State · New York Senate
Rachel May
State Senator · Senate District 48 · Party: Democratic/Working Families
4695 final-passage votes on record.
A member of New York's state Senate, which votes on the state's laws and budget.
- Voted Yes on S 7457 (Permits the use of cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for certain decedents). It passed. Jan 27, 2026
- Voted Yes on S 1633 (Provides additional protections for sensitive health information and requires patients to have the right to restrict the disclosures of such patient's health information). It passed. Jan 27, 2026
- Voted Yes on S 2534 (Provides retroactivity to the original date of eligibility in certain cases for the senior citizens rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and disability rent increase exemption (DRIE)). It passed. Jan 27, 2026
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Office
- Office
- State Senator
- District
- Senate District 48
- Party
- Democratic/Working Families
- Term
- Since 2023-01-01
- Website
- Official site ↗
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This tab shows Rachel May's platform in two parts. In their own words: a short excerpt, word for word, from their own Issues or Priorities page, with a link to the whole page, and statements their office submits, labeled as such. Commitments tracked: specific, checkable promises (signing a named bill, funding a program at a stated amount, finishing a project by a date), each quoted with its date and source and checked in code before it's published, with a status that changes only with evidence.
How the platform is recordedShowing every recorded vote. Procedural, amendment, committee, and nomination votes are labeled.
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S 7457
Permits the use of cremation or natural organic reduction as the method of disposition for certain decedents
Health Vote - Version: B
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S 1633
Provides additional protections for sensitive health information and requires patients to have the right to restrict the disclosures of such patient's health information
Health Vote - Version: A
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S 2534
Provides retroactivity to the original date of eligibility in certain cases for the senior citizens rent increase exemption (SCRIE) and disability rent increase exemption (DRIE)
Housing, Construction And Community Development Vote
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S 1896
Requires certain utilities to adopt the common equity ratio and rate of return on equity authorized by the public service commission
Energy And Telecommunications Vote
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S 1851
Establishes a New York Main Street development center in the division of housing and community renewal
Housing, Construction And Community Development Vote
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S 8763
Relates to the method of notifying certain crime victims of the disposition of criminal trial
Floor Vote
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S 8800
Relates to the calculation of rates for certain treatment pursuant to the medical assistance program
Floor Vote
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S 8774
Relates to the issuance of temporary elevator mechanic licenses during shortages, continuing education for certain elevator and accessibility lift licensees, and the use of unlicensed elevator mechanics; repealer
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A 9436
Relates to finding alternatives to the use of pesticides in the monarch preservation plan
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S 8769
Provides confidentiality for communications arising out of law enforcement peer support counseling
Floor Vote
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S 8804
Relates to conditions under which certain residential health care facilities may withdraw equity or assets totaling five percent of reported annual revenue for patient care services without prior notification
Floor Vote
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S 8772
Relates to high deductible health plans and health savings accounts; relates to the effectiveness of a chapter of the laws of 2025
Floor Vote
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S 8831
Relates to the use of automated employment decision-making tools and artificial intelligence systems by certain state and local entities; repealer
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S 4548
Permits dentists to administer vaccinations against human papillomavirus
Higher Education Vote
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S 659
Relates to the general civil penalty of the environmental conservation law
Environmental Conservation Vote
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S 3852
Prohibits the sale of playground surfacing materials that contain PFAS, PAHs or more than ninety parts per million of lead; and provides penalties for violations
Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: B
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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
Floor Vote
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S 3179
Relates to the definition of coal tar and its use in pavement products
Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: A
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S 8761
Relates to certain conditions for a grant of permission for access to adjoining property to make improvements or repairs
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S 8787
Relates to welfare, medical, and retirement plans provided by a horsemen's organization in the absence of contractual obligations
Floor Vote
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S 607
Provides for the licensure of dietitians and nutritionists; repealer
Higher Education Vote - Version: B
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S 5835
Waives fishing, hunting and trapping license fees for certain first responders
Environmental Conservation Vote
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S 8756
Amends the effectiveness of provisions related to permitting a close friend to make an anatomical gift of a decedent's body
Floor Vote
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S 8806
Directs counties to develop and maintain comprehensive county emergency medical system plans
Floor Vote
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S 8752
Requires contractors and subcontractors performing construction work for covered renewable energy systems to have apprenticeship agreements
Floor Vote
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S 1187
Authorizes certain local municipal agencies to use surveillance cameras to combat illegal dumping
Environmental Conservation Vote
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A 9435
Relates to requiring utility pole owners and attachers to submit an annual report on pole attachments; repeals provisions relating to right-of-way permits
Floor Vote
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S 4513
Requires applicants for major projects located near an environmental justice community to submit an enhanced public participation plan
Environmental Conservation Vote
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S 5982
Authorizes the department of environmental conservation to independently add to the lists of prohibited and regulated invasive species on an emergency basis
Environmental Conservation Vote
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S 270
Provides an exemption from requirements for the alienation of parkland for certain renewable energy generating projects
Environmental Conservation Vote
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S 4033
Relates to the disposition of certain fines and penalties
Environmental Conservation Vote - Version: B
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S 3029
Provides for the licensing of genetic counselors; creates the state board for genetic counseling
Higher Education Vote
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