# Toby Stavisky

Toby Stavisky is a Democratic member of the New York Senate for district 11.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York Senate, district 11
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3d51aca8-81d1-4f3e-8cef-47c999626a9a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3d51aca8-81d1-4f3e-8cef-47c999626a9a (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

Stavisky sits at −1.19 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 96% of State Senate Democrats.

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

51 classified statements: 51 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Democrats average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Stavisky | State Senate Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.4% | 248 of 329 |
| Policy criticism | 2.0% | 10.3% | 257 of 329 |
| Policy discussion | 51.0% | 42.9% | 127 of 329 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.0% | 3.4% | 188 of 329 |
| Credit claiming | 37.3% | 16.1% | 21 of 329 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 0.8% | 228 of 329 |

Most discussed policy areas: Education 31% (State Senate Democrats 15%); Health 27% (State Senate Democrats 17%); Crime and Law Enforcement 23% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%); Housing and Community Development 15% (State Senate Democrats 6.7%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 12% (State Senate Democrats 8.4%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.19 (standard error 0.03), from 502 donors and 1,198 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 3.9% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

3,522 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New York Senate 94.5%). Party unity 99.8% (93.2%). 1 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote · R 2355 Establishes a plan setting forth an itemized list of grantees for a certain appropriation for the 2026-27 state fiscal year for additional grants in… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/R2355/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote · A 11538 Extends the expansion of eligibility for World Trade Center death and disability benefits for members of New York's organized militia · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11538/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: B · S 1004 Relates to determining the capacity of a defendant to stand trial · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S1004/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: C · A 329 Relates to setting integrated behavioral health services · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A329/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: A · S 10223 Authorizes the South End Children's Cafe to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption with the city of Albany assessor · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10223/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote · A 11006 Extends the effectiveness of certain provisions relating to refunding bonds · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11006/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: A · S 8454 Relates to the residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health director and community services director · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8454/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote · A 10922 Extends certain provisions relating to the sale, issuance and refund of bonds and notes of New York city · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10922/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: B · S 8616 Establishes the "protecting consumers and jobs from discriminatory pricing act" · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S8616/
- 2026-06-04 · voted yea · Floor Vote - Version: A · A 4195 Relates to the dissemination of information pertaining to Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia through the NY Connects: Choices for Long… · pass · https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A4195/

## Legislation (NY 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 85 bills: 85 reached committee, 41 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 478. 63.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York Senate 44.5%; rank 12 of 62).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 10648: Implements an agreement between the state and an employee organization; providing for the adjustment of salaries of certain incumbents in the professional… (became law, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10648/
- S 10568: Establishes the New York reinvests in student educational supports program; repealer (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10568/
- S 10571: Extends provisions of law relating to capital facilities in support of the state university and community colleges, procurement and the state university… (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10571/
- S 10523: Extends certain tuition waivers for police officer students of the city university of New York (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10523/
- S 10524: Extends certain provisions of law relating to requiring regulations to permit tuition waivers for certain firefighters and fire officers for CUNY (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10524/
- S 10066: Extends provisions relating to physical therapist assistants (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10066/
- S 9997: Relates to physical therapist assistants (passed both chambers, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9997/
- J 1910: Commending the Queens Public Library's Central Library upon the occasion of celebrating its 60th Anniversary (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J1910/
- J 1914: Commemorating the 10th Anniversary of the Foster Youth College Success Initiative (passed one chamber, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J1914/
- S 9861: Provides for the inclusion of a faculty or staff member on the board of trustees of community colleges (in committee, 2026-04-09) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9861/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $243.4K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 98% 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.

- 2026-02-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tobystavisky/status/2026707281040048247
- 2026-02-25 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tobystavisky/status/2026707283695018032
- 2026-02-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tobystavisky/status/2026308800991445190
- 2026-02-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/tobystavisky/status/2026308803227001112
- 2026-02-18 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tobystavisky/status/2024154584470462828
- 2026-02-18 · Post on X · https://x.com/tobystavisky/status/2024168824660971998
- 2026-02-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/tobystavisky/status/2023770454683468168
- 2026-02-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tobystavisky/status/2022375527885992018
- 2026-02-13 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tobystavisky/status/2022411940816191869
- 2026-01-29 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/tobystavisky/status/2016978681734832504

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/toby-ann-stavisky
- X: https://x.com/tobystavisky
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/toby.stavisky
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorstavisky/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSzrSVtqYOONZLFpBEfCmzw

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3d51aca8-81d1-4f3e-8cef-47c999626a9a