New York Senate · 2026 Regular Session
S 441: Includes certain persons of Middle Eastern and North African heritage and speakers of Haitian Creole as language minorities
Passage · April 28, 2026 · Yeas 43, nays 15 · Party-line vote
How each party voted
Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins voted yea.
Bill
- Bill
- S.441
- Motion
- Passage
- Date
- April 28, 2026
- Session
- 2026 Regular Session
- Yeas–nays
- Yeas 43, nays 15; 1 didn't vote
- Result
- Passed, as the official record marks it
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The chamber on this vote
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How each member voted
Yea (43)
- Joe Addabbo D-15
- Jake Ashby R-43
- Jamaal Bailey D-36
- April Baskin D-63
- Jabari Brisport D-25
- Siela Bynoe D-6
- Cordell Cleare D-30
- Leroy Comrie D-14
- Jeremy Cooney D-56
- Pat Fahy D-46
- Nathalia Fernández D-34
- Mike Gianaris D-12
- Kristen Gonzalez D-59
- Andrew Gounardes D-26
- Pete Harckham D-40
- Michelle Hinchey D-41
- Robert Jackson D-31
- Brian Kavanagh D-27
- John Liu D-16
- Monica Martinez D-4
- Rachel May D-48
- Shelley Mayer D-37
- Zellnor Myrie D-20
- Tony Palumbo R-1
- Kevin Parker D-21
- Roxanne Persaud D-19
- Jessica Ramos D-13
- Gustavo Rivera D-33
- Rob Rolison R-39
- Chris Ryan D-50
- Julia Salazar D-18
- James Sanders D-10
- Jessica Scarcella-Spanton D-23
- Luis Sepúlveda D-32
- Jose Serrano D-29
- James Skoufis D-42
- Toby Stavisky D-11
- Andrea Stewart-Cousins D-35
- Sam Sutton D-22
- Jim Tedisco R-44
- Lea Webb D-52
- Bill Weber R-38
- Jeremy Zellner D-61
Nay (15)
- George Borrello R-57
- Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick R-9
- Steve Chan R-17
- Patrick Gallivan R-60
- Joe Griffo R-53
- Pam Helming R-54
- Andrew Lanza R-24
- Jack Martins R-7
- Mario Mattera R-2
- Dean Murray R-3
- Tom O'Mara R-58
- Rob Ortt R-62
- Steve Rhoads R-5
- Mark Walczyk R-49
- Alexis Weik R-8
Excused (4)
- Erik Bottcher D-47
- Samra Brouk D-55
- Liz Krueger D-28
- Dan Stec R-45
Not voting (1)
- Peter Oberacker R-51