# Michael Cashman Michael Cashman is a Democratic member of the New York House for district 115. - Party: Democrat - Seat: New York House, district 115 - Serving since: 2025-11-13 - Current term: NY 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/2b850a01-7bc1-4602-a0e4-46663e477060 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2b850a01-7bc1-4602-a0e4-46663e477060 (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 Cashman sits at −0.20 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 96% of State House Democrats. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.20 (standard error 0.02), from 292 donors and 127 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 96% of State House Democrats score lower. ## Votes (NY 2025–26 session) 995 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 84% (92.9%). 46 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 63 bills: 63 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 89. 12.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 102 of 148). Recent sponsored bills: - A 11071: Relates to residential rehabilitation units in correctional facilities (in committee, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11071/ - A 10929: Prohibits the use of timeout boxes, closets or other secluded physical enclosures in schools in the state (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10929/ - A 10874: Establishes a commission on hosting the olympic games (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10874/ - A 10878: Establishes farm security resiliency grant awards for farm employers who have suffered eligible losses as a result of eligible weather conditions or events (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10878/ - A 10843: Allows beneficiaries of certain deceased members to elect to receive death benefits in a lump sum (in committee, 2026-04-06) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10843/ - A 10603: Moves the date on which a county committee shall meet to earlier in the year (in committee, 2026-03-13) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10603/ - A 10540: Relates to state use of disaster emergency response personnel and non-state resource providers (became law, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10540/ - A 10420: Requires the department of veterans' services to provide certain assistance to veterans (passed one chamber, 2026-03-16) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10420/ - A 10259: Establishes the rural housing workforce corps (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10259/ - A 10169: Requires broadband service providers to adhere to repair timelines for service interruptions (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10169/ ## Campaign money (2026 cycle) Itemized receipts $235.2K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 95% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2b850a01-7bc1-4602-a0e4-46663e477060