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Running forState Assembly, District 82

Michael R. Benedetto

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Overview

Michael Benedetto is a Member of the New York State Assembly representing the 82nd Assembly District, which covers the Co-op City, Throggs Neck, Westchester Square, City Island, Country Club, and Pelham Bay sections of the East Bronx.

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Facts from Wikipedia.

How to reach them
Source: Open States

Bills they wrote

Bills and joint resolutions where they're the main author, since 2023. Laws first, then the ones that got furthest.

Wrote

66 bills

Became law

6 became law. Another 10 passed the House or Senate but didn't.

  • Introduced Jan 8, 2025A 814: Relates to the safe storage of firearms and child access prevention; repealer
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 12, 2024A 9849: Relates to annual professional performance reviews of teachers and principals; repealer
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 9, 2024A 9777: Requires the commissioner of education to establish uniform statewide protocols for diapering and toileting students in public schools
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 20, 2024A 9581: Extends certain provisions relating to the New York city school construction authority to 2028
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2024A 9470: Extends provisions related to services to out-of-state school districts by boards of cooperative educational services
    Became law
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2024A 9469: Relates to the leasing of real property by BOCES; extender
    Became law
  • Introduced Apr 24, 2026A 11057: Requires the department of education to develop informational materials on type 1 diabetes to be made available to schools for distribution to parents and guardians of students
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025A 6559: Establishes a veterans' bill of rights
    Passed both chambers
  • Introduced Mar 31, 2025A 7514: Authorizes the city of New York to discontinue the use as parkland and alienate certain land within Ferry Point Park in the borough of the Bronx
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Mar 27, 2024A 9657: Requires the proper registration of abandoned vehicles
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Jan 30, 2024A 8941: Relates to tuition assistance program awards for dual or concurrent enrollment coursework
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced May 25, 2023A 7517: Requires the dissemination of materials regarding child access prevention and the safe storage of firearms
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced May 23, 2023A 7456: Prohibits residential and commercial properties from operating digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near certain Mitchell-Lama housing
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced May 16, 2023A 7258: Relates to replacing certain instances of the words handicapping conditions with disabilities
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Mar 24, 2023A 5900: Establishes a tax on direct broadcast satellite services and video streaming services and establishes the community media reinvestment fund
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023A 4518: Relates to admission to the specialized high schools in the city of New York
    Passed the Assembly
  • Introduced Apr 8, 2026A 10894: Extends provisions related to certified school psychologists and special education services and programs for preschool children with handicapping conditions
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 1, 2026A 10799: Relates to the recovery of attorneys fees in certain summary proceedings between a cooperative housing corporation and a shareholder or occupant of such corporation
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 1, 2026A 10768: Relates to elections involving board members, by-law amendments, or dissolution, reconstitution or conversion of mutual housing companies
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 1, 2026A 10798: Relates to the recovery of attorneys fees in the event of certain default judgments where a tenant is a dwelling unit owner or shareholder of a cooperative housing corporation
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 13, 2026A 10617: Extends the amount of time for the board of regents to approve and issue a charter that has been resubmitted by a charter entity
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 11, 2025A 8895: Relates to the regulation of municipal shooting ranges
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 9, 2025A 8826: Relates to purchase contracts of the New York city school construction authority
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 9, 2025A 8842: Relates to bus operation-related traffic regulations
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 22, 2025A 8622: Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Richard J. Vogt, III
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 22, 2025A 8607: Includes assault upon a school bus operator, monitor, or attendant as assault in the second degree
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 28, 2025A 8094: Details the procedure that certain school districts must follow when dealing with disciplinary actions for bus drivers and bus driver's assistants
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 1, 2025A 7586: Relates to the completion of and information contained in heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems assessments as part of building condition surveys for purposes of grant eligibility
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 18, 2025A 6884: Relates to charter schools
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 18, 2025A 7031: Decreases the percentage of votes needed for the election of board members in mutual housing companies with twelve thousand or more units
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 18, 2025A 6882: Relates to applications for charter schools
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 18, 2025A 6891: Relates to revisions to charter schools
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 6, 2025A 6547: Requires school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, charter schools and nonpublic schools to establish cellphone policies and procedures
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025A 6112: Provides the Board of Regents with final approval authority over all proposed and renewed charter schools
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025A 6113: Prohibits the provision of licenses for firearms to persons on the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025A 6059: Establishes the New York baby opportunity fund
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025A 6115: Exempts from sales and use tax zero-emission school buses
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025A 6131: Authorizes city board councils, city-wide councils, community councils and school based management teams to conduct meetings via videoconferencing
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 26, 2025A 6175: Prohibits children twelve years old and younger from playing tackle football
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 14, 2025A 5474: Authorizes occupational therapy services to be provided in school to certain students
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 14, 2024A 9451: Relates to what positions in a school district constitute chief financial officer of such school district
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 12, 2024A 9179: Directs the cannabis control board not to issue any license for dispensaries of cannabis until the cannabis control board reviews and closes businesses which are selling cannabis without a license
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 8, 2024A 9161: Grants campus peace officers employed by the city university of New York police powers; repealer
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 8, 2024A 8539: Prohibits residential and commercial properties from erecting or installing digital billboards or signs that use flashing, intermittent or moving lights near certain Mitchell-Lama housing
    Introduced
  • Introduced Sep 1, 2023A 8007: Requires a period of unstructured physical play for pupils enrolled in kindergarten and grades one through five
    Introduced
  • Introduced Sep 1, 2023A 8010: Exempts from sales and use tax zero-emission school buses
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jul 19, 2023A 7907: Relates to the shipment of alcoholic beverages into the state
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 15, 2023A 7792: Establishes a rebuttable presumption of a hate crime when certain crimes are committed on, in or upon a house of worship
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jun 6, 2023A 7705: Authorizes city board councils, city-wide councils, community councils and school based management teams to conduct meetings via videoconferencing
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 25, 2023A 7525: Relates to annual professional performance reviews of teachers and principals; repealer
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 17, 2023A 7289: Relates to amendments to transportation contracts for the purpose of zero-emission school bus compliance
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 11, 2023A 7115: Relates to a school ventilation and energy efficiency assessment, repair and verification program
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 11, 2023A 7144: Establishes school registration and support and assistance for designated schools; repealer
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 8, 2023A 6840: Details the procedure that certain school districts must follow when dealing with disciplinary actions for bus drivers and bus drivers' assistants
    Introduced
  • Introduced May 5, 2023A 6710: Relates to applications for charter schools
    Introduced
  • Introduced Apr 19, 2023A 6561: Relates to revisions to charter schools
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 20, 2023A 5672: Repeal paragraph (e) of subdivision 3 of section 2853 and subdivision 6-g of section 3602 of the education law, relating to an aid rollback for charter schools; repealer
    Introduced
  • Introduced Mar 16, 2023A 5530: Prohibits children twelve years old and younger from playing tackle football
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023A 4516: Relates to establishing the New York patients' right to know act
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023A 4511: Prohibits the provision of licenses for firearms to persons on the federal no-fly list or terrorist screening database
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023A 4514: Relates to charter schools in N.Y. city
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023A 4484: Relates to the regulation of municipal shooting ranges
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023A 4498: Establishes the New York baby opportunity fund
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023A 4458: Relates to charter schools
    Introduced
  • Introduced Feb 16, 2023A 4502: Provides the Board of Regents with final approval authority over all proposed and renewed charter schools
    Introduced
  • Introduced Jan 11, 2023A 980: Relates to dates of commencement of membership of certain positions of school governance in the city of New York
    Introduced

Source: Open States

How they voted

Final votes on bills that passed either chamber of the New York legislature, since 2023. Votes on amendments, committees, and procedure are left out.

Votes shown

3,989 votes on bills that passed at least one chamber.

Attendance

Didn't vote on 114 of 3,989 votes (3%). They had permission to be away (excused) for all of them.

By topic
Aging31 votes
    Agriculture44 votes
      Alcoholism and Drug Abuse10 votes
        Alcoholism and Substance Use Disorders6 votes
          Banks60 votes
            Budget and Revenue9 votes
              Children and Families63 votes
                Cities40 votes
                  Cities 127 votes
                    Cities 210 votes
                      Civil Service and Pensions104 votes
                        Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business13 votes
                          Consumer Affairs and Protection119 votes
                            Consumer Protection31 votes
                              Corporations, Authorities and Commissions144 votes
                                Correction35 votes
                                  Crime Victims, Crime and Correction14 votes
                                    Criminal Law (Codes)165 votes
                                      Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation15 votes
                                        Disabilities7 votes
                                          Economic Development64 votes
                                            Education71 votes
                                              Election Law26 votes
                                                Elections24 votes
                                                  Energy55 votes
                                                    Energy and Telecommunications24 votes
                                                      Environmental Conservation168 votes
                                                        Ethics and Internal Governance3 votes
                                                          Finance47 votes
                                                            Governmental Employees109 votes
                                                              Governmental Operations176 votes
                                                                Health280 votes
                                                                  Higher Education93 votes
                                                                    Housing46 votes
                                                                      Housing, Construction and Community Development23 votes
                                                                        Insurance175 votes
                                                                          Internet and Technology16 votes
                                                                            Investigations and Government Operations221 votes
                                                                              Judiciary158 votes
                                                                                Labor96 votes
                                                                                  Libraries9 votes
                                                                                    Libraries and Education Technology7 votes
                                                                                      Local Government188 votes
                                                                                        Local Governments121 votes
                                                                                          Mental Health29 votes
                                                                                            New York City Education1 vote
                                                                                              People With Disabilities19 votes
                                                                                                Procurement and Contracts20 votes
                                                                                                  Racing and Wagering19 votes
                                                                                                    Racing, Gaming and Wagering10 votes
                                                                                                      Real Property Taxation89 votes
                                                                                                        Science and Technology17 votes
                                                                                                          Small Business6 votes
                                                                                                            Social Services39 votes
                                                                                                              Taxes and Budget (Ways and Means)256 votes
                                                                                                                Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development30 votes
                                                                                                                  Transportation220 votes
                                                                                                                    Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs15 votes
                                                                                                                      Veterans' Affairs55 votes
                                                                                                                        Women'S Issues17 votes

                                                                                                                          Source: Open States, New York State Senate and Assembly. Topics from the state legislature.