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Phil Steck
Democratic PartySTH · NY · District 110
New York State Assembly District 110
STH · NY · District 110
New York State Assembly District 110
Harvard University—BA, Government; University of Pennsylvania Law School—JD
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Phil Steck is an attorney whose practice is concentrated in civil rights and employment law at Cooper, Erving and Savage LLP. He previously served as an Assistant District Attorney in New York and Rensselaer Counties and was elected to the Albany County Legislature before winning election in 2012 to represent New York State Assembly District 110.
Committee Assignments: Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee · Health Committee · Insurance Committee · Judiciary Committee · Labor Committee · Oversight, Analysis and Investigation Committee
Phil Steck supports expanding access to health care through single-payer coverage, Medicaid-related caregiving support, ambulance reimbursement reform, vaccination policy, and pediatric health services. His Assembly biography lists single-payer health insurance/Medicare for All as a major legislative interest, and his official statements emphasize reducing costs and improving access.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Steck urged Governor Kathy Hochul to sign a bill requiring health insurers to reimburse ambulance providers directly even when the ambulance company is out of network.
SourceSteck presented a state grant to Ellis Medicine Pediatric Care to support HealthySteps, a program connecting young children and families with developmental, behavioral, and medical resources.
SourcePhil Steck’s Economy & Jobs record emphasizes using state policy to support local job creation and investment, while opposing business tax incentives he views as unfair or ineffective. He has also promoted revenue measures such as collecting New York’s stock transfer tax to fund public needs and economic recovery.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Steck stated that START-UP NY was not in the Capital Region’s economic interest, arguing it resembled failed tax-incentive programs and could deprive schools and municipalities of needed revenue.
SourceSteck circulated a letter arguing that collecting the stock transfer tax would stabilize budgets, avoid harmful cuts, and provide stimulus benefits that outweigh potential employment effects in the securities industry.
SourcePhil Steck, Democratic Assemblymember for New York Assembly District 110, has generally supported immigrant protections when framed as public safety, privacy, and limits on abusive ICE practices, while also emphasizing that lawful immigration warrants and proceedings should still be able to occur. He co-sponsored driver’s-license access for undocumented immigrants and immigration-detention-contract restrictions, but he opposed a 2017 immigration-related bill he said violated federal supremacy principles.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Steck argued that licensing undocumented immigrants improves road safety, insurance coverage, identification, and emergency response while not changing immigration status or voting eligibility.
SourceSteck said he supported state budget provisions barring ICE agents from wearing masks solely to conceal identity, limiting local law-enforcement cooperation with ICE, and restricting ICE access to sensitive locations without a lawful warrant.
SourcePhil Steck, Democratic Assemblymember for New York State Assembly District 110, supports clean energy investment and stronger climate laws, arguing that fossil-fuel dependence worsens affordability and that New York should expand renewable energy. His legislative record includes sponsoring or co-sponsoring bills on 100% clean renewable electricity, fossil-fuel infrastructure limits, utility decarbonization, climate education, and electric-vehicle charging infrastructure.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Steck stated that he could not support the Governor's proposal weakening New York's climate laws and argued that clean energy investment is needed to lower costs and reduce dependence on natural gas and oil.
SourcePhil Steck emphasizes increased funding for public education, including fully funding Foundation Aid, while opposing education policies that overemphasize standardized testing and bureaucratic teacher evaluations. He has also proposed education-related bills on climate-change instruction, school budget approval rules, and school overdose-rescue kits.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Steck stated that education aid should be a top priority and argued that the state should invest in public schools, fight for districts' fair share of aid, and fully fund Foundation Aid.
SourcePhil Steck frames public safety largely around faster law-enforcement access to social-media evidence, overdose prevention, and restrictions on dangerous drug products. As Assembly District 110 member and chair of the Assembly Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee, he sponsored measures requiring large platforms to comply with search warrants within 72 hours, banning high-potency synthetic kratom products, expanding drug-checking test strips, and making FDA-approved opioid reversal agents available.
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New York State Assembly - Phil Steck Assembly District 110
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New York State Assembly - START-UP NY statement
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New York State Assembly - Stock Transfer Tax fact sheet
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New York State Assembly - Stock Transfer Tax letter
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New York State Assembly member page
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New York State Assembly Member Directory
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New York State Assembly - Education Aid Should Be a Top Priority
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New York State Assembly - Opposition to the Governor’s Education Agenda
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New York State Assembly Member Directory - Phil Steck end-of-session statement
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