2012+Senate+Ratings

2012+Assembly+Ratings

(The first 10 Bills passed both houses; the last 10 passed the Senate only)

1. S.50002 – Budget /A. 40002-Budget (Passed Dec. 2011): CPNYS opposed this budget bill passed at the end of the calendar year
2011 that increased the top personal income tax rate for a net tax increase of $1.5 billion per year.

2. A.8668-A Silver/S.5917-A Skelos: CPNYS supports this bill that prohibits entities that invest in the Iranian energy sector from
receiving state contracts under most circumstances.

3. A.9053-E Budget/S. 6253-E Budget: CPNYS supports this Aid-to-Localities bill that kept the spending increase to 1.9% of FY 2012. In
all funds spending of $132.6 Billion actually had a decrease of 1% from FY 2012 levels.

4. A.9056-D Budget/S.6256-Budget: CPNYS opposes this bill that continues to fund abortions.

5. A.9059-Budget/S.6259-D Budget: CPNYS supports this budget revenue bill that did not include any new taxes.

6. A.9380-B DenDekker/S.7775 Golden: CPNYS supports this bill that authorizes the NYS Division of Homeland Security and
Emergency Services to establish and maintain a confidential database, based on information given voluntarily, that can help law
enforcement agencies after a crime has been committed.

7. A.9558-Rules/ S.6735 Rules: CPNYS supports the creation of Tier VI for new employees in state and local governments in the hope
of giving fiscal relief to taxpayers, local and state government.

8. A.10050-Lopez,V/S.6899-Young: CPNYS opposes this bill that increases the bonding authority to $17, 280,000,000 granted to the
NYS Housing Finance Agency. (The bonding authority has increased biennial basis since 2000.)

9. A.10623-Rules/S.7637-Lanza: CPNYS supports this bill, known as I-STOP, seeking to curb the diversion and abuse of prescription
drugs.

10. A.10786 Rules/S.7792 Rules: CPNYS supports this bill that requires public disclosure of the new Annual Professional Performance Reviews (“APPRs”) of teachers and principals in order for parents to be better informed of the quality of education provided to their children.

11. S.714-A Robach: CPNYS supports this bill that seeks to create a new crime relating to the use of computers for the purpose of
committing sexual offenses against children.

12. S.716 Robach: CPNYS supports this proposal to establish an annual spending growth cap and increasing the maximum capacity of the rainy day fund.

13. S.932 Marcellino: CPNYS supports the establishment of a crime of terrorism recruitment.

14. S.1407-B Golden: CPNYS supports the establishment of stiffer sentences to criminals who use firearms to commit felonies.

15. S.1539 Skelos: CPNYS has been a long time proponent of imposing life imprisonment without parole for persistent violent felony offenders.

16. S.1541 Skelos: CPNYS supports this bill that increases criminal penalties for sexual contact between a minor and a person in a
position of trust.

17. S.2732-C Golden: CPNYS has been a long time supporter of an education investment tax credit.

18. S.3871 Lanza: CPNYS supports prohibiting expenditures of state, local or public authority moneys relating to federal terrorism trials in the state of New York.

19. S.6881 Young: CPNYS supports creating incentives for counties to investigate and prosecute Medicaid fraud.

20. S.7671 Libous: CPNYS supports this bill that seeks to prohibit the sale or purchase of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products or
lottery tickets with public assistance benefits and the electronic withdrawal of public assistance benefits in casinos, liquor stores and
establishments providing adult-oriented entertainment.

(The first 10 Bills passed both houses; the last 10 passed the Assembly only)

1. S.50002 – Budget /A. 40002-Budget (Passed Dec. 2011): CPNYS opposed this budget bill passed at the end of the calendar year
2011 that increased the top personal income tax rate for a net tax increase of $1.5 billion per year.

2. A.8668-A Silver/S.5917-A Skelos: CPNYS supports this bill that prohibits entities that invest in the Iranian energy sector from
receiving state contracts under most circumstances.

3. A.9053-E Budget/S. 6253-E Budget: CPNYS supports this Aid-to-Localities bill that kept the spending increase to 1.9% of FY 2012. In
all funds spending of $132.6 Billion actually had a decrease of 1% from FY 2012 levels.

