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Rory Lancman
Democratic PartySTS · NY · District 7
New York State Senate District 7
STS · NY · District 7
New York State Senate District 7
Queens College CUNY—B.A.; Columbia Law School—J.D.
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Rory Lancman is a former New York State Assembly member and New York City Council member running for New York State Senate District 7. His campaign biography says he served in New York's 42nd Infantry Division, worked as New York State Special Counsel for Ratepayer Protection overseeing the Public Service Commission, served as Vice Chairman of the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority, and currently serves on the board of Nassau University Medical Center as chair of its finance committee.
Committee Assignments: No committee assignments available.
Rory Lancman's 2026 State Senate District 7 campaign site does not list a dedicated healthcare platform, and Branch's candidate guide likewise reported no healthcare issue information on his website as of September 9, 2026. His available healthcare record is chiefly from prior public service: he sponsored hospital-closure planning legislation, pushed safe patient handling requirements, and currently emphasizes work on the Nassau University Medical Center board to keep NUMC solvent.
Specific Actions & Proposals
As Assembly Subcommittee on Workplace Safety chair, Lancman released work highlighting how employees could protect themselves from H1N1 exposure and was credited with helping change state health guidelines on protective equipment for healthcare workers.
SourceLancman's 2026 campaign site states that he serves on the board of Nassau University Medical Center and chairs its finance committee, working to save NUMC from insolvency.
SourceRory Lancman’s Economy & Jobs messaging for New York State Senate District 7 emphasizes affordability, lower property and utility costs, taxpayer savings, pro-labor policies, and workplace safety protections.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Lancman says lowering costs and saving taxpayer money are central to his public-service record, including slowing growth in property taxes, electric and utility bills, and other consumer costs.
SourceLancman said he would stand up for working people while fighting to lower costs for middle-class families, and Steamfitters Local 638 cited his commitment to union labor and good middle-class union jobs.
SourceLancman spoke on the Assembly floor in support of the Farmworkers Fair Labor Practice Act, saying it would protect farmworkers from injury and provide care when injured.
SourceNo 2026 Rory Lancman campaign immigration platform for New York State Senate District 7 was found in the searched voter-guide/campaign context; VOTE411 lists him for NY Senate District 7 but says the candidate has not yet responded. His public record as a former New York City Council member and New York State Assembly member shows support for sanctuary-city protections, immigrant legal services, opposition to restrictive federal immigration rules, and outreach to immigrant workers about workplace rights.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Lancman was listed as a sponsor of a New York City Council resolution stating that New York City would remain a sanctuary city and support immigrant legal services and limits on cooperation with ICE.
SourceLancman publicly opposed the Trump administration's proposed public charge rule, saying it was a cruel attack forcing immigrants to choose between immigration status and basic needs.
SourceAs chair of the New York City Council Committee on the Justice System, Lancman led a joint hearing on ICE in New York courthouses and criticized ICE courthouse enforcement for deterring defendants, litigants, victims, and witnesses from appearing in court.
SourceAs chair of the New York State Assembly Subcommittee on Workplace Safety, Lancman co-sponsored Immigrant Workers' Rights Awareness Weekend to inform immigrant workers that they have the same workplace-safety rights as other workers.
SourceLancman chaired a joint New York City Council hearing on how the legal system affects immigrant New Yorkers and praised city efforts ending cooperation with warrantless ICE detainers and funding legal services for detained immigrants facing deportation.
SourceRory Lancman’s 2026 State Senate District 7 climate and energy record centers on clean energy transition, grid resilience, storm hardening, and protecting Long Island water and wetlands. Environmental endorsers cite his support for renewable energy, electrification, mass transit, green jobs, resilient infrastructure, and reduced fossil-fuel reliance.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Sierra Club Long Island states that Lancman identifies climate resilience, severe-weather preparedness, surface-water protection, aquifer protection, resilient infrastructure investment, and wetlands restoration as key priorities for the district.
SourceThe New York League of Conservation Voters says Lancman worked on the clean-energy transition through the LIPA commission and supports expanding renewables, reducing reliance on fossil fuels, and increasing grid resiliency.
SourceIn announcing Lancman as executive director, the New York State Senate described the commission’s mandate to recommend specific actions, legislation, and a timeline to restructure LIPA into a true publicly owned power authority after storm-response failures.
SourceNYLCV says Lancman previously supported funding for environmental projects and advocated for energy efficiency, transportation and building electrification, mass transit expansion, and green-jobs training programs.
SourceBranch reported that as of 2026-09-09 his website did not contain education information. His prior public record and candidate statements show support for quality public education, affordability of college, special-education transparency, school environmental reporting, physical education reporting, and student meal accommodation.
Rory Lancman's public-safety record combines support for stronger enforcement tools, including adding more NYPD officers and allowing judges to consider public-safety risk in bail decisions, with criminal-justice reforms aimed at police accountability and reducing unnecessary pretrial detention.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Lancman supported the hiring of more than 1,000 New York City Police Department officers as a public-safety measure.
