NY Senator Rachel May (D)

NY Sen. Rachel May is a Senator in the New York Legislature who represents the 53rd district and received 49.2% of the vote in her last election. She is the Chair of the Aging and NY Joint committees, and a member of the Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation, Elections, State-Native American Relations, Environmental Conservation, Agriculture, and Higher Education committees.

She works most frequently on Health (46 bills), Education (44 bills), Law (38 bills), Commerce (36 bills), and Economics and Public Finance (33 bills). She has sponsored 70 bills in her last zero year(s) in office, voting with her party 98.8% of the time, getting 41.43% of her bills out of committee, and 1.43% of her sponsored bills enacted.

Sen. May most frequently works on legislation with Brad Hoylman (D-NY-27) (100 bills), Jen Metzger (D-NY-42) (95 bills), and Alessandra Biaggi (D-NY-34) (94 bills). She most frequently votes with John Liu (D-NY-11) (98.94%), Brian Benjamin (D-NY-30) (98.94%), and David Carlucci (D-NY-38) (98.94%).

Before entering politics, Sen. May was involved in education. She received a Doctorate from Stanford University (CA).

How Rachel Works

  • 0% Percent of votes against party
  • 0 Number of sponsored bills enacted
  • 0 Number of proposed amendments
  • 99% Percent of votes with party
  • 36% Percent of sponsored bills out of chamber
  • 1% Percent of missed votes
  • 193 Number of primary co-sponsorships
  • 70 Number of sponsored bills

Rachel's District

  • 291K Total Population
  • 112K Total Households
  • $24.5K Per capita family income
  • 8.3% Civilian Labor Force: Unemployed

Rachel's Staff

Zach Zeliff (Chief of Staff)
(315) 478-8745 | Zeliff@nysenate.gov
Kristin Williams (Deputy Chief of Staff)
(315) 478-8745 | williamsk@nyassembly.gov

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