# Clyde Vanel

Clyde Vanel is a Democratic member of the New York House for district 33.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York House, district 33
- Serving since: 2016-12-08
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/b8a0fb1e-422b-44b7-846e-82d2998a0bf5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b8a0fb1e-422b-44b7-846e-82d2998a0bf5 (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

67% of Vanel’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from New York, in the bottom quarter of State House Democrats.

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

95 classified statements: 95 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 | Vanel | State House Democrats average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.5% | 584 of 764 |
| Policy criticism | 7.4% | 10.4% | 400 of 764 |
| Policy discussion | 50.5% | 39.2% | 221 of 764 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.9% | 676 of 764 |
| Credit claiming | 25.3% | 14.4% | 141 of 764 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.0% | 543 of 764 |

Most discussed policy areas: Finance and Financial Sector 31% (State House Democrats 1.2%); Science, Technology, Communications 21% (State House Democrats 2.5%); Commerce 17% (State House Democrats 3.1%); Education 17% (State House Democrats 15%); Economics and Public Finance 8.3% (State House Democrats 11%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.49 (standard error 0.03), from 101 donors and 1,178 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 70% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 99.0% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 95.7% (92.9%). 13 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 128 bills: 128 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 66. 8.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 124 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 11066: Enacts the "fraudulent social media advertising prevention act" (in committee, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11066/
- A 11127: Relates to credit monitoring services (in committee, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11127/
- K 1183: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 2026 as Financial Literacy Month in the State of New York (passed one chamber, 2026-04-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1183/
- A 10899: Relates to crypto kiosks (in committee, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10899/
- A 10715: Prohibits distribution or publishing any political communication that was produced by or includes materially deceptive media (in committee, 2026-04-30) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10715/
- A 10640: Relates to the accessibility of consumer financial data and the prohibition of fees for the transfer of such data to authorized parties (in committee, 2026-08-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10640/
- A 10133: Relates to personal loans and short-term lending conditions (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10133/
- A 10063: Grants the commissioner of transportation the authority to increase grant awards for airport improvement and revitalization (in committee, 2026-01-30) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10063/
- A 9573: Relates to the community bank deposit program (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9573/
- A 9342: Relates to required notices for employees receiving resignation solicitations (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9342/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $52.0K (State House Democrats median $40.4K). 67% 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.

- 2026-10-07 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/clydevanel/status/2107831419078910248
- 2026-07-29 · Post on X · https://x.com/clydevanel/status/2082464949108932881
- 2026-07-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/clydevanel/status/2079994617139765625
- 2026-07-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/clydevanel/status/2077395654943359090
- 2026-06-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, credit claiming · https://x.com/clydevanel/status/2069620446106992837
- 2026-06-23 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/clydevanel/status/2069386979817525710
- 2026-06-20 · Post on X · https://x.com/clydevanel/status/2068292390767452176
- 2026-06-14 · Post on X · https://x.com/clydevanel/status/2066002725003829466
- 2026-05-27 · Post on X · https://x.com/clydevanel/status/2059642840464965950
- 2026-04-28 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/clydevanel/status/2049138187260273104

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Clyde-Vanel
- X: https://x.com/clydevanel
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nysamclydevanel/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clyde.vanel/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/clydevanel
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/vanellaw
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clyde-vanel-1908716/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/b8a0fb1e-422b-44b7-846e-82d2998a0bf5