# Brian Cunningham

Brian Cunningham is a Democratic member of the New York House for district 43.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York House, district 43
- Serving since: 2022-03-30
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/27a087c4-fad6-4245-b680-20aff5c3251c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/27a087c4-fad6-4245-b680-20aff5c3251c (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

Cunningham sits at −1.00 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 91% of State House Democrats.

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

406 classified statements: 406 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 | Cunningham | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 3.7% | 10.4% | 538 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 48.8% | 39.2% | 239 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.7% | 2.9% | 211 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 15.0% | 14.4% | 316 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Health 18% (State House Democrats 15%); Families 16% (State House Democrats 5.0%); Crime and Law Enforcement 15% (State House Democrats 8.0%); Housing and Community Development 15% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Education 14% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.00 (standard error 0.02), from 796 donors and 671 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 9.3% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 95.1% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 99.6% (92.9%). 2 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 189 bills: 189 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 406. 4.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 135 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 11261: Relates to eligibility for accidental disability benefits under the heart bill (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11261/
- A 11137: Requires community median income be used by certain affordable housing programs in N.Y. City (in committee, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11137/
- A 11013: Allows brewery supply stores to sell New York state labelled beer for off-premises consumption (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11013/
- A 11005: Extends certain provisions of law relating to requiring regulations to permit tuition waivers for certain firefighters and fire officers for CUNY until July… (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11005/
- A 10907: Increases the number of package store licenses able to be held by one person (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10907/
- A 10914: Provides a defense from liability for certain department of sanitation vehicles standing, stopped, or parked in violation of certain bus lane restrictions in… (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10914/
- A 10772: Establishes the offense of vehicular homicide (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10772/
- A 10694: Designates certain utility workers first responders during a declared state disaster emergency (in committee, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10694/
- A 10626: Establishes a New York state prison labor board; repealer (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10626/
- A 10447: Relates to requiring applications for retail gas station building permits to include electric vehicle charging stations (in committee, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10447/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $286.5K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 92% 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.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NYAMCunningham/status/2114417158226632750
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NYAMCunningham/status/2113994195614515420
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/NYAMCunningham/status/2114129887556452365
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/NYAMCunningham/status/2113616900420677843
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/NYAMCunningham/status/2113661861715480648
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NYAMCunningham/status/2113401349056438768
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/NYAMCunningham/status/2113042925244350834
- 2026-10-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/NYAMCunningham/status/2112272597568155984
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/NYAMCunningham/status/2111125279422689587
- 2026-10-12 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/NYAMCunningham/status/2109678401644618126

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Brian-Cunningham
- Campaign site: https://brian.mysites.io/
- X: https://x.com/NYAMCunningham
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NYAMCunningham/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Cunningham4NY/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nyamcunningham
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iambriancunningham
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cunninghamforny
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briancnningham/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/27a087c4-fad6-4245-b680-20aff5c3251c