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New York State Senate District 57
Purdue University—Bachelor's in Economics and Political Science
Data last updated 10/21/2026
George Borrello is a Republican/Conservative New York State Senator representing District 57, first winning the seat in a 2019 special election and being re-elected in 2022 and 2024. He founded Top-Shelf Marketing in his early 20s, grew it into a nationally recognized hospitality-industry supplier, and later spent 20 years in executive management after merging it with another company. Before joining the State Senate, he served eight years as a Chautauqua County legislator and two years as Chautauqua County Executive.
Committee Assignments: Agriculture (Ranking Member) · Banks (Ranking Member) · Cannabis (Member) · Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business (Member) · Elections (Member) · Finance (Member) · State-Native American Relations (Member)
George Borrello's healthcare record emphasizes access and accountability, especially for veterans, Medicaid transportation, mental health interventions, and scrutiny of COVID-19 nursing-home policy. As the Republican/Conservative senator for New York State Senate District 57, he has sponsored or co-sponsored healthcare-related bills rather than presenting a broad campaign healthcare platform.
George Borrello, Republican state senator for New York Senate District 57, emphasizes lowering taxes, reducing regulation, supporting small businesses and agriculture, and using affordable energy and infrastructure investments to retain and grow jobs in Western New York. His economy-and-jobs record includes sponsoring tax-credit proposals for small-business hiring, opposing policies he says harm farms and employers, and backing business-sector reopening and energy redevelopment plans.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Borrello supported New York pursuing nuclear power and urged the governor to choose the former NRG site in Dunkirk, saying it would restore tax revenue, create well-paying jobs, and aid local economic recovery.
SourceGeorge Borrello, Republican/Conservative New York State Senator for District 57, takes a restrictive immigration-enforcement position: he opposes New York sanctuary policies and the Green Light Law, supports more state/local cooperation with ICE, and proposed letting voters decide whether to keep or repeal sanctuary-style limits on immigration-status disclosure.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Borrello criticized the Green Light Law for allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain driver's licenses and called for restoring full access to federal law enforcement dealing with immigration issues.
SourceBorrello wrote that he was especially opposed to SUNY Fredonia being chosen as a migrant housing location, arguing local services lacked resources and that New York sanctuary policies encouraged undocumented migrants to settle in the state.
SourceGeorge Borrello, Republican New York State Senator for District 57, generally opposes New York’s aggressive climate mandates when he says they raise costs or reduce reliability, while emphasizing affordable, reliable energy and local control over renewable-energy siting. His climate and energy record includes opposing the Climate Action Council scoping plan, proposing limits or conditions on renewable-energy projects, and seeking to repeal electric school bus mandates.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Borrello criticized the Climate Action Council’s final scoping plan as moving New York away from affordable and reliable energy toward bans on commonly used energy sources with uncertain costs and benefits.
SourceGeorge Borrello emphasizes affordability, local flexibility, and practical implementation for schools, particularly opposing unfunded mandates such as New York’s electric school bus requirements. His education-related legislative activity includes sponsoring or co-sponsoring measures on school transportation mandates, homeschooling equivalency, school-based telehealth mental health clinics, financial literacy instruction, instructional-material transparency, and scholarships for District 57 students.
George Borrello, Republican state senator for New York Senate District 57, frames public safety around tougher criminal-justice rules, restoring judicial discretion in bail decisions, opposing early-release/parole-expansion measures, and expanding specific law-enforcement or public-safety authority. He has also proposed mental-health commitment reforms after crimes linked to serious mental illness.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Borrello called for repealing New York's 2019 bail reforms and restoring judges' ability to assess dangerousness and threats to public safety before pretrial release.
SourceBorrello opposed early-release proposals including Fair and Timely Parole, arguing they would weaken parole review and put criminals ahead of public safety.
SourceNew York State Senate
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/george-m-borrello/aboutFetched: biography, committees, location
Borrello for Senate
https://www.georgeborrello.com/about-georgeFetched: biography, location, education
Vote Smart
https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/134170/george-borrelloFetched: votingRecord
MyRepTracker
https://myreptracker.com/new-york/legislators/ny-senate-57-george-borrelloFetched: votingRecord
Transparency USA
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/george-m-borrelloFetched: campaignFinance
Transparency USA
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/george-m-borrello/contributionsFetched: campaignFinance
The Business Council of New York State
https://www.bcnys.org/news/business-council-new-york-state-pac-announces-2026-political-endorsementsFetched: endorsements
Upstate United
https://upstateunited.com/news/upstate-united-announces-endorsements-in-state-senate-and-assembly-races/Fetched: endorsements
New York State Public Employees Federation
https://www.pef.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-NYS-Senate-Endorsements.pdfFetched: endorsements
Conservative Party of New York State
https://www.cpnys.org/weekly-wrap-up-10-18-26/Fetched: endorsements
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://nylcv.org/wp-content/uploads/nys-scorecard-2024.pdfFetched: endorsements
New York State Rifle and Pistol Association
https://www.nysrpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Nysrpa-Bullet-Oct20-web.pdfFetched: endorsements
NYSenate.gov - Senator George M. Borrello About
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/george-m-borrello/aboutFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S9398
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S9398Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S3326
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3326Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S33
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S33Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S1080
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1080Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S5884
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S5884Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - About George M. Borrello
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/george-m-borrello/aboutFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S1301
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1301Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Labor shortage press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2021/george-borrello/senator-borrello-joined-elected-officials-andFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Farm Laborer Wage Board hostile amendment press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/george-borrello/senator-borrello-leads-hostile-amendment-repealFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S1122
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1122Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Nuclear power and Dunkirk NRG site statement
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/george-m-borrello/statement-senator-george-borrello-governor-hochuls-2?page=4Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S3657
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3657Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S2538
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S2538Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Green Light Law and Trusted Traveler statement
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/george-borrello/statement-senator-borrello-green-light-law-and-trustedFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Letter opposing SUNY Fredonia as migrant housing
https://www.nysenate.gov/sites/default/files/press-release/attachment/5.18.23_ltr_opposing_suny_fredonia_as_migrant_housing_f.pdfFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senator George M. Borrello profile
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/george-m-borrello/aboutFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Statement on Climate Action Council Final Scoping Plan
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/george-borrello/statement-senator-george-borrello-climate-actionFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Fossil fuels in renewable equipment press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/george-borrello/senator-george-borrello-introduces-legislation?page=0Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S7620
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7620Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Electric school bus mandate amendment press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/george-m-borrello/senator-george-borrello-amendment-repeal-electricFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S9931
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S9931Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S3586
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3586Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S199
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S199Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S584
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S584Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S1272
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1272Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S4680
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S4680Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Electric Bus Mandate Statement
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2023/george-m-borrello/senator-george-borrello-and-republican-colleaguesFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Scholarship Opportunity for Students in 57th District
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/george-m-borrello/senator-george-borrello-announces-scholarshipFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S32
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S32Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S1303
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1303Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Bail reform press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/george-borrello/sen-borrello-calls-repeal-bail-reforms-and-restoration?page=0Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Early release press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/george-m-borrello/senator-george-borrello-blasts-early-release?page=7Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Mental health laws press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/george-m-borrello/senator-george-borrello-calls-out-missed-opportunityFetched: issuePositions