New York Senate · District 63
April Baskin
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
April Baskin's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work
On the November 3 ballot
Running for New York Senate District 63.
Also on the ballot: Geoffrey M. Szymanski (Republican, Conservative)
The scores
How these numbers work →Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is April Baskin.
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is April Baskin.
Bills
The bills April Baskin sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 84 |
| Passed both chambers | 24 |
| Became law | 19 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 0 |
| Awaiting the Governor's action | 5 |
| Of those, passed as a companion bill | 16 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 24 of 62 in the Senate · 24 of 40 Democrats
A bill's sponsor is its prime sponsor, as the Legislature records it; cosponsors and multisponsors aren't counted, and a bill introduced by the Rules Committee or for the budget counts for no member. New York passes most bills by substitution: the second chamber passes the first chamber's bill in place of its own identical one, which is then counted as passed for its sponsor too, marked "through its companion".
Bills that passed both chambers
| Bill | Result | Final action |
|---|---|---|
| S.9492 Permanently authorizes the pilot residential parking permit system in the city of Buffalo |
Awaiting the Governor's action passed as A.10744 |
Oct. 16, 2026 |
| S.9355 Authorizes the dormitory authority to provide financing to D'Youville Housing Association LLC for the construction of facilities |
Became law passed as A.10602 |
Sept. 25, 2026 |
| S.9878 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to PFC Travis C. Krege |
Became law | July 31, 2026 |
| S.9839 Facilitates the marketing of any issue of serial bonds or notes of the city of Buffalo issued on or before a certain date |
Became law | June 26, 2026 |
| S.9181 Provides for the sale of municipal obligations by the county of Erie |
Became law passed as A.10660 |
June 26, 2026 |
| S.10628 Relates to the staffing and operations of a cancer research institute and a related not-for-profit corporation |
Became law passed as A.11547 |
June 26, 2026 |
| S.10575 Extends the reporting deadline of the advisory panel on employee-owned enterprises to 2027 |
Became law passed as A.10851 |
June 26, 2026 |
| S.9057 Adds the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad scenic byway into the state scenic byways system |
Became law | June 12, 2026 |
| S.9538 Authorizes the commissioner of general services to convey real property at the former Buffalo psychiatric center to the Richardson Center Corporation |
Awaiting the Governor's action | June 4, 2026 |
| S.6020 Requires the director of the division of minority and women's business development in the department of economic development to give additional time for a… |
Awaiting the Governor's action | June 4, 2026 |
| S.7844 Authorizes the widow of Gerald J. Sullivan to file an application with the New York state and local police and fire retirement system on behalf of such… |
Awaiting the Governor's action passed as A.8874 |
June 2, 2026 |
| S.6023 Requires the division for small-business to publish a small business compliance guide |
Awaiting the Governor's action | May 28, 2026 |
| S.8834 Relates to the entering of lands owned or occupied by any nation, tribe, or band of Indians by a person and to law enforcement agreements with the Seneca nation |
Became law | Feb. 13, 2026 |
| S.8801 Permits local health officials to request copies of certain reports and records |
Became law passed as A.9513 |
Feb. 13, 2026 |
| S.7818 Permits the commissioner of health to designate local health officials to request copies of certain reports and records |
Became law passed as A.7411 |
Dec. 19, 2025 |
| S.7273 Relates to the purpose of such corporation and the use of certain tax monies received by the Rescue Volunteer and Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association Inc.… |
Became law passed as A.7651 |
Dec. 5, 2025 |
| S.6723 Relates to hair relaxer labeling |
Became law passed as A.1797 |
Nov. 21, 2025 |
| S.6722 Relates to the definition of "protected consumer" |
Became law passed as A.4521 |
Nov. 21, 2025 |
| S.8269 Authorizes an occupancy tax in the town of Cheektowaga |
Became law | Oct. 16, 2025 |
| S.7151 Relates to waiting list for organs |
Became law passed as A.7617 |
Oct. 16, 2025 |
| S.7769 Relates to the management of oysters |
Became law passed as A.8018 |
July 29, 2025 |
| S.5539 Requires schools safety plans to include a cardiac emergency response plan |
Became law passed as A.785 |
July 24, 2025 |
| S.8230 Extends certain provision of law relating to value limitations for certain emergency contracts for public works or the purchase of supplies |
Became law passed as A.8153 |
June 18, 2025 |
| S.2671 Relates to procurement requirements for end point device security |
Became law passed as A.426 |
Feb. 14, 2025 |
Budget projects
New York's budget bills don't name the legislator who asked for an item, so there's no budget figure for New York legislators.
Contested votes where they split
8 against the Senate Majority Leader; 8 against most of their party.
Every roll call
How April Baskin voted on each of the 3,518 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.
| Date | Vote | Their vote | Most of their party | Senate Majority Leader | Yeas–nays |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.
Contact, committees and caucuses
Contact
- Official page
- www.nysenate.gov
- baskin@nysenate.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 815, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12247
518-455-2426 - District office
- 40 La Riviere Drive Suite 121, Buffalo, NY 14202
716-826-2683
Committees
- Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business Chair
- Cities 2
- Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation
- Local Government
- Procurement and Contracts
- Select Majority Task Force on Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises
- Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
- Women's Issues
Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the New York Legislature, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 15, 2026.
Source: the New York Assembly's and Senate's floor vote records, Jan. 13, 2025 to June 5, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections