S2505

An act to establish a task force on educator diversity in New York State — 2025-02-12 · Calendar #209

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The New York State Senate passed legislation establishing a task force on educator diversity, with the bill winning approval on a 54-5 roll call vote. Senate Print 2505, sponsored by Sen. Brisport, advanced without recorded debate. Senators Borrello, Lanza, Oberacker, Ortt and Stec voted against the measure. The bill takes effect immediately upon passage.

Passed Senate Ayes: 54 · Nays: 5

Debate Summary

No substantive debate was recorded in this transcript segment. The bill proceeded directly to a roll call vote.

Roll Call — Official API Data

Full roll call from the Open Legislation API. Every senator's recorded vote is shown.

Senator	Vote	Party	District
Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.	AYE	Democrat	SD-15
Jake Ashby	AYE	Republican	SD-43
Jamaal Bailey	AYE	Democrat	SD-36
April Baskin	AYE	Democrat	SD-63
Jabari Brisport	AYE	Democrat	SD-25
Siela Bynoe	AYE	Democrat	SD-6
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick	AYE	Republican	SD-9
Stephen T. Chan	AYE	Republican	SD-17
Cordell Cleare	AYE	Democrat	SD-30
Leroy Comrie	AYE	Democrat	SD-14
Jeremy Cooney	AYE	Democrat	SD-56
Patricia Fahy	AYE	Democrat	SD-46
Simcha Felder	AYE	Democrat	SD-22
Nathalia Fernandez	AYE	Democrat	SD-34
Patrick M. Gallivan	AYE	Republican	SD-60
Michael Gianaris	AYE	Democrat	SD-12
Kristen Gonzalez	AYE	Democrat	SD-59
Andrew Gounardes	AYE	Democrat	SD-26
Pete Harckham	AYE	Democrat	SD-40
Pamela Helming	AYE	Republican	SD-54
Michelle Hinchey	AYE	Democrat	SD-41
Brad Hoylman-Sigal	AYE	Democrat	SD-47
Robert Jackson	AYE	Democrat	SD-31
Brian Kavanagh	AYE	Democrat	SD-27
Liz Krueger	AYE	Democrat	SD-28
John Liu	AYE	Democrat	SD-16
Monica Martinez	AYE	Democrat	SD-4
Jack M. Martins	AYE	Republican	SD-7
Mario Mattera	AYE	Republican	SD-2
Rachel May	AYE	Democrat	SD-48
Shelley Mayer	AYE	Democrat	SD-37
Dean Murray	AYE	Republican	SD-3
Anthony H. Palumbo	AYE	Republican	SD-1
Kevin S. Parker	AYE	Democrat	SD-21
Roxanne J. Persaud	AYE	Democrat	SD-19
Jessica Ramos	AYE	Democrat	SD-13
Steve Rhoads	AYE	Republican	SD-5
Gustavo Rivera	AYE	Democrat	SD-33
Robert Rolison	AYE	Republican	SD-39
Christopher Ryan	AYE	Democrat	SD-50
Sean Ryan	AYE	Democrat	SD-61
Julia Salazar	AYE	Democrat	SD-18
James Sanders Jr.	AYE	Democrat	SD-10
Jessica Scarcella-Spanton	AYE	Democrat	SD-23
José M. Serrano	AYE	Democrat	SD-29
James Skoufis	AYE	Democrat	SD-42
Toby Ann Stavisky	AYE	Democrat	SD-11
Andrea Stewart-Cousins	AYE	Democrat	SD-35
James Tedisco	AYE	Republican	SD-44
Mark Walczyk	AYE	Republican	SD-49
Lea Webb	AYE	Democrat	SD-52
William Weber	AYE	Republican	SD-38
Alexis Weik	AYE	Republican	SD-8
Samra Brouk	EXC	Democrat	SD-55
Joseph A. Griffo	EXC	Republican	SD-53
Zellnor Myrie	EXC	Democrat	SD-20
Luis R. Sepúlveda	EXC	Democrat	SD-32
George Borrello	NAY	Republican	SD-57
Andrew J. Lanza	NAY	Republican	SD-24
Thomas F. O'Mara	NAY	Republican	SD-58
Peter Oberacker	NAY	Republican	SD-51
Robert Ortt	NAY	Republican	SD-62
Dan Stec	NAY	Republican	SD-45

Transcript Mentions

These votes were extracted from the floor transcript by AI. NYS Senate roll calls are read in full, but AI extraction may not capture every senator — so this list is incomplete and skews toward named dissenting votes. Use the Official API Data table above for the complete roll call.

Senator	Vote	Party
Borrello	nay	Republican
Lanza	nay	Republican
Oberacker	nay	Republican
Ortt	nay	Republican
Stec	nay	Republican