New York Senate · District 48
Rachel May
Democratic
Votes with the Senate Majority Leader
99%
On 1,034 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes
Votes with own party
99%
Partisan rank: 13 of 62 in the Senate (tied with 20 others)
Didn't vote at roll call
0%
0 of 3,518 roll calls
Bills passed
50
250 sponsored · 34 became law · Rank 6 of 62 in the Senate
Bills that became law
34
of 50 passed · 5 vetoed · 11 awaiting the Governor's action
Where they sit
Every current senator, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.
← Most liberalThe aisleMost conservative →
Votes with DemocratsCrosses party linesVotes with Republicans
Rachel May'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
New York Senate25thpercentile
More liberal than 75% of the New York Senate.
Most liberalMost conservative
16th most liberal of 62
On the November 3 ballot
Running for New York Senate District 48.
Also on the ballot: Richard McCarron Jr (Republican, Conservative)
The scores
How these numbers work →Votes with the Senate Majority Leader
99%
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Rachel May.
On 1,034 contested votes where both voted99% on all 3,518 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
99%
Each tick is a current senator, by party; the dot is Rachel May.
On 679 party-line votesPartisan rank: 13 of 62 in the Senate (tied with 20 others)12 senators vote with their party more often
Bills
The bills Rachel May sponsored this term and how far they got. Co-sponsors aren’t counted.
| Bills | |
|---|---|
| Sponsored | 250 |
| Passed both chambers | 50 |
| Became law | 34 |
| Vetoed by the Governor | 5 |
| Awaiting the Governor's action | 11 |
| Of those, passed as a companion bill | 29 |
Rank by bills passed: Rank 6 of 62 in the Senate · 6 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.9098 Extends the urban deer management pilot program |
Awaiting the Governor's action | Oct. 16, 2026 |
| S.1232 Authorizes Christopher Walser and Matthew Patire to each take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer |
Became law passed as A.6148 |
Sept. 25, 2026 |
| S.10553 Extends certain provisions authorizing the city of Syracuse to impose a hotel and motel tax |
Became law passed as A.11474 |
Aug. 21, 2026 |
| S.10043 Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage scup |
Became law | Aug. 14, 2026 |
| S.10042 Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation regarding the management of fluke-summer flounder |
Became law | Aug. 14, 2026 |
| S.9305 Relates to the New York telecommunications relay service center |
Became law passed as A.10415 |
June 26, 2026 |
| S.8630 Enacts the "freedom to read act" |
Awaiting the Governor's action | June 4, 2026 |
| S.8623 Prohibits the use of surveillance pricing |
Awaiting the Governor's action passed as A.9349 |
June 4, 2026 |
| S.9133 Enacts the low impact landscaping rights act |
Awaiting the Governor's action passed as A.10102 |
June 3, 2026 |
| S.9097 Relates to banned members of social referral services |
Awaiting the Governor's action passed as A.8713 |
June 2, 2026 |
| S.5598 Relates to protections for private education loan borrowers and cosigners |
Awaiting the Governor's action | June 2, 2026 |
| S.1541 Requires bicycles advertised for sale or resale in New York state to have an identifying serial number and for such serial number to be posted in any… |
Awaiting the Governor's action passed as A.852 |
June 2, 2026 |
| S.4574 Enacts the "PFAS discharge disclosure act" |
Awaiting the Governor's action | June 1, 2026 |
| S.10340 Requires reporting of the tick-borne disease of Alpha-gal syndrome |
Awaiting the Governor's action passed as A.11328 |
June 1, 2026 |
| S.9673 Relates to the requirements for certification for certified interior designers |
Awaiting the Governor's action passed as A.4840 |
May 13, 2026 |
| S.1227 Authorizes and directs the department of public service to conduct a study on the deployment of energy interconnection processes into the electrical grid |
Awaiting the Governor's action passed as A.4127 |
May 6, 2026 |
| S.8818 Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians; repealer |
Became law | March 27, 2026 |
| S.8777 Relates to technical assistance provided to municipalities related to college and university closures; repealer |
Became law | March 27, 2026 |
| S.8822 Relates to the prohibition of the use of employment promissory notes and other similar provisions |
Became law passed as A.9452 |
Feb. 13, 2026 |
| S.8797 Relates to the effectiveness of provisions of law relating to the department of civil service allowing municipalities to post municipal employment positions… |
Became law passed as A.9434 |
Feb. 13, 2026 |
| S.8794 Relates to price comparisons of prices charged by energy services companies |
Became law passed as A.9438 |
Feb. 13, 2026 |
| S.8784 Authorizes the performance of certain dental hygiene services at voluntary foster care agency health facilities |
Became law passed as A.9477 |
Feb. 13, 2026 |
| S.8779 Establishes a New York native plants designation; repealer |
Became law passed as A.9478 |
Feb. 13, 2026 |
| S.7359 Establishes a New York native plants designation |
Became law | Dec. 19, 2025 |
