Ballotpedia, Zellnor Myrie

Zellnor was born and raised in Central Brooklyn. He earned a bachelor's degree from Fordham University and a law degree from Cornell Law School. He lives in Central Brooklyn with his wife, Diana Richardson.

Zellnor served as an associate at Davis, Polk & Wardwell and worked as a legislative director in the New York City Council.

Zellnor Y. Myrie is a state senator in State Senate District 20. He was first elected in 2018 and is serving his 3rd term.

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As a legislative director, helped draft the Tenants’ Bill of Rights.

- As a legislative director, helped draft the Tenants’ Bill of Rights.

Economy

As of September 19, 2024, Zellnor Y. Myrie’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports abortion access and protecting medical professionals who provide abortion care.

- Supports abortion access and protecting medical professionals who provide abortion care.

Healthcare

As chair of the Senate’s Elections Committee, pushed to introduce early voting to New York and authored the John R. Lewis New York Voting Rights Act, which the NAACP and Brennan Center both praised as the strongest voting rights law in the nation.

As chair of the Senate’s Elections Committee, pushed to introduce early voting to New York and authored the John R. Lewis New York Voting Rights Act.

- As chair of the Senate’s Elections Committee, pushed to introduce early voting to New York and authored the John R. Lewis New York Voting Rights Act.

Voting & Elections

Supports gun control, having passed laws to reduce gun violence, hold dealers accountable, and expand red flag laws.

Supports gun control expanding red flag laws.

Wrote the “COVID-19 Fraud Accountability Act,” which increases civil financial penalties for COVID testing scams and white-collar crimes during the pandemic.

- Supports gun control expanding red flag laws.
- Wrote the “COVID-19 Fraud Accountability Act,” which increases civil financial penalties for COVID testing scams and white-collar crimes during the pandemic.

Public Safety

Believes in aligning public university curricula with future job markets, specifically green jobs.

Supports universal pre-kindergarten programs, free after-school programs, and increased funding for state-supported higher education.

Supports increasing funding for public schools.

- Believes in aligning public university curricula with future job markets, specifically green jobs.
- Supports universal pre-kindergarten programs, free after-school programs, and increased funding for state-supported higher education.
- Supports increasing funding for public schools.

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Zellnor Y. Myrie

Zellnor was born and raised in Central Brooklyn and attended New York City public schools. He earned a bachelor's degree from Fordham University and a law degree from Cornell Law School. He lives in Central Brooklyn with his wife, Diana Richardson.

Zellnor Y. Myrie is a State Senator in New York. Prior to his election to the State Senate, he served as an associate at Davis, Polk & Wardwell and worked as a Legislative Director in the New York City Council.

Zellnor Y. Myrie currently serves as a state senator in New York. He was first elected in 2018 and is serving his 3rd term.

As a state senator, supported new rent laws to protect vulnerable tenants, created new paths to homeownership, and crafted legislation to stop deed theft.

As a state senator, wrote a law to help New York’s aging Holocaust survivors avoid costly bank fees on reparations payments from overseas.

Supports policies that protect consumers and ensure fair market practices.

Supports policies aimed at reducing taxes and increasing wages for families.

As a state senator, passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which sets ambitious climate goals.

As a state senator, wrote legislation to regulate intermediaries in the pharmaceutical industry to address high prescription drug costs.

Advocates for universal afterschool programs and opposes the closure of SUNY Downstate hospital.

Supports protecting funding for safety net hospitals.

As a state representative, introduced early voting statewide.

As Chair of the Senate’s Elections Committee, led efforts to modernize New York’s voting laws and enhance voting rights protections.

Supports strong voting rights protections, and as a state senator, authored the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York, which the Brennan Center for Justice said offers “the country’s strongest protections against racial discrimination in voting.”

As a state representative, authored the Fair Access to Victims Compensation Act to expedite compensation for crime victims.

As a state representative, wrote the nation’s first state-level gun industry liability law.

As a state senator, fought to eliminate cash bail for many misdemeanors and non-violent felonies and passed the Child Victims Act and the Adult Victims Act to allow survivors of sexual abuse to seek justice.

As a state senator, authored the Clean Slate Act, which removes employment barriers for many who’ve paid their debt to society.

Believes in advancing the criminal justice system to enhance public safety.

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