# Siela Bynoe

Siela Bynoe is a Democratic member of the New York Senate for district 6.

- Party: Democrat
- Seat: New York Senate, district 6
- Serving since: 2025-01-01
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ee6af720-d32a-4744-a62c-deba9747d733

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ee6af720-d32a-4744-a62c-deba9747d733 (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

71% of the 87 bills Bynoe sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the New York Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.68 (standard error 0.02), from 794 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 44% of State Senate Democrats score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

3,522 roll calls. Attendance 99.5% (New York Senate 94.5%). Party unity 95.7% (93.2%). 43 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 87 bills: 87 reached committee, 43 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 330. 71.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York Senate 44.5%; rank 5 of 62).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 10697: Relates to enacting the "vehicle streaming device ban" act (in committee, 2026-09-11) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10697/
- S 10624: Authorizes the Freeport Bible Center to file an application for a retroactive real property tax exemption with the village of Freeport assessor (passed one chamber, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10624/
- S 10623: Establishes a highway safety corridor on the Southern State Parkway (passed one chamber, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10623/
- S 10608: Authorizes the county of Nassau assessor to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from the Lakeview Fire District (passed one chamber, 2026-06-05) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10608/
- S 10595: Extends provisions related to the assessment and review of assessments in the county of Nassau (in committee, 2026-06-02) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10595/
- J 2182: Congratulating Claire LeLeonnec upon the occasion of earning the distinguished Gold Award, the most prestigious of Scouting honors (passed one chamber, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2182/
- J 2185: Congratulating Katherine Mazaroski upon the occasion of earning the distinguished Gold Award, the most prestigious of Scouting honors (passed one chamber, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2185/
- J 2184: Congratulating Katherine Lovelock upon the occasion of earning the distinguished Gold Award, the most prestigious of Scouting honors (passed one chamber, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2184/
- J 2181: Congratulating Isabelle Komorowski upon the occasion of earning the distinguished Gold Award, the most prestigious of Scouting honors (passed one chamber, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2181/
- J 2178: Congratulating Casey Dennis upon the occasion of earning the distinguished Gold Award, the most prestigious of Scouting honors (passed one chamber, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2178/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $195.8K (State Senate Democrats median $55.5K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/siela-bynoe
- Campaign site: https://www.sielaforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/sielaforsenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sielaforsenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sielab
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sielaforsenate/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SielaBynoeforStateSenate-fn6pk

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ee6af720-d32a-4744-a62c-deba9747d733