artificial intelligence model or service, including a high-level summary of the datasets used in the development of such system or service. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Enacts "the construction reporting pay act"A6950 · Passed Senate 50–10 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 12–10Enacts "the construction reporting pay act"; provides that each laborer, worker or mechanic in the employ of a contractor who by request or permission of an employer reports for work on any day shall be paid no less than four hours at the prevailing rate of wages. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Permits funds collected from the Oswego county occupancy tax to be used on making tourism related capital improvementsA8143-A · Passed Senate 55–5 · official record ↗Democrats 34–3 · Republicans 20–2Permits funds collected from the Oswego county occupancy tax to be used on making tourism related capital improvements; removes such tax on permanent residents. |
| 2026-06-04 | Against partyvoted no | Designates dog control officers of the village of Holley, named by the village board as constables, as peace officersA8235 · Passed Senate 47–13 · official record ↗Democrats 24–13 · Republicans 22–0Designates dog control officers of the village of Holley, named by the village board as constables, as peace officers. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Provides liability protections for health care providers who issue vaccinesA9140 · Passed Senate 42–18 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 4–18Provides liability protections for health care providers who issue vaccines so long as such vaccination does not arise out of willful misconduct or gross negligence. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Prohibits the use of surveillance pricingA9349-B · Passed Senate 39–21 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 1–21Prohibits the use of surveillance pricing, directly or indirectly; prohibits the collection, use, retention, or sharing of data to facilitate surveillance pricing; provides exceptions; provides for enforcement by the attorney general; makes related provisions. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Requires covered businesses to annually report to the department of labor regarding the impact of artificial intelligence on hiring and the nature of artificial intelligence useA9581-B · Passed Senate 38–22 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 0–22Requires covered businesses to annually report to the department of labor regarding the impact of artificial intelligence on hiring and the nature of artificial intelligence use for the previous year; requires the department of labor to file an annual report on the impact of artificial intelligence on hiring and the nature of artificial intelligence use in the state; establishes penalties for covered business that fail to submit such reports. |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for additional grants in aid for certain educational and not-for-profit institutionsR2343 · Passed Senate 49–11 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 11–11 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for the 2023-2024 fiscal year for services and expenses of human services and veterans community services organizationsR2344 · Passed Senate 51–9 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 13–9 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for additional grants in aid certain educational and not-for-profit institutionsR2345 · Passed Senate 49–11 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 11–11 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for certain appropriations for services and expenses of economic development and community services organizationsR2346 · Passed Senate 50–10 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 12–10 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for aid for services and expenses of human services and veterans community services organizationsR2347 · Passed Senate 52–8 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 14–8 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amending a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for the 2025-26 state fiscal year for community adult and youth mental health programs and servicesR2348 · Passed Senate 50–10 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 12–10 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan establishing itemized list of grantees for 2025-2026 providing community safety and restorative justice programsR2349 · Passed Senate 50–10 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 12–10 |
| 2026-06-04 | With partyvoted yes | Amends a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for additional grants in aid for services and expenses of senate priorities for housing initiativesR2350 · Passed Senate 50–10 · official record ↗Democrats 37–0 · Republicans 12–10 |
| 2022-07-01 | Split partyvoted yes | Concealed Carry Improvement ActS51001 · Passed 43–20 · official record ↗Enacted after the Bruen decision: added training and character requirements for carry permits and barred guns in designated sensitive places. |
| 2021-04-06 | Split partyvoted yes | 2021–22 Budget Revenue Bill (raised taxes on income over $1M and corporate franchise tax)S2509-C · Passed 38–25 · official record ↗Raised personal income tax rates on incomes above $1 million and raised the corporate franchise tax rate on large businesses, among other revenue measures. |
| 2020-07-22 | Split partyvoted yes | Protect Our Courts ActS425-A · Passed 42–18 · official record ↗Bars federal civil immigration arrests of people going to, attending, or leaving New York courthouses without a judicial warrant. |
| 2019-06-18 | Split partyvoted yes | Climate Leadership and Community Protection ActS6599 · Passed 41–21 · official record ↗Set statewide targets of 70% renewable electricity by 2030 and an 85% cut in greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050. |
| 2019-06-14 | Split partyvoted yes | Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019S6458 · Passed 36–26 · official record ↗Made rent regulation permanent, ended vacancy decontrol and the vacancy bonus, and limited rent increases for major capital improvements. |
| 2019-01-29 | Split partyvoted yes | Extreme Risk Protection Orders (Red Flag Law)S2451 · Passed 42–21 · official record ↗Allows courts to temporarily bar people found to pose a danger to themselves or others from possessing firearms. |
| 2019-01-22 | Split partyvoted yes | Reproductive Health ActS240 · Passed 38–24 · official record ↗Moved abortion from the penal code to the public-health law and protected access to abortion under state law. |
Albany votes: landmark laws since 2019, plus the 25 most recent 2025–26 roll calls where at least five members voted on the losing side, from the legislature’s official records. Party line is scored for 2025–26 votes only.
