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Lester Chang
NY House District 49
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Issue areas
Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags
Criminal Justice & Policing 76Government Operations & Budget 58Civil Rights & Liberties 35Education 35Economy & Taxes 31Social Services & Welfare 31Healthcare 28Transportation & Infrastructure 26Labor & Employment 23Environment & Energy 20Veterans Affairs 19Housing 16Elections & Voting 12Defense & Military 10Technology & Privacy 8Banking & Finance 6Gun Policy 6Immigration 5Other 5Agriculture 3Foreign Policy & Trade 2Abortion & Reproductive Rights 1
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NY House District 49 current
New York |
Republican/Conservative | Jan 1, 2023 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (2,019 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
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| A 6639 — Relates to requiring sawyer training for employees engaged in tree maintenance | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 3919 — Establishes a requirement for information related to specialized dental benefit plans | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 8146 — Authorizes the town of Hurley to alienate certain lands used as parklands and to dedicate certain other lands as parklands | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 8210 — Extends provisions of law authorizing the county of Cortland to impose an additional mortgage recording tax | Nay | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 6815 — Authorizing the town of Fishkill and the village of Fishkill to adopt a local law to impose a hotel/motel occupancy tax | Nay | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 4040 — Codifies the disparate impact standard in the human rights law | Nay | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 8011 — Raises the Clinton county hotel or motel tax from three percent to five percent | Nay | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 6332 — Requires district attorney to mail disposition of criminal felony trial to any crime victim not present at time defendant sentenced or… | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 5685 — Relates to the New York state masters-in-education teacher incentive scholarship program | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 4834 — Requires the office for people with developmental disabilities to produce and publish a report on staffing at state-operated institutions… | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 3273 — Enacts the "New York State Resident Experience Act of 2025" | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 7685 — Relates to increasing the amount of the childcare center tax abatement for certain properties in a city having a population of one million… | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 7616 — Authorizes the lease of certain lands of state university of New York at Stony Brook for the purpose of building undergraduate student… | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 8475 — Makes technical corrections relating to the title of the commissioner of veterans' services | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 6274 — Authorizes the county of Monroe to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Gregory M. Prokop | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 7845 — Relates to establishing a state amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and motor neuron disease (MND) registry | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 3949 — Authorizes the Jamesville-DeWitt central school district to discontinue the use of school district-owned parklands and to lease such… | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 5571 — Authorizes the county of Niagara to continue to impose an additional rate of sales and compensating use taxes | Nay | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 7235 — Establishes expanded construction mentorship opportunities for small and minority and women-owned business enterprises | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 8420 — Relates to the produce security fund | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 6943 — Establishes standards for glass repair and calibration of advanced driver assistance systems | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 8276 — Relates to the effectiveness of a presumption relating to certain lung disabilities incurred by volunteer firefighters | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 5364 — Limiting the shift between classes of taxable property in the town of Haverstraw, county of Rockland | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| A 4014 — Relates to mandatory continuing education requirements for coroners and coroner's deputies | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| S 1356 — Relates to joining multistate voter list maintenance organizations | Yea | Jun 6, 2025 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (26 as lead sponsor)
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A 10728
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Directs the superintendent of financial services to conduct a study examining the feasibility of 40- and 50-year mortgages in the state of New York
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A 10723
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Relates to prohibiting the construction of certain energy storage systems within five hundred feet of a school or dwelling in N.Y. City
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A 10669
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Creates certain age and other requirements for the New York naval militia and the New York guard
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K 499
NY · —
Commending the NYPD Asian Jade Society upon the occasion of its 45th Anniversary and recognizing its outstanding service to the City and State of New York
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A 4963
NY · —
Relates to the recruitment incentive and retention program for members of the New York state organized militia; repealer
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A 5876
NY · —
Enacts "Barreto's law"
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A 6909
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Relates to the placement of homeless shelters
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A 9188
NY · —
Designates the month of May as Elder Appreciation Month
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A 4865
NY · —
Requires fire insurance for any building where bicycles with electric assist are repaired, sold, rented, or stored for repair, sale or rental
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A 6905
NY · —
Allows the state and city university of New York system to offer college credits to prospective students
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