# Cordell Cleare

Cordell Cleare is a Democratic member of the New York Senate for district 30.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York Senate, district 30
- Serving since: 2021-11-30
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c5c492e5-7c34-4b6f-862e-185248e89f18

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c5c492e5-7c34-4b6f-862e-185248e89f18 (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

Cleare sits at −1.44 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State Senate Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −1.44 (standard error 0.03), from 922 donors and 747 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 0.5% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

3,522 roll calls. Attendance 100% (New York Senate 94.5%). Party unity 99.7% (93.2%). 5 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 485 bills: 485 reached committee, 71 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 10 became law. Cosponsored 839. 27.6% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York Senate 44.5%; rank 52 of 62).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 10716: Establishes free public, state-run courses to prepare individuals to become state certified real estate appraisers, state licensed real estate appraisers, and… (in committee, 2026-10-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10716/
- S 10717: Relates to exempting 116th Street in the borough of Manhattan between Riverside Drive and FDR Drive from certain bus lane and bus operation-related photo… (in committee, 2026-10-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10717/
- S 10683: Relates to recognizing postpartum psychosis as a condition distinct from postpartum depression and directing the department of health to create screening… (in committee, 2026-08-17) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10683/
- J 2258: Mourning the death of Rob Base, distinguished citizen and devoted member of his community (passed one chamber, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2258/
- J 2259: Mourning the death of Susan Wright, distinguished citizen and devoted member of her community (passed one chamber, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2259/
- J 2257: Mourning the death of legendary sax player, Sonny Rollins, one of the most important and influential jazz musicians in the history of American music (passed one chamber, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2257/
- S 10578: Extends the duration of certain brownfield redevelopment and remediation tax credits (in committee, 2026-05-26) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10578/
- S 10547: Enacts the lifeline expansion act of 2026 (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10547/
- S 10548: Enacts the citizens utility board act; appropriation (in committee, 2026-05-20) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10548/
- S 10478: Includes positive rental payment information reporting in the New York state low income housing tax credit program; requires landlords to offer tenants the… (in committee, 2026-05-15) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10478/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $71.1K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/cordell-cleare
- X: https://x.com/cordellcleare
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cordellcleare/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatorccleare/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@senatorcordellcleare170/featured
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cordell-cleare-a998a2b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c5c492e5-7c34-4b6f-862e-185248e89f18