SourceLancman supports measures allowing judges to prevent certain individuals pending trial from being released on bail.
SourceRory Lancman for State Senate
https://roryforstatesenate.com/Fetched: biography, location, background
Branch
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-state-senator-ny-state-senate-7/candidates/rory-lancmanFetched: biography, education, office, district
New York City Campaign Finance Board
https://www.cfb.org/nyc-votes/vgwelcome/primary-election-2019/meet-the-candidates/other-candidates/queens-district-attorney/rory-lancman/Fetched: education, background
New York State Senate
https://www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2022/kevin-thomas/senator-thomas-assemblyman-thiele-announce-rory-lancmanFetched: background
MyRepTracker
https://www.myreptracker.com/new-york/elections/2026/state/senate/7Fetched: votingRecord
City & State New York
https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2026/07/early-look-state-legislative-races-our-radar-november/415030/Fetched: campaignFinance
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://www.nylcv.org/press-item/during-nyc-climate-week-nylcv-gives-green-announces-final-round-of-2026-endorsements/Fetched: endorsements
Planned Parenthood Empire State Votes
https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/planned-parenthood-empire-state-votes/endorsementsFetched: endorsements
Branch candidate guide
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-state-senator-ny-state-senate-7/candidates/rory-lancmanFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly
https://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A.10748-A&term=2009Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Subcommittee on Workplace Safety
https://assembly.ny.gov/comm/?id=123&sec=story&story=42962Fetched: issuePositions
New York City Council Legistar
https://nyc.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?GUID=0E643653-E717-49A5-AA81-379F019BB512&ID=3343941&Options=&Search=Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly committee posting
https://assembly.state.ny.us/write/upload/comm/postings/2010/20100528_0037949/Fetched: issuePositions
Rory Lancman Campaign Launch Press Release
https://roryforstatesenate.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Lancman-Launch-Press-Release_022026.pdfFetched: issuePositions
Steamfitters Local 638 Endorsement Press Release
https://roryforstatesenate.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Lancman-First-Endorsement-Press-Release.pdfFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Subcommittee on Workplace Safety October 2011 Update
https://www.nyassembly.gov/write/upload/comm/postings/2011/20111026_0044718/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Subcommittee on Workplace Safety June 2011 Update
https://www.nyassembly.gov/write/upload/comm/postings/2011/20110711_0043636/Fetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly Farmworkers Rights Posting
https://assembly.state.ny.us/write/upload/comm/postings/2009/20090609_0032280/Fetched: issuePositions
VOTE411 Voter Guide
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/race-detail.do?id=26975642Fetched: issuePositions
New York City Council Legistar
https://nyc.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?GUID=B85E5DB4-4E57-40A1-8CE5-03183261CFC6&ID=2900211&Options=&Search=Fetched: issuePositions
NYC Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
https://www.nyc.gov/site/immigrants/about/press-releases/city-of-new-york-submits-comment-in-opposition-to-trump-administrations-proposed-changes-to-public-charge-rule.pageFetched: issuePositions
New York City Council Legistar
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/View.ashx?GUID=27EEDCCB-8073-4A7A-B577-86A25AA2FAB6&ID=7221899&M=FFetched: issuePositions
New York State Assembly
https://www.nyassembly.gov/comm/?id=123&sec=story&story=42588Fetched: issuePositions
New York City Council Legistar
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/View.ashx?GUID=C323D278-EFDF-4DCB-A90B-690BD95848A2&ID=4099599&M=FFetched: issuePositions
New York League of Conservation Voters
https://www.nylcv.org/candidate/rory-lancman/Fetched: issuePositions
Legislative Commission on the Future of the Long Island Power Authority
https://www.lipower.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/20231117-NYS-Legislative-Commission-Final-Report.pdfFetched: issuePositions
Branch Vote
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-state-senator-ny-state-senate-7/candidates/rory-lancmanFetched: issuePositions
NYC Campaign Finance Board 2013 Voter Guide
https://www.nyccfb.info/public/voter-guide/general_2013/cd_profile/CD24_Lancman_227.aspxFetched: issuePositions
New York City Council Legistar
https://nyc.legistar.com/PersonDetail.aspx?G=2FD004F1-D85B-4588-A648-0A736C77D6E3&GUID=AEC2B7A7-0C66-4717-A685-FE8D1E551EA8&ID=125481Fetched: issuePositions
Branch.vote
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-state-senator-ny-state-senate-7/candidates/rory-lancmanFetched: issuePositions
New York City Council Legistar
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/LegislationDetail.aspx?GUID=B782804F-680A-4156-9E64-8BF88CF7BBD8&ID=3343958&Options=ID%7CText%7CFetched: issuePositions
New York City Council Legistar
https://legistar.council.nyc.gov/MeetingDetail.aspx?GUID=A4EC9F76-875B-49EC-BFDF-2FA05CFC0683&ID=523718&Options=&Search=Fetched: issuePositions