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New York State Assembly District 113
Carnegie Mellon University—undergraduate degree; Santa Clara University—MBA
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Carrie Woerner was elected to the New York State Assembly in November 2014 while serving as vice president and general manager of MeetMax Conference Software, a division of The Wall Street Transcript. She established the software division in Saratoga Springs in 2008 and previously had a 30-year career in software and technical writing at firms including Dell/Perot Systems and IBM.
Committee Assignments: Committee on Racing and Wagering · Committee on Agriculture · Committee on Local Governments · Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development · Commission on Rural Resources · Task Force on Food, Farm & Nutrition Policy · Legislative Women's Caucus · Task Force on Women's Issues
Carrie Woerner emphasizes improving health care affordability and access in New York's 113th Assembly District, with a focus on rural/upstate needs, dental care shortages, nursing home Medicaid reimbursement, telehealth, emergency billing protections, and health workforce shortages. Her legislative record includes sponsoring bills to expand dental therapy, telehealth services, nursing home rate updates, and temporary authorization for medical professionals in underserved areas.
Carrie Woerner emphasizes affordability, workforce development, small-business support, agriculture, broadband access, and investments in local economies for New York Assembly District 113. Her record on Economy & Jobs includes sponsoring measures for small-business tax relief, reentry job fairs, expanded MWBE small-business eligibility for state contracts, and broadband infrastructure tax exemptions.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Woerner stated support for the 2026-27 state budget investments that protect agricultural land and laborers, strengthen food systems, combat inflation, and make communities more affordable for working families and business owners.
SourceCarrie Woerner has generally taken a restrictive or fiscally cautious position on state immigration-related benefits, voting against the 2019 DREAM Act, the 2019 Green Light driver’s-license law for undocumented immigrants, and opposing the 2021 Excluded Workers Fund for immigrants without documentation.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Woerner announced she would not support the Excluded Workers Fund, arguing limited taxpayer resources should go to existing programs and other underserved populations rather than an income-replacement fund for immigrants living in New York without documentation.
SourceCarrie Woerner supports climate and environmental protection goals, including emissions limits and preservation funding, but emphasizes affordability and rural implementation concerns in energy policy. In 2026, she backed energy-bill relief, utility accountability measures, CLCPA revisions, and a five-year delay to New York's electric school bus mandate to reduce costs for rural schools.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Woerner said she worked to secure $1 billion in POWER energy rebate checks, the Residential Affordability Through Energy Savings Commission, and requirements that gas and utility companies return excess revenues to consumers.
SourceWoerner supported and said she worked to advance a five-year delay of the electric bus mandate after consulting school transportation stakeholders and NYSERDA, arguing the delay avoids unsustainable costs and an unreasonable timeline for schools.
SourceWoerner supported Assembly passage of Earth Day measures to reduce climate change impacts, including requiring DEC greenhouse-gas limits and reporting, environmental justice siting policies, and funding for environmental protection and clean water infrastructure.
SourceCarrie Woerner supports increased funding for public schools, universal pre-K, libraries, higher education access, and community colleges, while also arguing that districts need flexibility on mandates such as electric school buses. She has sponsored education legislation focused on student participation in school governance, local control over teacher evaluations and testing, and modernizing school library materials.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Woerner supported the 2026-27 state budget provisions increasing Foundation Aid by at least 2% for every district, increasing universal pre-K aid, and delaying the electric school bus mandate by five years to ease district cost and implementation burdens.
SourceWoerner supported the 2024-25 state budget's education investments, including $316.9 million for schools in her district, maintaining the hold-harmless provision, increasing Foundation Aid, funding libraries, enhancing TAP, and adding SUNY community college support.
SourceCarrie Woerner prioritizes public safety through tougher DWI enforcement, changes to bail laws that restore judicial discretion, support for first responders and emergency services, and gun-safety measures. She frames public safety as a regional priority for New York Assembly District 113 and has also supported safeguards related to addiction and public-health risks from gambling.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Woerner said she would push to remove the "least restrictive non-monetary" language from New York law and return discretion to judges as part of public-safety improvements.
SourceWoerner stated that she has stood by EMS crews, volunteer firefighters, and other first responders and would continue working to ensure they have benefits and resources needed to protect communities.
SourceAs chair of the Racing and Wagering Committee, Woerner helped bring forward and pass a package of bills establishing guardrails for mobile sports gaming and prioritizing participant health and safety.
SourceNew York State Assembly Biography
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Carrie-Woerner/bio/Fetched: biography, education, professional background
New York State Assembly Committee Membership
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Carrie-Woerner/comm/Fetched: committee assignments
Carrie Woerner For NYS Assembly
https://carrieforassembly.com/Fetched: hometown, professional background
New York State Assembly Member Directory
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=113Fetched: votingRecord
VoterHQ / OpenStates public people dataset
https://voterhq.com/state-legislators/ny/carrie-woernerFetched: votingRecord
Vote Smart
https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/142544/carrie-woernerFetched: votingRecord
Transparency USA New York State Assembly District 113 Race
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/race/new-york-state-assembly-district-113-74525Fetched: campaignFinance
Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/district/NY/New_York_State_Assembly_District_113/51964/830Fetched: endorsements
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://www.nylcv.org/candidate/carrie-woerner/Fetched: endorsements
New York State Assembly member page
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Carrie-WoernerFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly sponsor page
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/sponsor/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly February 2025 newsletter
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/115027Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly 2021 budget newsletter
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/96555Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member page
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Carrie-WoernerFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly sponsored legislation page
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/sponsor/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/118466Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Carrie Woerner official member page
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Carrie-WoernerFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Woerner opposition to Excluded Workers Fund
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/96433Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Woerner budget highlights
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/96555Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Woerner 2019 constituent newsletter
https://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/member_files/113/pdfs/20190923_0089075.pdfFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Assembly Bill A782
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2019/A782Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Carrie Woerner energy affordability proposal
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/118317Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Carrie Woerner 2026-27 budget investments
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/118466Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Carrie Woerner school budget and electric bus delay
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/118306Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Carrie Woerner Earth Day environmental package
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/62931Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member biography
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Carrie-Woerner/bio/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release on 2026-27 budget
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/118306Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release on 2024-25 education funding
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/110114Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release on student school board members
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/111905Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly press release on local education decision-making
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/63696Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate legislation page for Assembly Bill A6807
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A6807Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - Carrie Woerner public safety statement
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/104534Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - DWI ignition interlock bill release
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/118320Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - first responders release
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/99103Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - constituent report PDF
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/write/upload/member_files/113/pdfs/20190923_0089075.pdfFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - responsible gambling legislation release
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/Carrie-Woerner/story/118316Fetched: issuePositions