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New York State Assembly District 147
Wittenberg University—B.S. in Business Administration
Data last updated 10/21/2026
David DiPietro was elected to serve New York's 147th Assembly District on November 6, 2012, and was chosen Minority Whip in 2020. He previously served as Trustee and Mayor of the Village of East Aurora, owned the family business Sparkle Cleaners, worked in M&T Bank's Trust Division, and worked as a computer and accounting consultant to small businesses in Western New York.
Committee Assignments: Committee on Aging · Committee on Banks · Committee on Correction · Committee on Labor · Commission on Government Administration
David DiPietro emphasizes Medicaid cost and fraud reform and opposes a New York single-payer health care system. As a sitting Assembly member for District 147, he has also sponsored health-related bills on vaccine information, parental immunization choice, nursing home caregiver access, and Medicaid eligibility rules.
Specific Actions & Proposals
DiPietro issued a statement opposing single-payer health care in New York, arguing it would raise taxes, bankrupt the state, and reduce quality of care.
SourceDiPietro backed an Assembly Minority plan for the state to assume local Medicaid costs over time, with local savings passed to taxpayers.
SourceDavid DiPietro emphasizes tax and regulatory relief, small-business support, and skepticism toward state economic-development subsidy programs as his approach to jobs and the economy. He has also backed COVID-era recovery measures for small businesses, including loans, redirected state funds, fee suspensions, and delayed tax deadlines.
Specific Actions & Proposals
DiPietro spearheaded and supported an Assembly Minority Conference economic recovery plan calling for reassessing business closures, creating small-business and nonprofit loans, using REDCs for recovery, capping unemployment insurance premiums, and expanding zero-interest SBA-style loan relief.
SourceDiPietro said he was fighting for legislation to direct $890 million from the state settlement reserve fund to small businesses, create a 0% interest payroll loan program, repurpose tax credits and discretionary economic-development funds, defer tax deadlines, and suspend regulatory fees for 180 days.
SourceDavid DiPietro, Republican Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 147, has taken a restrictive immigration posture, criticizing state benefits or privileges for undocumented immigrants and opposing the relocation of New York City asylum seekers to rural/upstate counties. His public statements frame immigration-related state spending and services as burdens on taxpayers and local governments.
Specific Actions & Proposals
DiPietro said he stood in "adamant opposition" to the shipment of asylum seekers from New York City to rural counties, arguing those counties were not equipped to handle the services required.
SourceDiPietro criticized the Driver’s License Access and Privacy Act proposal, saying it would grant undocumented immigrants privileges of law-abiding citizens and raise federal-law and identification concerns.
SourceDiPietro criticized the DREAM Act as using tax dollars to pay for college for undocumented immigrants and said the legislature should focus on New Yorkers rather than illegal immigrants.
SourceDiPietro said one of his promises to District 147 was to protect New York State tax dollars from going toward educating illegal immigrants after Speaker Sheldon Silver reintroduced a state DREAM Act proposal.
SourceDavid DiPietro, a Republican Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 147, generally opposes New York’s aggressive electrification and fossil-fuel phaseout policies, warning that forced electrification will raise utility costs and strain infrastructure. His 2025-2026 legislative activity includes co-sponsoring measures to preserve fossil-fuel combustion systems, expand natural-gas leasing authority, and require more legislative/ratepayer transparency around climate-policy costs.
Specific Actions & Proposals
In an official Assembly column, DiPietro opposed New York’s move toward banning gas hookups in new construction, arguing that forced electrification would raise electric bills and strain the grid.
SourceDavid DiPietro, Republican Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 147, emphasizes local control of schools, opposition to Common Core and high-stakes testing, and increased support for public schools and families. His education actions include sponsoring/advocating for Common Core moratorium and parental refusal measures, opposing a budget he said continued Common Core and underfunded schools, and pushing a bill to provide K-12 school supplies.
Specific Actions & Proposals
DiPietro supported legislation to protect students, teachers, and schools from penalties when parents refuse Common Core tests, and to ensure parents are informed of that right.