| S.7237 Requires the department of civil service to allow municipalities to post municipal employment positions on the department of civil service's state jobs website |
Became law passed as A.8023 |
Dec. 19, 2025 |
| S.4070 Enacts the "trapped at work act" |
Became law passed as A.584 |
Dec. 19, 2025 |
| S.3157 Authorizes dental hygienists to provide such services in collaboration with a licensed dentist |
Became law | Dec. 19, 2025 |
| S.2709 Provides protections for telecommunications tower technicians |
Became law passed as A.4938 |
Dec. 19, 2025 |
| S.1515 Removes emergency medical services from the limit on real property tax levies by local governments |
Vetoed passed as A.2177 |
Dec. 19, 2025 |
| S.1099 Enacts the freedom to read act |
Vetoed | Dec. 19, 2025 |
| S.1525 Provides technical assistance to any municipality that has had a college or university close within such municipality |
Became law | Dec. 12, 2025 |
| S.1211 Enacts the "New York open water data act" |
Vetoed passed as A.5254 |
Dec. 5, 2025 |
| S.7423 Relates to the New York state craft beverage industry |
Became law passed as A.3922 |
Nov. 12, 2025 |
| S.7741 Defines closed period of eligibility for purposes of certain supplemental security income and includes such time period in the eligibility requirements of… |
Vetoed passed as A.1817 |
Oct. 17, 2025 |
| S.7358 Enacts the low impact landscaping rights act |
Vetoed passed as A.1890 |
Oct. 17, 2025 |
| S.7692 Authorizes an occupancy tax in the village of Baldwinsville |
Became law | Oct. 16, 2025 |
| S.6044 Exempts the South Onondaga Fire Department from the requirement that the percentage of non-resident fire department members not exceed forty-five percent of… |
Became law passed as A.1455 |
Sept. 10, 2025 |
| S.8077 Authorizes certain students attending the Syracuse Comprehensive Education and Workforce Training Center high school to be eligible for senior high school… |
Became law | Sept. 5, 2025 |
| S.7756 Revives provisions of law relating to authorizing the use of existing village sewer rents for infrastructure projects other than sewer projects in the village… |
Became law | Aug. 22, 2025 |
| S.5557 Authorizes the Jamesville-DeWitt central school district to discontinue the use of school district-owned parklands and to lease such parklands to the town of… |
Became law passed as A.3949 |
Aug. 15, 2025 |
| S.5986 Extends certain provisions authorizing an occupancy tax in the village of Skaneateles |
Became law | Aug. 7, 2025 |
| S.5985 Extends certain provisions authorizing an occupancy tax in the town of Skaneateles |
Became law | Aug. 7, 2025 |
| S.5984 Extends certain provisions authorizing an occupancy tax in the village of Weedsport |
Became law | Aug. 7, 2025 |
| S.5977 Extends the authorization of the county of Cayuga to impose an additional one percent of sales and compensating use taxes |
Became law | Aug. 7, 2025 |
| S.5512 Extends the authorization of the county of Onondaga to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes |
Became law passed as A.3104 |
Aug. 7, 2025 |
| S.7770 Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage alewife |
Became law passed as A.8658 |
July 29, 2025 |
| S.7767 Relates to the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage fish |
Became law passed as A.8428 |
July 29, 2025 |
| S.807 Relates to fees for a activities undertaken pursuant to a lake program |
Became law | Feb. 14, 2025 |
| S.794 Establishes a native plant and seed supply, development and enhancement program |
Became law | Feb. 14, 2025 |
| S.2672 Increases the notice of cancellation requirements for automobile broker businesses |
Became law passed as A.441 |
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
4 against the Senate Majority Leader; 4 against most of their party.
| Date | Bill and motion | Their vote | Senate Majority Leader | Most of their party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 4, 2026 | S 10643: Relates to labor peace agreements and the cannabis industry wage board; repealer Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| June 4, 2026 | A 4619: Relates to the taxation of vapor products Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| June 12, 2025 | S 8161: Authorizes Yeshivas Nachlas Sofrim to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
| June 11, 2025 | S 1343: Establishes the "clean fuel standard of 2026" Passage |
Nay | Yea (split) | Yea (split) |
Every roll call
How Rachel May 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
- may@nysenate.gov
- Capitol office
- Room 803, Legislative Office Building 198 State Street, Albany, NY 12247
518-455-2838 - District office
- 144 Genesee St., Suite 103, Auburn, NY 13021
315-478-8745 - District office
- 333 E. Washington St. Suite 805, Syracuse, NY 13202
315-478-8745
Committees
- Consumer Protection Chair
- Rural Resources Legislative Commission Chair
- Cities 2
- Energy and Telecommunications
- Environmental Conservation
- Health
- Higher Education
- Housing, Construction and Community Development
- Investigations and Government Operations
- Legislative Women's Caucus
- State-Native American Relations
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