4. A.9056-D Budget/S.6256-Budget: CPNYS opposes this bill that continues to fund abortions.

5. A.9059-Budget/S.6259-D Budget: CPNYS supports this budget revenue bill that did not include any new taxes.

6. A.9380-B DenDekker/S.7775 Golden: CPNYS supports this bill that authorizes the NYS Division of Homeland Security and
Emergency Services to establish and maintain a confidential database, based on information given voluntarily, that can help law
enforcement agencies after a crime has been committed.

7. A.9558-Rules/ S.6735 Rules: CPNYS supports the creation of Tier VI for new employees in state and local governments in the hope
of giving fiscal relief to taxpayers, local and state government.

8. A.10050-Lopez,V/S.6899-Young: CPNYS opposes this bill that increases the bonding authority to $17, 280,000,000 granted to the
NYS Housing Finance Agency. (The bonding authority has increased biennial basis since 2000.)

9. A.10623-Rules/S.7637-Lanza: CPNYS supports this bill, known as I-STOP, seeking to curb the diversion and abuse of prescription
drugs.

10. A.10786 Rules/S.7792 Rules: CPNYS supports this bill that requires public disclosure of the new Annual Professional Performance Reviews (“APPRs”) of teachers and principals in order for parents to be better informed of the quality of education provided to their children.

11. RR # 31: CPNYS supports this proposed amendment that would end Medicaid (taxpayer) funding of abortions.

12. A.5039 Gottfired: The bill seeks to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or expression. CPNYS believes that any
discrimination is wrong and that discrimination can be prosecuted under the many laws already enacted.

13. A.7347-B Gottfried: CPNYS opposes any bill that seeks to recognized marihuana as a medicine.

14. A.9148 Wright: CPNYS believes in the free market and firmly believes that business, not government, should determine the wages
paid to employees. Increasing the minimum wage makes it harder for small businesses to hire people for entry level positions.

15. A.2288 Wright: CPNYS opposes this bill that will hinder police investigations thereby putting the public at risk.

16. A.2593-A Lopez, V.: CPNYS firmly believes that the free market should determine the amount of rent increase allowed after a
vacancy; this bill would reduce the percentage currently allowed under the law.

17. 6130-A Wright: CPNYS opposes any bill that seeks to enforce pay equity by government mandated job comparisons.

18. A.10234 Sweeney: CPNYS believes this bill calling for a health impact assessment for hydraulic fracturing in New York is unnecessary at the present time due to other states successfully using this method to be more energy independent.

19. 1557-B Schimel: CPNYS opposes this costly mandate that requires semiautomatic pistols to be capable of microstamping
ammunition.

20. A.5346-A Sweeney: CPNYS opposes this bill that seeks to require the Department of Environmental Conservation to promulgate rules and regulations establishing limits on greenhouse gas emissions (many of which are naturally produced) that contribute to the unproven theory of global warming

Fort Hamilton Station, NY (10/05/11) The Conservative Party released its ratings for the 2011 legislative session today in order to keep the electorate apprised of how their legislators voted on 25 key bills acted upon in the current year.

The Conservative Party tracks legislation throughout the session, issues support and opposition memos, and determines, at an executive committee meeting, which key issues, including spending, crime, education, nanny state legislation and various other topics that affect the lives of New Yorkers, will be used. “We believe that it is necessary to keep the public informed of these key votes and let the taxpayers be aware of how elected officials spend our money. We often look beyond the budget bills to consider how other legislation effects school budgets, health coverage and how unfunded mandates increase the cost of doing business in New York,” said Mike Long, State Chairman.

“A review of the twenty-five bills we used in this year’s ratings will show voters where the legislature is erroneous and some show where they have helped New Yorkers”, said Long. “The ratings give voters a scorecard on how their individual legislator voted and how many times they force local governments – reeling from unfunded mandates – to raise taxes or nanny state proposals that interfere in how we choose to live our lives,” Long continued.

“Last November, New York State voters sent a record 17 new Members to the Assembly, and two of the newest Members scored a 92%, the highest score in either house,” Chairman Long noted,. “the 17 new Members helped turn New York’s Assembly a little more to the right and eliminated Speaker Silver’s two-thirds majority by one vote.

