# Keith Powers

Keith Powers is a Democratic member of the New York House for district 74.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York House, district 74
- Serving since: 2026-02-04
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c99b7832-4dae-4ad3-b94a-41b50f99fd8f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c99b7832-4dae-4ad3-b94a-41b50f99fd8f (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

Powers sits at −0.41 on the CSIP scale, more conservative than 81% of State House Democrats.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.41 (standard error 0.08), from 0 donors and 115 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 81% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

895 roll calls. Attendance 93.3% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 100% (92.9%). 1 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 13 bills: 13 reached committee, 3 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 52. 23.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 49 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 11208: Requires certain retailers stock nicotine replacement therapy products (in committee, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11208/
- A 11136: Creates shared housing rooming units in new class A multiple dwellings or buildings converted to class A multiple dwellings (in committee, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11136/
- A 10983: Requires at least one director on a board of directors be a primary resident of the residential cooperative housing corporation and prohibits certain charges… (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10983/
- A 10985: Requires the New York city office of technology and innovation provide NYC 311 outgoing call data from incarcerated individuals to the board of corrections (in committee, 2026-04-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10985/
- A 10840: Relates to clarifying state committee powers (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10840/
- A 10767: Reduces the amount of signatures needed for a person to be nominated for the office of member of the city council (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10767/
- A 10815: Exempts certain pet food from sales taxes (in committee, 2026-04-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10815/
- A 10708: Prohibits the sale of ATVs and off-highway motorcycles in the city of New York (in committee, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10708/
- A 10541: Relates to certificate of residence policies for community colleges (became law, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10541/
- A 10429: Provides a sales tax exemption to any admission charge for a comedy performance (passed both chambers, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10429/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c99b7832-4dae-4ad3-b94a-41b50f99fd8f