# Marcela Mitaynes

Marcela Mitaynes is a Democratic member of the New York House for district 51.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York House, district 51
- Serving since: 2021-01-06
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/1dd95774-3fbe-43a8-ac78-6b4d05146e27

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1dd95774-3fbe-43a8-ac78-6b4d05146e27 (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

Mitaynes sits at −0.93 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 86% of State House Democrats.

## What Mitaynes says (NY 2025–26 session)

154 classified statements: 154 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 | Mitaynes | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.3% | 2.5% | 199 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 11.0% | 10.4% | 285 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 31.2% | 39.2% | 511 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 5.8% | 14.4% | 544 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 1.9% | 1.0% | 121 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Housing and Community Development 28% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Immigration 28% (State House Democrats 4.3%); Health 11% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 8.7% (State House Democrats 11%); Education 8.7% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.93 (standard error 0.03), from 2,492 donors and 884 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 14% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 97.8% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 99.3% (92.9%). 31 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-05 · voted yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 yea · 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 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 1 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 0 became law. Cosponsored 199. 10.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 115 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 8663: Relates to increasing the bonding authority of the New York city housing development corporation (in committee, 2025-06-10) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A8663/
- A 8529: Replaces instances of the words or variations of the words American Indian with the words Indigenous peoples or a variation thereof (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A8529/
- A 7376: Requires third-party food delivery services and third-party grocery delivery services to provide the ability to include a gratuity at the same point in the… (passed both chambers, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A7376/
- A 7180: Prohibits the use of robots by police agencies (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A7180/
- A 7214: Limits the amount of time to submit supporting documentation for major capital improvements (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A7214/
- A 6100: Establishes the "tenant opportunity to purchase act" (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A6100/
- A 3868: Changes the designation of the public holiday of Columbus day to Indigenous People's Day (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A3868/
- A 3715: Repeals section 3 of article 16 relating to the taxation of moneys, credits, securities and other intangible personal property in the state that is not… (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A3715/
- A 3578: Establishes a SNAP and cash assistance fraud victims compensation fund (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A3578/
- A 3575: Establishes an indirect source review for certain warehouse operations (in committee, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A3575/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $9,097 (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 93% 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.

- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/MMitaynes @marcelaforny/status/2108909034254585862
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/MMitaynes @marcelaforny/status/2108361303530049874
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · https://x.com/MMitaynes @marcelaforny/status/2106008121470759027
- 2026-09-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/MMitaynes @marcelaforny/status/2103095806362632536
- 2026-08-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/MMitaynes @marcelaforny/status/2093752761078690251
- 2026-06-28 · Post on X · https://x.com/MMitaynes @marcelaforny/status/2071284959659098259
- 2026-06-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/MMitaynes @marcelaforny/status/2069349448715510176
- 2026-04-03 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism · https://x.com/MMitaynes @marcelaforny/status/2040027435433865265
- 2026-03-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/MMitaynes @marcelaforny/status/2032864338038374579
- 2026-03-04 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion · https://x.com/MMitaynes @marcelaforny/status/2029312774745059522

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Marcela-Mitaynes
- Campaign site: https://marcelaforny.org/
- X: https://x.com/MMitaynes
- X: https://x.com/marcelaforny
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MMitaynes

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/1dd95774-3fbe-43a8-ac78-6b4d05146e27