The Members of both Houses appear to have listened to the voters as they increased their conservative ratings. This year the overall New York State Senate ratings were 51.22% up 13% from 2010. The 36.5% overall rating of the New York State Assembly was up 9.28% from the 2010 ratings. They still have a long way to go, but both Houses have tried to stop the hemorrhaging of our tax dollars. In the Senate, Conservatives endorse 1 Democrat and 32 Republican who averaged a 65.57 % rating up slightly from last year. The Senate Democrats averaged 33.125% up almost 20% from 2010. In the Assembly, the 6 Democrats and 44 Republicans with Conservative endorsement averaged a 66.32%; the 51 Republican members averaged a 69.25% while the 99 Democrats averaged a 19.55%, up 8.89%.

“As long as voters continue to hold Legislators responsible, we believe New York will become a business friendly place that people no longer have to flee in order to save on taxes,” Long concluded.

(Ratings are online at https://www.cpnys.org/node/63. If you have a problem downloading, please call:
718-921-2158 or 518-356-7882 for a copy of the Ratings. Thank you.)

2011+Senate+Ratings

2011+Assembly+Ratings

(The first 14 Bills passed both houses with one bill double rated; the last 10 passed the Senate only)

1. S. 2800-E Budget / A. 4000-E Budget: This budget bill is the State Operations Budget that cut personal service costs and reduced noncontract mandated fringe benefits by 10.1%. This bill is a good first step in reducing the cost of government in NYS that CPNYS supported.

2. S. 2809-D Budget / A. 4009-D Budget: CPNYS opposes this bill that continues to fund abortions.

3. A 6091-Wright / S. 3928 Robach: This bill extends unemployment insurance benefits. CPNYS is opposed to UI benefits being extended
because the consequences of unemployment benefits (the most conclusively established results in labor economic research) that extend either the amount or the duration of UI benefits increases the length of time that workers remain unemployed, and subsidize
unemployment by reducing the need to search for new work.

4. A. 6309-A Abbate / S. 4067 Golden: This bill seeks to allow school districts to borrow by selling bonds to pay for employer pension costs without voter approval. CPNYS opposes the bill that actually increases taxes instead of reducing spending.

5. A. 6444 Brennan / S. 5564 Rules: This bill seeks to increase the Thruway Authority’s bond authorization for the Canal System from $60 million to $160 million. CPNYS opposes the increase in bonding authority without voter approval while increasing taxes on future
generations.

6. A. 7697 Cusick / S. 3901-A Zeldin: CPNYS supported this bill that seeks to create a permit system for demonstrations occurring in the vicinity of a wake, funeral, burial or memorial services for veterans.

7. A. 7714 Abbate / S. 5317 Fuschillo: This bill seeks to require a warning label on baby-bottle and sippy-cup packaging concerning tooth decay. CPNYS opposes all nanny-state legislation.

8. A. 7763 Silver / S. 5527 Rules: This bill seeks to postpone the expiration of certain tax rates and taxes in the city of New York. CPNYS opposes any increase or extension of taxes and believes that spending must be reduced instead of increasing taxes.

9. A. 8178-A Galef / S. 3111-B Larkin: CPNYS supports this legislation that allows a certificate of death to be issued when women give birth to a stillborn child in the hope to ease the pain associated with a stillbirth.

10. A. 8031 Silver / S. 5679 Skelos: CPNYS supports the public integrity reform act and the various requirements that seek to make the Executive and Legislative branches of government more transparent to the public.

11. A 8354 O’Donnell: The bill allows couples of the same sex to marry. CPNYS did not support the bill and double rated the bill.

12. A. 8469 Weinstein / S. 5827 Bonacic: This bill seeks to amend the state constitution and allow Supreme Court Judges to work to a
maximum age of 80. Currently, Supreme Court Judges can serve until age 70 and can be reappointed for up to an additional three two-year terms allowing them to serve until age 76. CPNYS does not support any changes in the maximum retirement age of Judges..

13. A. 8518 Lopez / S. 5856 Skelos: CPNYS strongly supported a tax cap, however this bill gives localities the right to override the bill with a 2/3 vote, it also strengthen and extended rent regulations and did not give localities any mandate relief, we therefore opposed the bill.

14. A. 8520 O’Donnell / S. 5857 Rules: This bill amended the ability for same sex couples to marry by creating a “Religious” exemption for institutions. CPNYS opposed the original bill and this amendment.

15. S. 285 A Diaz: CPNYS supports this bill that reaffirms that Lottery funds are used only for education.

16. S. 450 Nozzolio: CPNYS supports this bill that seeks to repeal pistol and revolver ballistic identification databanks that are a waste of time, money and manpower.

