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New York State Senate District 3
Broadcast Institute of Maryland—Graduate, 1985
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Dean Murray graduated with honors from the Broadcast Institute of Maryland in 1985 and spent the next decade working in radio and television news across Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and New York. He later moved to Long Island, worked in advertising sales for TCI Cable, and founded D & S Advertising, Inc., which published the Long Island Job Finder and Long Island Fugitive Finder. Murray served in the New York State Assembly from 2010 to 2012 and 2015 to 2018, and was elected in 2022 to represent New York State Senate District 3.
Committee Assignments: Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business Ranking Member · Libraries Ranking Member · Social Services Ranking Member · Codes Member · Crime Victims, Crime and Correction Member · Higher Education Member · Joint Senate Task Force on Opioids, Addiction & Overdose Prevention Member
Dean Murray's documented healthcare-related positions focus on Medicaid program integrity and fraud enforcement. As the sitting Republican state senator for New York Senate District 3, he sponsored 2026 legislation to formalize Medicaid fraud-tip handling and create a reward program for tips that lead to successful fraud cases.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Murray announced support for a two-bill package intended to strengthen Medicaid fraud enforcement, improve accountability, protect taxpayer dollars, and preserve Medicaid resources for eligible patients.
SourceDean Murray’s economy and jobs record emphasizes lowering costs for employers, easing small-business regulation, supporting targeted tax credits, and opposing payroll-tax burdens. As the Republican/Conservative senator for New York State Senate District 3 and ranking member on the Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business Committee, he has backed measures framed around small-business relief, job creation, and regional economic development.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Murray publicly urged Governor Hochul to support the NESE energy infrastructure project, calling it an investment that would create good-paying jobs and strengthen Long Island’s economy.
SourceDean Murray, Republican State Senator for New York Senate District 3, supports stricter immigration enforcement and opposes sanctuary-style policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities. His record includes sponsoring the NY-CARES Act, supporting ICE-notification requirements, and backing limits on relocating migrants without local approval.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Murray criticized the defeat of his NY-CARES Act and said policies impeding coordination with federal authorities make New Yorkers less safe.
SourceMurray joined Senate Republicans in calling for action on illegal immigration, including instituting the NY-CARES Act to bar local policies that impede or interfere with federal immigration enforcement.
SourceDean Murray's Climate & Energy record emphasizes energy affordability and skepticism toward New York's current CLCPA implementation costs, including support for cost-benefit review, delayed emissions targets, and relief from utility surcharges. He has also backed energy-assistance measures such as automatic HEAP re-enrollment for eligible households.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Murray signed a Senate Republican letter urging Governor Hochul to include bills reallocating nearly $3 billion in unspent NYSERDA funds as utility bill credits and creating utility-bill tax and green-energy tax holidays, while calling for affordable and achievable energy-transition goals.
SourceDean Murray emphasizes securing state aid for Long Island public schools, parental rights, and accountability in education governance. His education-related legislative record includes sponsoring school-board financial training requirements and higher-education tax oversight, while co-sponsoring bills on school safety, teen dating violence education, campus harassment protections, and restrictions on state funding for institutions permitting terrorist-support activities on campus.
Dean Murray, the Republican New York State Senator for District 3, emphasizes public safety through stronger bail rules, support for law enforcement and crime victims, and expanded criminal-justice enforcement tools. His recent public-safety record includes sponsoring bills on bail eligibility for crimes harming children, violent-crime fatality reporting, and Medicaid fraud investigation and rewards.
NYSenate.gov - About Dean Murray
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/dean-murray/aboutFetched: biography, location, education, background, committees
Patch - Meet The Candidates: Dean Murray In The 3rd Senate District
https://patch.com/new-york/patchogue/meet-candidates-dean-murray-3rd-senate-districtFetched: biography, age, location, education
Open States / Plural Policy - Vote on S 3966
https://open.pluralpolicy.com/vote/b0409a5a-45b8-451a-80a5-1a2b59d67644/Fetched: votingRecord
Open States / Plural Policy - S 3966 bill page
https://open.pluralpolicy.com/ny/bills/2025-2026/S3966/Fetched: votingRecord
NYSenate.gov - Senator Dean Murray
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/dean-murrayFetched: votingRecord
The Commons Gallery - Sen. Dean Murray
https://www.commonsgallery.com/senator/MURRAYFetched: votingRecord
Transparency USA - Dean Murray New York Candidate
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/dean-murrayFetched: campaignFinance
Vote Smart
https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/119994/dean-murrayFetched: endorsements, ratings
Public Employees Federation
https://www.pef.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-NYS-Senate-Endorsements.pdfFetched: endorsements
Public Employees Federation
https://www.pef.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022-Senate-Endorsements.pdfFetched: endorsements
Police Conference of New York
https://www.pcny.org/endorsements/new-york-state-senateFetched: endorsements
Long Island Gasoline Retailers Association
https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/6351e155-c299-409d-9b85-8e7ab1ff3282/oct%20final%20reduced-52a1536.pdfFetched: endorsements
Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/uploads/filer_public/f2/02/f202ff2c-c444-49b0-b57d-795cc2cf2b3c/2024_ratings_senate_oct.pdfFetched: endorsements
Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts
https://cdn.plannedparenthood.org/uploads/filer_public/af/44/af443976-e40e-4f37-9bd3-4622156c08e2/ppesa_2024_senate_scorecard.pdfFetched: endorsements
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://www.nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/NYS-Scorecard-2025.pdfFetched: endorsements
Freedom Index
https://freedomindex.us/legislator/9434/session/233/report/168/pdf/sca/Fetched: endorsements
New York State Rifle and Pistol Association
https://www.nysrpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/CANDIDATE-ratings-2018A.pdfFetched: endorsements
NYSenate.gov - Senator Dean Murray profile
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/dean-murrayFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S10681
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S10681Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S10680
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S10680Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Medicaid fraud legislative package press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/dean-murray/nys-senator-dean-murray-introduces-legislative-packageFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S7332
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7332Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S2654
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S2654Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S6593
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S6593Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S839
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S839Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - NESE project press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/mario-r-mattera/long-island-senators-urge-governor-hochul-advanceFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S3649
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3649Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S2538
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S2538Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S836
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S836Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Majority Blocks The Senate Minority's Efforts To End Sanctuary Policies
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/dean-murray/senate-majority-blocks-senate-minoritys-efforts-endFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Republicans Call for Action to Illegal Immigration Crisis
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/alexis-weik/senate-republicans-call-action-illegal-immigration-crisisFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Dean Murray About
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/dean-murray/aboutFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S2712
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S2712Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S8621
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8621Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S1966
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1966Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Energy proposals in budget letter to Governor
https://www.nysenate.gov/sites/default/files/file/2026-04/energy-proposals-in-budget-letter-to-governor-1.pdfFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - About Dean Murray
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/dean-murray/aboutFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S10534
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S10534Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S3719
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3719Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S4669
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4669Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S3071
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3071/amendment/originalFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S4683
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4683Fetched: issuePositions