# Emérita Torres

Emérita Torres is a Democratic member of the New York House for district 85.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York House, district 85
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4af19dc2-41c7-4b7e-b271-b23e20e1ccb1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4af19dc2-41c7-4b7e-b271-b23e20e1ccb1 (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

28% of Torres’s statements claim credit, 2.0 times the State House Democrat average of 14%.

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

505 classified statements: 505 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 | Torres | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.4% | 2.5% | 378 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 10.3% | 10.4% | 306 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 57.6% | 39.2% | 135 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.4% | 2.9% | 328 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 28.3% | 14.4% | 102 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Commerce 20% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Housing and Community Development 17% (State House Democrats 6.2%); Education 17% (State House Democrats 15%); Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues 10% (State House Democrats 9.8%); Health 9.3% (State House Democrats 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.84 (standard error 0.02), from 576 donors and 271 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 21% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 95.6% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 100% (92.9%). 0 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 31 bills: 31 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 181. 16.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 80 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 11244: Requires an annual report on the New York state college choice tuition savings program and the translation of vital documents in the most common non-English… (in committee, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11244/
- A 10687: Enacts the consumer camera privacy act (in committee, 2026-03-20) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10687/
- A 10607: Enacts the stop highway community harm act (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10607/
- A 10529: Requires property/casualty insurance companies to submit information on multifamily housing premiums and claims paid to the department of financial services (in committee, 2026-03-06) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10529/
- A 10069: Requires advertisements of a discounted price of a good or service have such price be actually discounted from a bona fide regular price (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10069/
- A 9641: Prohibits algorithmic wage-setting (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9641/
- A 9642: Requires the registration of data brokers and establishing a data deletion mechanism for consumers (in committee, 2026-06-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9642/
- A 9588: Prohibits certain financial institutions from charging a fee based on the frequency of payments or for changing the frequency of mortgage payments (passed both chambers, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9588/
- A 9604: Establishes the "New York junk fee prevention act" (in committee, 2026-04-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9604/
- A 9349: Prohibits the use of surveillance pricing (passed both chambers, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9349/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $83.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 83% 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.

- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AMEmeritaTorres, EmeritaTorresNY/status/2113619343812473309
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/AMEmeritaTorres, EmeritaTorresNY/status/2111191229677613220
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AMEmeritaTorres, EmeritaTorresNY/status/2110369978046099740
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AMEmeritaTorres, EmeritaTorresNY/status/2108550160418484594
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AMEmeritaTorres, EmeritaTorresNY/status/2108341990891102263
- 2026-10-08 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AMEmeritaTorres, EmeritaTorresNY/status/2108338938377130049
- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AMEmeritaTorres, EmeritaTorresNY/status/2107895081034232303
- 2026-10-05 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/AMEmeritaTorres, EmeritaTorresNY/status/2107096670026551524
- 2026-10-02 · Post on X · labels: policy criticism, policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AMEmeritaTorres, EmeritaTorresNY/status/2106016025548316792
- 2026-09-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/AMEmeritaTorres, EmeritaTorresNY/status/2104558959382200786

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Emerita-Torres/
- Campaign site: https://www.emeritatorres.com/
- X: https://x.com/AMEmeritaTorres
- X: https://x.com/EmeritaTorresNY
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AMemeritatorres
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/emerita.torres.73
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amemeritatorres/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emeritatorresny/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ETORRES2015

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4af19dc2-41c7-4b7e-b271-b23e20e1ccb1