SourceDiPietro pushed legislation to fund basic school supplies for kindergarten through twelfth-grade students through grants to school districts, aiming to ease family costs and give students an equal start.
SourceDavid DiPietro, Republican Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 147, frames public safety around repealing or rolling back bail reform, restoring judicial discretion, funding law enforcement, supporting gun-rights measures, and increasing accountability for offenders. His legislative record includes sponsored bills on bail reform repeal/restoration, self-defense, firearms rules, child sexual-abuse-related forfeiture, and crime-victim fees.
Specific Actions & Proposals
DiPietro called for full repeal of bail reform, saying New Yorkers deserve safety and criminals should be jailed, and his office said he sponsored legislation to protect New Yorkers from bail reform consequences.
SourceA bill to restore judicial discretion relating to bail reform would require risk and needs assessments for felony defendants and revise bail-related criminal procedure provisions.
SourceNew York State Assembly - Biography
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/mem/?ad=147&sh=aboutFetched: biography, location, education, background
New York State Assembly - Committee Membership
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/mem/?ad=147&sh=commFetched: committees
FollowTheMoney
https://www.followthemoney.org/entity-details?default=candidate&eid=6679135Fetched: campaignFinance
Transparency USA
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/david-j-dipietroFetched: campaignFinance
Vote Smart
https://j.futurefacts.votesmart.io/interest-group/1034/rating/14237?of=name&p=28&resultsperpage=75Fetched: endorsements
Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/uploads/filer_public/b1/1e/b11e9b50-900f-45df-a922-1a3c9feff9a6/2024_ratings_assmb_oct.pdfFetched: endorsements
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/NYLCV_2022_StateScorecard_FINAL_WEB.pdfFetched: endorsements
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://www.nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-state-scorecard-web.pdfFetched: endorsements
National Federation of Independent Business
https://assets.nfib.com/nfibcom/New-York-Voting-Record-9-1-2020-FINAL.pdfFetched: endorsements
Environmental Advocates NY
https://eaaction.org/2022-scorecard-assembly-edition/Fetched: endorsements
New York State Rifle and Pistol Association
https://www.nysrpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CANDIDATE-ratings-2018-update.pdfFetched: endorsements
New York State Assembly member page
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/mem/David-DiPietro/story/80197Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member page
https://nyassembly.gov/mem/David-DiPietro/story/63292Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member page
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-DiPietro/story/84972Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly sponsored legislation
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/mem/?ad=147&sh=sponsorFetched: issuePositions
LegiScan
https://legiscan.com/NY/people/david-dipietro/id/14574?chamber=house&page=4&record=all&type=billFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Page
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-DiPietro/story/91991Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Page
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-DiPietro/story/93264Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill Search
https://www.nyassembly.gov/leg/?bn=A.5423&term=2017Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Bill Search
https://www.assembly.ny.gov/leg/?bn=A02104&leg_video=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Page
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-DiPietro/story/51705Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory - David DiPietro migrant crisis statement
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-DiPietro/story/106307Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory - David DiPietro driver’s licenses statement
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/David-DiPietro/story/87378Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory - David DiPietro Albany column
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/David-DiPietro/story/88074Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Member Directory - David DiPietro press archive
https://assembly.ny.gov/mem/David-DiPietro/press/18Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6796Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6847Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A7021Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Legislation
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A956Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-DiPietro/story/106306Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - David DiPietro official member page
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-DiPietro/story/63167Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - David DiPietro official member page
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-DiPietro/story/62705Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - David DiPietro official member page
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-DiPietro/story/65189Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - David DiPietro official member page
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-DiPietro/story/65757Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly - David DiPietro official member page
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/David-DiPietro/story/78796Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member page: DiPietro bail reform rally
https://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-DiPietro/story/90759Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly member page: DiPietro public safety and bail reform statement
https://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/David-DiPietro/story/100512Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation: 2023 A5169
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/A5169Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation: 2025 A2547
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A2547Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation: 2025 A3241
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A3241Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate Open Legislation: 2025 A9243
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A9243Fetched: issuePositions