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Toby Ann Stavisky

DState Senator · District 11

On the ballot Nov 3, 2026: NY State Senate · District 11

Biography

Toby Ann Stavisky is the Democratic incumbent for New York State Senate District 11 in Queens and is seeking re-election against Republican and Conservative Party candidate Pamela Michos.[1][2] A former high school social studies teacher, she was first elected to the Senate in 1999, chairs the Committee on Higher Education and serves as Vice President Pro Tempore.[1][2]

Stavisky was born in New York City and graduated from the Bronx High School of Science.[1] She earned a B.A. from Syracuse University, where her Senate biography says she attended on an academic scholarship, and master's degrees from Queens College and Hunter College.[1][2] She worked as district manager for Northeast Queens for the 1980 U.S. Census, in the actuarial department of an insurance company, and as a social studies teacher in New York City high schools.[1][2]

Her husband, Leonard Stavisky, a university professor, chaired the Assembly Education Committee and later served in the State Senate until his death in June 1999.[2] Toby Ann Stavisky was first elected to the State Senate on November 2, 1999, and has been re-elected thirteen times since, according to her Senate biography.[2] She was the first woman from Queens County elected to the New York State Senate and the first woman to chair the Senate's Higher Education Committee.[2]

Stavisky serves as Vice President Pro Tempore of the Senate and chairs the Committee on Higher Education.[2] She also sits on the Education, Ethics and Internal Governance, Finance, Judiciary, Racing, Gaming and Wagering, and Women's Issues committees, and she is a trustee of the City University Construction Fund, a member of the Higher Education Capital Matching Grants Board and treasurer of the Legislative Women's Caucus.[2] According to her Senate biography, she lives in Whitestone and has one son.[2]

  1. 1.Toby Ann Stavisky · Ballotpedia · 2026-09-25 Reference
  2. 2.About Senator Toby Ann Stavisky · NYSenate.gov Official record

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

On the ballot

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Pamela MichosCandidateRCNew York NY State Senate District 11New York

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

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Voted against most of their party on 1 of 681 party-divided votes on file.

  • Repeals certain provisions regarding adoption of new or revised city charter proposed by charter commission which limit submission of questions to city's electors

    What it does: Repeals certain provisions regarding the adoption of a new or revised city charter proposed by a charter commission which limits the submission of questions to a city's qualified electors; eliminates the rule that pro…

    Voted no · most Democrats voted yes · Democrats 31–6, Republicans 3–18

    Jun 12, 2025Official 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.

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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.

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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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