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New York State Senate District 9
St. John's University College of Business Administration—Bachelor of Science in Accounting; St. John's University School of Law—Juris Doctor; New York University School of Law—Master of Laws
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick was elected to represent New York State Senate District 9 in 2022. She is an attorney and small business owner who began public service as a Village of Malverne trustee, later serving as Malverne police commissioner, fire commissioner, deputy mayor, and budget director. Her professional experience includes work at Deloitte & Touche LLP, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, and Canzoneri & Canzoneri LLP.
Committee Assignments: Consumer Protection Ranking Member · Mental Health Ranking Member · Environmental Conservation Member · Judiciary Member · Legislative Women's Caucus Member · Women's Issues Member
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick supports targeted state intervention to preserve local healthcare access, including dedicated funding for Nassau University Medical Center, and has sponsored or co-sponsored bills focused on home care compensation, caregiver bonuses, maternal mental health screening, continuity of care, and traumatic brain injury services coordination.
Specific Actions & Proposals
She urged Governor Hochul and legislative leaders to include dedicated funding for Nassau University Medical Center in the 2025-2026 state budget, calling the hospital an essential safety-net and Level One Trauma Center for Nassau County.
SourcePatricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick emphasizes affordability, lower taxes, restrained state spending, and reduced regulatory burdens for small businesses and workers. Her economy-and-jobs record includes co-sponsoring tax relief for tipped and overtime wages, sponsoring a supermajority requirement for new or extended taxes, and supporting property-tax and regulatory-relief measures.
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick’s record on immigration emphasizes cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and restrictions on migrant housing in certain public facilities, while opposing expanded state health-plan access and some criminal-record relief measures for undocumented or immigration-affected individuals. She has also supported immigration-related assistance for military immigrant families.
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, Republican state senator for New York Senate District 9, frames climate and energy policy around affordability, reliability, transparency, and opposition to state mandates she says raise utility costs. She supports delaying or revising CLCPA implementation timelines, disclosing CLCPA-related costs on utility bills, returning surplus clean-energy funds to ratepayers, opposing the NY HEAT Act, and pausing the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project pending more review and local input.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Publicly opposed the NY HEAT Act, arguing it would raise costs, limit natural-gas choices, and require expensive home retrofits while calling for a cost-benefit analysis of state climate policies.
SourcePatricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick emphasizes protecting and increasing local school resources, opposing state mandates she says weaken local control, and expanding student supports such as school mental-health services. She has also proposed higher-education measures on antisemitism reporting/training and school staffing/pay changes for physical and occupational therapists.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Stated opposition to proposed foundation aid reductions affecting Senate District 9 schools and said she would advocate for a budget that restores education funding.
SourcePatricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick emphasizes public safety through support for law enforcement, opposition to defunding police, and efforts to revise bail rules so judges can consider dangerousness. As a sitting New York State Senator for District 9, she has sponsored public-safety-related bills on bail discretion, auxiliary police recruitment, domestic violence services, and crisis response.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Her campaign states she will oppose defunding the police and seek to repeal bail and related laws that she says put dangerous criminals back on the streets.
SourceNYSenate.gov
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick/aboutFetched: biography, education, professional background, committees, location
Patch
https://patch.com/new-york/malverne-lynbrook/meet-candidate-patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick-ny-state-senateFetched: age, location, education, professional background
Canzoneri & Canzoneri Law
https://canzonerilaw.com/attorneys/Fetched: education, professional background, location
Election.org / Open States current officeholder page
https://www.election.org/state/new-york/legislature/upper/district-9Fetched: votingRecord
The Commons Gallery
https://www.commonsgallery.com/senator/CANZONERI-FITZPATRICKFetched: votingRecord, campaignFinance
New York State United Teachers
https://www.nysut.org/resources/special-resources-sites/voter-guide/endorsementsFetched: endorsements
Voters For Animal Rights
https://vfar.org/?vfar_endorsement=2026-candidate-endorsement-questionnaire-for-nys-senate-nys-assembly-and-us-houseFetched: endorsements
Public Employees Federation
https://www.pef.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/2024-NYS-Senate-Endorsements.pdfFetched: endorsements
Police Conference of New York, Inc.
https://www.pcny.org/endorsements/new-york-state-senateFetched: 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
NYSenate.gov press release on Nassau University Medical Center funding
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick/canzoneri-fitzpatrick-health-careFetched: issuePositions
NY State Senate Bill 2025-S10296
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S10296Fetched: issuePositions
NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7016
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7016Fetched: issuePositions
NY State Senate Bill 2025-S7012
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7012Fetched: issuePositions
NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8124
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8124Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - About Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick/aboutFetched: issuePositions
Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick campaign website
https://www.patriciaforsenate.com/Fetched: issuePositions
Branch candidate profile
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-state-senator-ny-state-senate-9/candidates/patricia-m-canzoneri-fitzpatrickFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Affordability Report press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick/senator-canzoneri-fitzpatrick-senate-0Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Middle-class tax cut press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2026/patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick/senator-canzoneri-fitzpatrick-senate-1?page=8Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - S587A bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S587Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - S3914A bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S3914Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - S1308 bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1308Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - S930 bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S930Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - S8489 bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S8489Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S2538
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S2538Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S7391
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7391Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S2237A
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S2237/amendment/AFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S8119C
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2023/S8119/amendment/CFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - S6319B
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6319/amendment/BFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Senator Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick district page
https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick/districtFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Energy Assessment Cap and Consumer Cost Relief Act bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S5250Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Climate Action Council scoping plan cost disclosure bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S5515Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - CLCPA Transparency Act bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S5251Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Ratepayer Protection Tax Credit bill page
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1031Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Opposition to NY HEAT Act press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick/state-senator-canzoneri-fitzpatrick?page=3Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Creating Lasting Affordable Energy for New York press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick/sen-canzoneri-fitzpatrick-senateFetched: issuePositions
New York State Senate - Empire Wind 1 press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2025/patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick/senator-canzoneri-fitzpatrick-urgesFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S1310
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1310Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Op-ed: We must prioritize school foundation aid
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/in-the-news/2024/patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick/op-ed-we-must-prioritize-school-foundationFetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Regionalization/local control press release
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2024/patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick/senator-patricia-canzoneri-fitzpatrick?page=4Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S1752
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S1752Fetched: issuePositions
NYSenate.gov - Senate Bill S6581
https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S6581Fetched: issuePositions