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Leroy Comrie

DState Senator · District 14

On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: NY State Senate · District 14

Biography

Leroy Comrie is the Democratic incumbent for New York State Senate District 14 in southeast Queens and is running unopposed in the general election.[1][2][5] A lifelong South Queens resident and former community school board president, he served twelve years on the New York City Council before his 2014 election to the Senate, where he chairs the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions.[1][2][3][5]

Comrie was born in New York City to Ruby Frith-Comrie and Leroy Comrie Sr., immigrants from Jamaica, and grew up in the South Queens communities he now represents.[2][3] He attended P.S. 116, I.S. 8 and Jamaica High School, then the University of Bridgeport, where his official biography says he developed his interest in politics and government.[2] He was elected president of his local community school board before becoming a public official.[2]

Comrie served twelve years on the New York City Council, from 2002 to 2013, representing a southeast Queens district.[2][3] He was Deputy Majority Leader and Chairman of the Queens Delegation and chaired the Rules, Consumer Affairs and Land Use committees.[2][3] His official biography lists among his Council accomplishments increasing senior tax exemptions, creating the city's first foreclosure prevention program and curtailing payday loans.[2] In 2013 he launched a campaign for Queens Borough President but dropped out before the primary and endorsed Melinda Katz.[3]

Comrie was elected to the State Senate in 2014, defeating incumbent Malcolm Smith and Munir Avery in the Democratic primary and running unchallenged in the general election, and assumed office on January 1, 2015.[1][2][4] The district includes parts of Jamaica, Cambria Heights, Queens Village, Hollis, St. Albans, Laurelton, Jamaica Estates, Briarwood, Hillcrest and Kew Gardens.[5] He chairs the Senate Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, as he described in a November 2025 PoliticsNY Q&A, and he is a member of the Budget and Revenue, Finance, Procurement and Contracts, Racing, Gaming and Wagering, and Rules committees and the Select Majority Task Force on Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises.[2][5] He was appointed to the Public Authorities Control Board in 2019 and was named a 2026 New York State Senate Veterans' Hall of Fame Honoree.[2]

According to his official biography, Comrie is a member of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus and a lifelong member of Saint Albans the Martyr Episcopal Church, and he has been married to Marcia Moxam since 1990; they have two adult children.[2]

  1. 1.New York State Senate District 14 · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  2. 2.About Senator Leroy Comrie · NYSenate.gov Official record
  3. 3.Leroy Comrie · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
  4. 4.Leroy Comrie · Ballotpedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
  5. 5.Inside Government with PoliticsNY: A Q&A with State Senator Leroy Comrie · PoliticsNY · 2025-11-10 News report

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.

On the ballot

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Their recorded votes on bills that divided the chamber (unanimous votes left out), grouped by topic. A bill can sit under more than one topic. "With" and "against" compare each vote with how most Democrats voted. How topics are assigned

Where they stood out

Voted against most of their party on 1 of 657 party-divided votes on file.

  • Relates to enacting technical changes to the good cause eviction law

    What it does: Relates to enacting technical changes to the good cause eviction law.

    Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 34–4, Republicans 5–17

    Jun 2, 2026Official record ↗

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Substantive votes concern legislation or nominations; procedural votes concern how the chamber considers them. A Yes vote applies to the motion shown, which may not be final passage.

A10030-B · NY SENATE

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for speech therapy for stuttering

YesVOTED

Requires health insurers to provide coverage for speech therapy for stuttering.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 58–2·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10158 · NY SENATE

Extends limitations on the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Clarkstown, county of Rockland

YesVOTED

Extends limitations on the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Clarkstown, county of Rockland for an additional year for 2026-2027.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 59–1·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10184 · NY SENATE

Limiting the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Haverstraw, county of Rockland

YesVOTED

Relates to limiting the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Haverstraw, county of Rockland for 2026-2027.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 58–2·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10312-A · NY SENATE

Relates to information that residential health care facilities are required to disclose to residents and their families

YesVOTED

Relates 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.

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Passed Senate 39–21·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10390-A · NY SENATE

Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Poughkeepsie

YesVOTED

Establishes a school speed zone camera demonstration program in the city of Poughkeepsie; repeals authorization of program December 31, 2030.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 59–1·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10391 · NY SENATE

Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Poughkeepsie

YesVOTED

Relates to adjudications and owner liability for a violation of traffic-control signal indications in the city of Poughkeepsie.

Official summary — read the bill text ↗
Passed Senate 59–1·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10411-A · NY SENATE

Prohibits motor vehicle manufacturers and dealers from charging a subscription fee for certain functions of a motor vehicle after the vehicle is sold

YesVOTED

Prohibits motor vehicle manufacturers and dealers from charging a subscription fee for certain functions of a motor vehicle after the vehicle is sold; provides that any manufacturer, dealer, or agent of a manufacturer or dealer that fails to comply with such requirements shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars per point of sale for each violation.

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Passed Senate 57–3·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10478 · NY SENATE

Relates to the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton

YesVOTED

Increases the term of office from two years to four years for the Trustees of the Freeholders and Commonalty of the town of Southampton, county of Suffolk, and providing for the staggering of such terms of office.

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Passed Senate 58–2·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A10922 · NY SENATE

Extends certain provisions relating to the sale, issuance and refund of bonds and notes of New York city

YesVOTED

Extends certain provisions relating to the sale of bonds and notes of the city of New York, the issuance of bonds or notes with variable rates of interest, interest rate exchange agreements of the city of New York, the refunding of bonds, and the down payment for projects financed by bonds; extends the New York state financial emergency act for the city of New York; makes further amendments relating to the effectiveness thereof.

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Passed Senate 56–4·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗
A11030-A · NY SENATE

Requires utility corporations and municipalities to notify property owners prior to beginning any scheduled non-emergency construction or other work

YesVOTED

Requires a utility corporation or municipality to notify property owners at least five business days prior to beginning any non-emergency construction or other work that will result in a planned interruption of a customer's property; requires notice to include, but not be limited to, a description of the work to be performed, the expected duration of such work, the location of such work, and the contact information for the utility performing such work; exempts cases where a natural or man-made disaster or state of emergency occurs.

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Passed Senate 59–1·Substantive·Jun 4, 2026Roll call ↗

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