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Nathalia Fernandez

DState Senator · District 34

On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: NY State Senate · District 34

Biography

Nathalia Fernandez is the Democratic and Working Families Party candidate for re-election to New York State Senate District 34, which covers the east Bronx and part of southern Westchester County. A former legislative aide and staff member in the office of Governor Andrew Cuomo, she won a 2018 special election to the State Assembly, represented Assembly District 80 until 2023, and has been a state senator since January 2023. She chairs the Senate Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders Committee.[1][2][3]

Fernandez was born in 1988, according to Wikipedia, to a father who immigrated from Cuba and a mother who immigrated from Colombia; she grew up in Rockland and then Westchester County and graduated from North Salem High School. In her 2022 Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey she describes herself as a daughter of immigrants whose father started and ran a small business.[4][5] She earned a B.A. in public relations from Hofstra University in 2010.[1] Before running for office, she worked as an administrative assistant at Genesis Realty Group and as an executive coordinator and chief of staff to Assemblymember Mark Gjonaj.[1]

Fernandez served as a Bronx regional representative in the office of Governor Andrew Cuomo; Wikipedia dates her start in that role to 2017.[1][4] She won an April 24, 2018 special election for the 80th Assembly District, the seat vacated by Gjonaj after he won a New York City Council seat, defeating Republican Gene DeFrancis. She was re-elected in 2018 and 2020 and represented the district until moving to the State Senate.[1] In 2022 she said she co-chaired the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus's Subcommittee on Minority and Women-Owned Enterprise & Economic Development and had passed the Andrew Kearse Act, which requires that people in police custody be given medical attention if needed.[3]

Fernandez took office in the State Senate on January 1, 2023, succeeding Alessandra Biaggi, and the nysenate.gov biography describes her as the first Latina to represent the 34th Senate District.[1][2] She co-chairs the Joint Senate Task Force on Opioids, Addiction and Overdose Prevention, and her other committee assignments include Agriculture, Cannabis, Insurance, Labor, Mental Health, Rules and Transportation.[2] A 2022 Bronx Times profile listed her residence as Morris Park.[3]

  1. 1.Nathalia Fernandez · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  2. 2.About Nathalia Fernandez · NYSenate.gov Official record
  3. 3.State Senate District 34 candidate profile: Nathalia Fernandez (Bronx Times, 2022) · Bronx Times News report
  4. 4.Nathalia Fernandez (Wikipedia) · Wikipedia · 2026-10-21 Reference
  5. 5.Nathalia Fernandez — Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey (2022) · Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey · 2022-01-01 Candidate's own words

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

On the ballot

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Votes by issue

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 2 of 681 party-divided votes on file.

  • Enacts the "open shelves act"

    What it does: Ensures that library staff of free association, public, and hospital libraries, and with certain advice, Indian libraries, are able to develop collections, services, and programming that reflect the values and protect…

    Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 36–1, Republicans 5–16

    Jun 12, 2025Official record ↗

  • Relates to succession rights for tenants of New York city housing authority properties

    What it does: Relates to succession rights for tenants of New York city housing authority properties.

    Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 36–1, Republicans 8–13

    Jun 12, 2025Official record ↗

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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