17. S. 643 Golden: CPNYS supports this bill that seeks to create a new classification of persistent misdemeanor offender.

18. S. 709 Robach: CPNYS has consistently called for Initiative and Referendum that would allow citizens to have a greater role in government.

19. S. 923 Marcellino: CPNYS supports this bill that seeks to establish the crime of terrorism recruitment as a class C felony.

20. S . 1892 Ranzenhofer: CPNYS supports this proposal that seeks to place limitations on the amount of money that the governor may propose to spend in a given fiscal year.

21. S. 1919 Zeldin: CPNYS supports this bill that would require a two-thirds vote of the legislature for any change in tax rates, budget bills and appropriations.

22. S. 3501-B Flanagan: CPNYS supports this bill that relates to retain quality teachers when teaching positions are eliminated in school districts in a city with a population of one million or more.

23. 23S. 4208 Griffio: Relates to enacting an agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote. CPNYS believes that the Founding Fathers created a fair and just system when they designed the Electoral College which has served us well for over 200 years.

24. S. 5596 Zeldin: CPNYS supports this proposal to phase out the MTA payroll tax.

(The first 14 Bills passed both houses with one bill double rated; the last 10 passed the Assembly only)

1. S. 2800-E Budget / A. 4000-E Budget: This budget bill is the State Operations Budget that cut personal service costs and reduced noncontract mandated fringe benefits by 10.1%. This bill is a good first step in reducing the cost of government in NYS that CPNYS
supported.

2. S. 2809-D Budget / A. 4009-D Budget: CPNYS opposes this bill that continues to fund abortions.

3. A 6091-Wright / S. 3928 Robach: This bill extends unemployment insurance benefits. CPNYS is opposed to UI benefits being extended
because the consequences of unemployment benefits (the most conclusively established results in labor economic research) that extend either the amount or the duration of UI benefits increases the length of time that workers remain unemployed, and subsidize
unemployment by reducing the need to search for new work.

4. A. 6309-A Abbate / S. 4067 Golden: This bill seeks to allow school districts to borrow by selling bonds to pay for employer pension costs without voter approval. CPNYS opposes the bill that actually increases taxes instead of reducing spending.

5. A. 6444 Brennan / S. 5564 Rules: This bill seeks to increase the Thruway Authority’s bond authorization for the Canal System from $60 million to $160 million. CPNYS opposes the increase in bonding authority without voter approval while increasing taxes on future
generations.

6. A. 7697 Cusick / S. 3901-A Zeldin: CPNYS supported this bill that seeks to create a permit system for demonstrations occurring in the
vicinity of a wake, funeral, burial or memorial services for veterans.

7. A. 7714 Abbate / S. 5317 Fuschillo: This bill seeks to require a warning label on baby-bottle and sippy-cup packaging concerning tooth decay. CPNYS opposes all nanny-state legislation.

8. A. 7763 Silver / S. 5527 Rules: This bill seeks to postpone the expiration of certain tax rates and taxes in the city of New York. CPNYS opposes any increase or extension of taxes and believes that spending must be reduced instead of increasing taxes.

9. A. 8178-A Galef / S. 3111-B Larkin: CPNYS supports this legislation that allows a certificate of death to be issued when women give birth to a stillborn child in the hope to ease the pain associated with a stillbirth.

10. A. 8031 Silver / S. 5679 Skelos: CPNYS supports the public integrity reform act and the various requirements that seek to make the Executive and Legislative branches of government more transparent to the public.

11. A 8354 O’Donnell: The bill allows couples of the same sex to marry. CPNYS did not support the bill and double rated the bill.

12. A. 8469 Weinstein / S. 5827 Bonacic: This bill seeks to amend the state constitution and allow Supreme Court Judges to work to a
maximum age of 80. Currently, Supreme Court Judges can serve until age 70 and can be reappointed for up to an additional three twoyear terms allowing them to serve until age 76. CPNYS does not support any changes in the maximum retirement age of Judges.

13. A. 8518 Lopez / S. 5856 Skelos: CPNYS strongly supported a tax cap, however this bill gives localities the right to override the bill with a 2/3 vote, it also strengthen and extended rent regulations and did not give localities any mandate relief, we therefore opposed the bill.

