# Matt Slater

Matt Slater is a Republican member of the New York House for district 94.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New York House, district 94
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/eba4d98e-baa7-4ee3-a705-ed38b137ee27

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eba4d98e-baa7-4ee3-a705-ed38b137ee27 (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

Slater voted against the majority of New York House Republicans 97 times; party unity 78%, in the bottom tenth of the New York House (average 92.9%).

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

1,070 classified statements: 1,070 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Slater | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.8% | 2.9% | 423 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 12.0% | 9.3% | 226 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 51.2% | 31.9% | 111 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 2.3% | 1.8% | 221 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 22.6% | 12.7% | 136 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.6% | 1.4% | 371 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Transportation and Public Works 17% (State House Republicans 4.4%); Crime and Law Enforcement 14% (State House Republicans 11%); Armed Forces and National Security 13% (State House Republicans 4.9%); Health 12% (State House Republicans 10%); Education 11% (State House Republicans 15%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.01), from 675 donors and 580 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

2,019 roll calls. Attendance 95.2% (New York House 93.9%). Party unity 78% (92.9%). 97 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 98 bills: 98 reached committee, 18 passed one chamber, 2 passed both, 2 became law. Cosponsored 317. 18.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York House 20.4%; rank 68 of 148).

Recent sponsored bills:

- K 1610: Commemorating the 111th Anniversary of the United States Navy Reserve (passed one chamber, 2026-06-03) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1610/
- A 11258: Establishes the Birch Hill-Highview Water District in the town of Southeast, Putnam County (in committee, 2026-05-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11258/
- A 11218: Deems certain nominating or designating petitions to be permeated with fraud and invalidating the filings made by a contested candidate (in committee, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11218/
- A 11195: Authorizes Mike Hartnett to apply for military service credit in the New York city fire pension fund (in committee, 2026-05-01) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11195/
- A 11098: Permits the town of Southeast, Putnam county, to lease certain sports field fences for advertisements (in committee, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A11098/
- K 1199: Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Putnam Community Action Partnership (passed one chamber, 2026-04-22) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1199/
- K 1135: Memorializing Governor Kathy Hochul to proclaim April 20-24, 2026, as Work Zone Awareness Week in the State of New York (passed one chamber, 2026-04-20) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1135/
- A 10807: Provides for the issuance of birth certificates of a deceased parent to their child (in committee, 2026-04-08) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10807/
- K 1104: Mourning the untimely and tragic death of Sheridan Grace Gorman (passed one chamber, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/K1104/
- A 10689: Adds Lake Oscawana and Roaring Brook Lake in Putnam county to the definition of inland waterways (in committee, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/A10689/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $158.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 97% 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.

- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/slater4ny/status/2114752143655604662
- 2026-10-26 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/slater4ny/status/2114785252618969360
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/slater4ny/status/2114356304311734660
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/slater4ny/status/2113992146583752856
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/slater4ny/status/2114024114742833362
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · https://x.com/slater4ny/status/2114054317175132219
- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/slater4ny/status/2114073187755724854
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/slater4ny/status/2113631532762186010
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/slater4ny/status/2113661727074369575
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/slater4ny/status/2113724421206884444

## Links

- Official site: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Matt-Slater
- Campaign site: https://www.slaterforny.com/about-3
- X: https://x.com/slater4ny
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/slater4ny/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/slater4ny/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-slater-928a1619/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/eba4d98e-baa7-4ee3-a705-ed38b137ee27