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New York State Senate District 30
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Cordell Cleare was raised in Harlem, where her family has lived for four generations, and attended New York City public schools including Brooklyn Technical High School. Her activism and advocacy include work as a tenant organizer and chair of the New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning, service as Board President of Community School District 3 and Community Education Council president, and nearly two decades as Chief of Staff to Bill Perkins in the New York City Council and New York State Senate.
Committee Assignments: Aging · Cannabis · Cities 1 · Corporations, Authorities and Commissions · Education · Housing, Construction and Community Development · Investigations and Government Operations · Legislative Women's Caucus · Select Majority Task Force on Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises · Social Services
Cordell Cleare supports expanding access to healthcare, with a notable focus on maternal health, doula services, reproductive health education, Medicaid home care access, and health equity for communities in New York State Senate District 30. Her record includes sponsoring healthcare-related bills and voting yes on measures to expand public health education and maternity-care coverage.
Cordell Cleare’s Economy & Jobs record emphasizes workforce development, job creation, economic justice, equitable business opportunities, and wealth creation for Black families in New York Senate District 30. Her related legislative activity includes bills to expand job training, support older workers, strengthen MWBE contracting fairness, create career-entry courses, and support disability employment innovation.
Cordell Cleare supports expanding access to public benefits and services for immigrants, including undocumented noncitizens and asylum-seeker families. Her record includes sponsoring the New York CARES Act for immigrant crime survivors, co-sponsoring legislation easing immigration-status affidavit rules for students, and supporting city childcare access for undocumented and asylum-seeker families.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Cleare publicly applauded New York City's Promise NYC program for supporting immigrants and asylum seekers by providing childcare to children of undocumented parents or parents without regulated immigration status.
SourceLatinoJustice identified Cleare as the Senate sponsor of the New York CARES Act, describing the measure as allowing undocumented noncitizen crime survivors and their eligible family members to apply for public benefits while immigration applications are pending.
SourceCordell Cleare supports climate and energy policies focused on environmental justice, public-housing decarbonization, clean transportation, relief from high utility costs, and household heating affordability. Her record includes sponsoring a public-housing green retrofit study bill, co-sponsoring clean-energy and urban-heat legislation, and publicly supporting energy-bill assistance and limits on fracked-gas expansion costs.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Cleare signed a legislative letter urging Governor Hochul to sign S.8417/A.8888, arguing repeal of the 100-foot rule would stop ratepayers from subsidizing new fracked-gas hookups and advance New York’s energy transition.
SourceCleare encouraged District 30 residents to use HEAP for heating and utility assistance and said safe, affordable heating is a matter of health, dignity, and basic human necessity as weather extremes strain families financially.
SourceCordell Cleare emphasizes "Quality Schools & Equitable Education" and has experience as a former Community School District 3 board president and Community Education Council president. In the Senate, her education record includes sponsoring a water-safety information law for school enrollment, co-sponsoring school-discipline reform and charter-school accountability bills, and publicly supporting education funding, universal school meals, and opposition to a charter-school expansion proposal.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Cleare's Senate office stated that her budget advocacy helped secure funding for universal school meals, stop the Executive's charter-school proposal, and fully fund Foundation Aid for public schools.
SourceCordell Cleare frames public safety around prevention, emergency preparedness, consumer safety, and accountability in correctional systems. Her record includes sponsoring lithium-ion battery fire-safety measures for e-bikes and micromobility devices, as well as correctional oversight legislation requiring more transparency from DOCCS investigations.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Cleare publicly supported the Senate's lithium-ion battery safety package, stating that fires had proliferated in Senate District 30 and that the package would reduce fires through safety, awareness, training, and outreach.
SourceNYSenate.gov - About Cordell Cleare
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/cordell-cleare/aboutFetched: biography, committees, location, background
Wikipedia - Cordell Cleare
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordell_CleareFetched: age, location, education, background
Election.org / Open States current officeholder record
https://www.election.org/state/new-york/legislature/upper/district-30Fetched: votingRecord
FollowTheMoney search query
https://www.followthemoney.org/search-results/SearchForm?Search=Cordell%20CleareFetched: campaignFinance
Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/district/NY/New_York_State_Senate_District_30/51819/830Fetched: endorsements
Vote Smart
https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/200030/cordell-cleareFetched: candidate verification
Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/uploads/filer_public/af/44/af443976-e40e-4f37-9bd3-4622156c08e2/ppesa_2024_senate_scorecard.pdfFetched: ratings
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://www.nylcv.org/press-item/lawmakers-grades-are-in-nylcvs-2024-environmental-scorecard/Fetched: ratings
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/NYLCV_2023_StateScorecard_092923-DRAFT-w-scores.pdfFetched: ratings
The Freedom Index
https://thefreedomindex.org/ny/legislator/23020/votes/report-ny-scorecard-2024/pdf/sca/Fetched: ratings
Turning Point Action
https://www.tpaction.com/scorecard/state/bills/senate/ny/nys001352026Fetched: ratings
New York State Senate - About Cordell Cleare
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/cordell-cleare/aboutFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Uterine fibroids awareness bill
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3575/amendment/AFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Doula awareness bill
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S5665/amendment/AFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Doula insurance coverage bill
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6494Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Medicaid home care eligibility bill
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S358Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Cordell Cleare legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/cordell-cleare/legislationFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S10716 PDF
https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/bills/2025/s10716Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S3750
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3750Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S6468
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6468Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S7172
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7172Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S10474
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S10474Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Cordell Cleare District
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/cordell-cleare/districtFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - 2023 S7789
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7789Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - 2025 S5121
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S5121Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - 2025 S7789
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7789Fetched: issuePositions
NYC Administration for Children's Services - Promise NYC press release
https://www.nyc.gov/assets/acs/pdf/PressReleases/2022/promise-nyc.pdfFetched: issuePositions
LatinoJustice PRLDEF - Immigrant Rights Legislation and Advocacy
https://www.latinojustice.org/sites/default/files/2025-08/LJP_Report2025.pdfFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S6674
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6674Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S1456
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1456Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S8431
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/S8431Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly PDF Letter
https://nyassembly.gov/write/upload/member_files/052/pdfs/20250916_0115276.pdfFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - HEAP Article
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/articles/2026/cordell-cleare/important-home-energy-assistance-program-heap-opens-nov-2Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S1349C
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1349Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S134
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S134Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S7462
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7462Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senator Cleare Secures Funding for Her District and the State
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/cordell-cleare/senator-cleare-secures-funding-her-district-and-stateFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Cordell Cleare About
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/cordell-cleare/aboutFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S3560
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3560Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S8742
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8742Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S7503
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7503Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S8249
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8249Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Advances Slate of Lithium-Ion Battery Safety Standards
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/senate-advances-slate-lithium-ion-battery-safety-standardsFetched: issuePositions