14. A. 8520 O’Donnell / S. 5857 Rules: This bill amended the ability for same sex couples to marry by creating a “Religious” exemption for institutions. CPNYS opposed the original bill and this amendment.

15. A. 1157-A Schimel: CPNYS opposes this costly mandate that requires semiautomatic pistols to be capable of microstamping
ammunition.

16. A. 1306 Jeffries: CPNYS opposes all nanny state legislation including this proposal that requires those 16 years of age or over shall be restrained by a safety belt in the rear seat of cars.

17. A. 2288 Wright: CPNYS opposes this bill that will hinder police investigations thereby putting the public at risk.

18. A. 2807 O’Donnell: CPNYS opposes this bill that relates to providing health insurance coverage to domestic partners.

19. A. 4488-A Lancman: CPNYS opposes this bill that seeks to prevent domestic violence by further curtailing second amendment rights.

20. A. 5039 Gottfried: The bill seeks to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or expression. CPNYS believes that any discrimination is wrong and that discrimination can be prosecuted under the many laws already enacted.

21. A. 6130 Wright: CPNYS opposes any bill that seeks to enforce pay equity by government mandated job comparisons.

22. A. 6451 Galef: CPNYS opposes all nanny state legislation including this proposal that prohibits any person from smoking at a playground.

23. A 7400 Sweeney: CPNYS is opposed to this bill that seeks to ban hydraulic fracturing for he extraction of natural gas or oil.

24. A. 8514 Morelle: CPNYS opposes this bill that establishes the NY Health Benefit Exchange. Essentially this bill would create a New York State “Obamacare” even if the US Supreme Court strikes down the mandated law.

 

Fort Hamilton Station, NY (10/18) The Conservative Party released its ratings for the 2010 legislative session today in order to keep the electorate apprised of how their legislators voted on 25 key bills acted upon in the current year.

The Conservative Party tracks legislation throughout the session, issues support and opposition memos, and determines, at
an executive committee meeting, which key issues, including spending, crime, education and various other topics that
affect the lives of New Yorkers, will be used. “We believe that it is necessary to keep the public informed of these key votes and let the taxpayers be aware of how elected officials spend our money. We often look beyond the budget bills to consider how other legislation effects school budgets, health coverage and how unfunded mandates increase the cost of doing business in New York,” said Mike Long, State Chairman.

“A review of the twenty-five bills we used in this year’s ratings will show voters where the legislature is wrong on the issues and some show where they have hindered the growth of jobs and other ways New Yorkers are forced to give up their hard earned pay”, said Long. “The ratings give voters a scorecard on how their individual legislator voted and how many times they force local governments, already reeling from previous unfunded mandates from the Legislature, to raise taxes in order to continue to pay for many programs that should be reduced, and for new programs that should not be enacted” Long continued.

“New York voters need to make choices on election day and our ratings are a microcosm of thousands of bills introduced and considered during the legislative session,” Long stated. Members were well aware of the fiscal crisis New York faced and yet the Democratic controlled Senate and Assembly did nothing to control spending, the sad fact is they raised taxes to continue spending at levels New York residents cannot sustain. They have ignored the economic reality that the revenue stream has evaporated while they continue to increase taxes on items forcing New Yorkers to find other places and ways to make their purchases. There is only one way to resolve the fiscal morass: elect officials who will cut spending. New Yorkers should review our ratings and vote for those who voted against the out of control spending and against costly programs that do not work. Unless significant changes are made, New Yorker’s will continue to leave New York as fast as they can, and those who stay won’t be able to sustain the state. Businesses that can no longer support ever increasing costs will close, and more New Yorkers will lose their jobs.” Long stated.

The 38.22% overall rating of the New York State Senate breaks down to 64.96% for Republican/Conservative Members and 13.57% for Democrat/Working Families Party Members. The Assembly, led by Speaker Sheldon Silver and the Working Families Party, who endorse a majority of the 107 Democratic Members, averaged 27.22% overall. The 42 Republican Members averaged 69.41% while the Democrats averaged a paltry 10.66%.

“When you vote on November 2, please consider these ratings and vote accordingly. You can make the difference by casting your vote for those who understand your plight,” Long concluded.

(Ratings are online at https://www.cpnys.org/node/63 If you have a problem downloading, please call: 718-921-2158 or 518-356-7882 for a copy of the Ratings. Thank you.)

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