# Grace Lee

Grace Lee is a Democratic member of the New York House for district 65.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York House, district 65
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/18830756-58c1-4fd1-b1b0-d16041b10e12

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/18830756-58c1-4fd1-b1b0-d16041b10e12 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

37% of Lee’s statements claim credit, 2.6 times the State House Democrat average of 14%.

## What Lee says (NY 2025–26 session)

549 classified statements: 549 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Lee | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.4% | 2.5% | 380 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 10.8% | 10.4% | 290 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 55.4% | 39.2% | 155 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.9% | 2.9% | 525 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 37.2% | 14.4% | 36 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.0% | 279 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 17% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Health 14% (State House Democrats 15%); Education 14% (State House Democrats 15%); Housing and Community Development 14% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Government Operations and Politics 12% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.00 (standard error 0.02), from 1,942 donors and 566 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 9.6% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 85% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 100% (92.9%). 0 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 10586 Extends provisions relating to public hearings on proposed rules · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10586/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 10001 Provides for a license to sell liquor at retail for consumption on certain premises · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10001/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 10655 Relates to the compensation, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment of certain state officers and employees; repealer · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10655/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 9862 Authorizes the town of Minisink to impose a hotel and motel tax · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9862/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 9027 Authorizes the village of Ellicottville to impose a hotel and motel tax · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9027/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 7607 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to Lt. Gary A. Scott · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S7607/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 10550 Authorizes the Church of Pentecost, USA, Inc. to receive retroactive real property tax exempt status · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10550/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 8453 Dedicates a portion of the state highway system to William Cornell · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8453/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 9969 Authorizes the town justice of the town of Dix to be a nonresident of such town · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9969/
- 2026-06-05 · voted not voting · Assembly Vote · S 9983 Authorizes Joseph Fredrick to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be eligible for employment as a… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9983/

## Legislation (NY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 37 bills: 37 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 388. 13.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 93 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 11230: Grants free access and parking at airports for veterans (in committee, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11230/
- A 11171: Relates to owner liability for failure of an operator to comply with street cleaning parking rules (in committee, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11171/
- A 11156: Establishes a moratorium on the installation of synthetic turf pending a comprehensive environmental and public health study (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11156/
- A 11039: Allows the alteration or repeal of real property tax exemptions for private institutions of higher education (in committee, 2026-10-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11039/
- A 10999: Enacts the "teardown tax act" (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10999/
- A 10829: Requires certain anti-aging skin care products to contain a warning label (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10829/
- A 10773: Authorizes residential cooperative corporations to offer health insurance (in committee, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10773/
- A 10721: Provides for a continuation of senior citizen rent increase exemption benefits after a period of ineligibility (in committee, 2026-03-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10721/
- A 10460: Enacts the "ICE contract transparency act" (in committee, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10460/
- A 10410: Relates to the availability of technical assistance grants in brownfield site remedial programs (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10410/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $626.6K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 84% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-20 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/graceleefornyc @AMGraceLee/status/2112593485689770365
- 2026-10-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/graceleefornyc @AMGraceLee/status/2110096328277766390
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · https://x.com/graceleefornyc @AMGraceLee/status/2109601975926997497
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/graceleefornyc @AMGraceLee/status/2108372076994105608
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/graceleefornyc @AMGraceLee/status/2108317680772022554
- 2026-10-01 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/graceleefornyc @AMGraceLee/status/2105775855666651259
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/graceleefornyc @AMGraceLee/status/2104963553614606509
- 2026-09-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/graceleefornyc @AMGraceLee/status/2104998231897690616
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/graceleefornyc @AMGraceLee/status/2103135366622388575
- 2026-09-23 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/graceleefornyc @AMGraceLee/status/2102776407654793358

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Grace-Lee/about/
- Campaign site: https://www.graceleeforassembly.com/
- X: https://x.com/graceleefornyc
- X: https://x.com/AMGraceLee
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GraceLeeforNYC/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/graceleefornyc
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amgraceee
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXx4_lELbPtJsIFDyfXlR7w
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grace-lee-nyc/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/18830756-58c1-4fd1-b1b0-d16041b10e12