# Larinda Hooks

Larinda Hooks is a Democratic member of the New York House for district 35.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York House, district 35
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e06291fc-b2dc-4c19-a9da-fa4bdb9934e1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e06291fc-b2dc-4c19-a9da-fa4bdb9934e1 (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

33% of the 24 bills Hooks sponsored got out of committee, in the top quarter of the New York House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.55 (standard error 0.07), from 0 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 62% of State House Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 99.9% (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 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 8 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 3 became law. Cosponsored 219. 33.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 23 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- A 11177: Authorizes the board of trustees of any library chartered by the regents of the state of New York to develop, lease, or use public library spaces for the… (in committee, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11177/
- A 11168: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage black sea bass (became law, 2026-08-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11168/
- A 11090: Enacts the "automatic utility deferment act" (in committee, 2026-04-24) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11090/
- A 10797: Relates to claims for unjust conviction and imprisonment (in committee, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10797/
- A 9619: Establishes the urban rail station and underpass lighting act to improve lighting in rail stations and underpasses located in N.Y. city (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9619/
- A 9599: Requires certain stores that accept credit or debit card payment to accept flexible benefit cards as a form of payment for eligible items (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9599/
- A 9610: Increases the excelsior research and development tax credit for qualified research and development expenditures attributable to activities conducted in New… (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9610/
- A 9601: Prohibits the use of automated systems to make employment decisions unless there is a meaningful human review of the output of such automated system prior to… (in committee, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9601/
- A 9530: Requires the department of parks, recreation and historic preservation cut down trees within two weeks of receiving notice (in committee, 2026-01-14) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9530/
- A 9401: Requires employers and third-party websites, job boards, and recruitment platforms to remove inactive job postings within a certain timeframe (in committee, 2026-01-07) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A9401/

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Larinda-C-Hooks/
- Campaign site: https://www.larindahooks.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LarindaForNYS
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/larinda.hooks
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/assemblywomanhooks/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larindah29/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/larindafornys/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/larinda-hooks-64b97a33/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e06291fc-b2dc-4c19-a9da-fa4bdb9934e1