# Tony Palumbo

Tony Palumbo is a Republican member of the New York Senate for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: New York Senate, district 1
- Serving since: 2021-01-06
- Current term: NY 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f13bda4e-bfb4-49fc-a986-ba8d2b3e7e43

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f13bda4e-bfb4-49fc-a986-ba8d2b3e7e43 (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

Palumbo voted against the majority of New York Senate Republicans 319 times; party unity 66%, in the bottom 5% of the New York Senate (average 93.2%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.01), from 733 donors and 889 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (NY 2025–26 session)

3,522 roll calls. Attendance 98.6% (New York Senate 94.5%). Party unity 66% (93.2%). 319 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 161 bills: 161 reached committee, 28 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 655. 25.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (New York Senate 44.5%; rank 53 of 62).

Recent sponsored bills:

- S 10684: Relates to the timeframe for the signature of attesting witnesses to a will (in committee, 2026-08-19) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10684/
- S 10614: Extends certain provisions relating to a Long Island deer management pilot program (in committee, 2026-06-04) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10614/
- S 10580: Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system to Cansu Zaim (in committee, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10580/
- J 2137: Commending the Valedictorians and Salutatorians of the Class of 2026 in the 1st Senate District, in recognition of their outstanding accomplishments (passed one chamber, 2026-05-27) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J2137/
- S 10155: Relates to the Sag Harbor Volunteer Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Association, Inc. (in committee, 2026-05-29) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10155/
- S 10099: Relates to residential solar tax credits (in committee, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10099/
- J 1962: Honoring influential Black authors upon the occasion of their designation for special recognition at the 4th Annual Black Authors Festival on August 1, 2026 (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J1962/
- S 10012: Authorizes the assessor of the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk, to accept an application for a real property tax exemption from Chabad at Stony Brook,… (in committee, 2026-05-28) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S10012/
- J 1942: Congratulating Trevor Fitzgerald upon the occasion of receiving the distinguished rank of Eagle Scout, the most prestigious of Scouting honors, on June 27, 2026 (passed one chamber, 2026-04-28) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/J1942/
- S 9653: Relates to permitting and regulating marine transportation network companies (in committee, 2026-03-31) https://openstates.org/ny/bills/2025-2026/S9653/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $85.2K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 93% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/anthony-h-palumbo
- Campaign site: https://www.palumboforsenate.com/
- X: https://x.com/anthonyhpalumbo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/palumboforsenate/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/senatoranthonypalumbo/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f13bda4e-bfb4-49fc-a986-ba8d2b3e7e43