# Jaime Williams

Jaime Williams is a Democratic member of the New York House for district 59.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York House, district 59
- Serving since: 2016-05-03
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/67047d73-acc1-4d6f-b580-fbeee33cc1f8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/67047d73-acc1-4d6f-b580-fbeee33cc1f8 (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

Williams voted against the majority of New York House Democrats 162 times; party unity 75%, in the bottom 5% of the New York House (average 92.9%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.28 (standard error 0.01), from 434 donors and 1,075 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 93% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 77% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 75% (92.9%). 162 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 51 bills: 51 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 1 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 204. 21.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 54 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- K 1304: Recognizing June 8, 2026, as World Oceans Day (passed one chamber, 2026-05-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1304/
- K 1200: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 27, 2026, as Children of the Holocaust Remembrance Day in the State of New York (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1200/
- K 1184: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2026, as Caribbean Heritage Month in the State of New York (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1184/
- A 11007: Extends certain tuition waivers for police officer students of the city university of New York (became law, 2026-06-26) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11007/
- A 10989: Creates a publicly available list of persons who have been convicted of illegal dumping (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10989/
- A 10559: Establishes a property tax exemption for police officers who serve in the state of New York (in committee, 2026-05-12) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10559/
- K 946: Recognizing February 2, 2026, as World Wetlands Day (passed one chamber, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K946/
- A 9458: Relates to the application period for a real property tax exemption for surviving spouses of police officers killed in the line of duty (in committee, 2026-01-20) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9458/
- K 721: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim June 2025, as Caribbean Heritage Month in the State of New York (passed one chamber, 2025-06-09) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K721/
- K 630: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to declare June 2025, as North American Hurricane Awareness Month in the State of New York, at the start of the Atlantic… (passed one chamber, 2025-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K630/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $208.8K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 99% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Jaime-R-Williams/bio/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Jaime-Williams-100011917128798/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamier.williams

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/67047d73-acc1-4d6f-b580-fbeee33cc1f8