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- bill2026-06-23 · Sponsored the Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act, which the Senate passed in June 2026; the bill would let defendants seek to overturn convictions based on since-decriminalized conduct or on withheld evidence, inadequate counsel, new forensic findings, or unlawful searches.[19]
- bill2026-05 · Sponsored the New York Bivens Act, which Governor Hochul signed into law in May 2026, creating a state civil-rights cause of action against federal agents for constitutional violations.[6]
- bill2021 · Authored a 2021 state law making illegal firearm sales a public nuisance, exposing gun manufacturers to civil liability; the first law of its kind in the nation.[8]
- billAuthored the John R. Lewis New York Voting Rights Act, described by his official biography as the strongest state-level voting rights law in the country.[8]
- actionChairs the Senate Codes Committee in the 2025-2026 session.[8]
In their own words
Campaign moneyNo FEC filing summary matched — state candidates file with their state, not the FEC.
Profile: /people/zellnor-myrie
Where they stood out
Voted against most of their party on 1 of 427 party-divided votes on file.
Relates to the location of retail adult-use dispensaries in proximity to schools and houses of worship; repealer
What it does: Amends provisions limiting the location of retail adult-use dispensaries in proximity to schools and houses of worship.
Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 33–5, Republicans 1–19
Feb 11, 2026Official record ↗
Their votes on the most contested roll calls
The votes in their chamber that came out closest and most divided by party, among those they voted on. How we rank
- Yes
Provides practical support for access to abortion care
With most of their party · Passed Senate 36–22 · Yes 36–No 22 · Democrats 35–0, Republicans 0–22
Jan 27, 2026Official record ↗
- Yes
Relates to placing restrictions on the sale of flare guns
With most of their party · Passed Senate 35–25 · Yes 35–No 25 · Democrats 34–3, Republicans 0–22
Jun 1, 2026Official record ↗
- Yes
With most of their party · Passed Senate 35–25 · Yes 35–No 25 · Democrats 34–3, Republicans 0–22
Jun 1, 2026Official record ↗
- Yes
With most of their party · Passed Senate 36–23 · Yes 36–No 23 · Democrats 35–1, Republicans 0–22
Apr 20, 2026Official record ↗
- Yes
Relates to reporting requirements on small nonprofits
With most of their party · Passed Senate 36–23 · Yes 36–No 23 · Democrats 35–1, Republicans 0–22
Apr 20, 2026Official record ↗
Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Zellnor Myrie · Ballotpedia Reference
- 2.Zellnor Myrie · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
- 3.About Zellnor Myrie · NYSenate.gov Official record
- 4.New York State Senate District 20 election results 2026 · Ballotpedia · 2026-11-09 Reference
- 5.New York State Senate election results 2026 · Wikipedia · 2026-11-09 Reference
- 6.News: Myrie Statement on Shootings in Texas and Maine · NYSenate.gov · 2026-07-13 Official record
- 7.Senate floor vote: S425-A — Protect Our Courts Act · New York State Senate · 2020-07-22 Official record
- 8.About Zellnor Myrie · NYSenate.gov Official record
- 9.Zellnor Myrie · Wikipedia Reference
- 10.Senate floor vote: S2451 — Extreme Risk Protection Orders (Red Flag Law) · New York State Senate · 2019-01-29 Official record
- 11.Senate floor vote: S51001 — Concealed Carry Improvement Act · New York State Senate · 2022-07-01 Official record
- 12.Senate floor vote: S6458 — Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 · New York State Senate · 2019-06-14 Official record
- 13.Candidate Answers to JOLDC: Zellnor Y. Myrie for NY Senate District 20 · Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club questionnaire Candidate's own words
- 14.Senate floor vote: S240 — Reproductive Health Act · New York State Senate · 2019-01-22 Official record
- 15.Senate floor vote: S2509-C — 2021–22 Budget Revenue Bill (raised taxes on income over $1M and corporate franchise tax) · New York State Senate · 2021-04-06 Official record
- 16.Zellnor Myrie wants to build one million housing units and fund more housing court lawyers · Brick Underground News report
- 17.Senate floor vote: S6599 — Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act · New York State Senate · 2019-06-18 Official record
- 18.Zellnor Myrie (BK 50) · Brooklyn Magazine · 2021-07-13 News report
- 19.News: Senate Passes Challenging Wrongful Convictions Act · NYSenate.gov · 2026-06-23 Official record