- See George Latimer's sponsored bills →George LatimerDemocraticIncumbent✓ Verified$662K raised
- Joseph CinquemaniRepublican✓ Verified
Where they stand
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| Issue | George LatimerDemocratic | Joseph CinquemaniRepublican |
|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Latimer supports building an inclusive economy with free entrepreneurship and job training programs, grants to minority and women-owned businesses, and workforce development initiatives. Latimer votes yea on acts supporting technology use, capital access, TRIA reauthorization, and financial exploitation prevention, but nay on privacy in purchases and the KIDS Act. | Cinquemani supports tax relief by cutting spending, reducing energy costs, and eliminating unnecessary regulation to encourage market forces and create high-paying union jobs. Cinquemani proposes ending federal tax withholding for workers earning under $40,000 a year as a work incentive. |
| Healthcare | Latimer supports protecting reproductive freedoms, ensuring clinic access, and voting for the Women’s Health Protection Act to defend reproductive healthcare providers and oppose national abortion bans. Latimer votes yea on reauthorization acts for EARLY, rural care, and SUPPORT for Patients, but nay on Do No Harm in Medicaid and lowering health care premiums. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Immigration | Latimer supports comprehensive immigration reform as a priority for New York families. Latimer votes nay on multiple immigration-related acts including Secure America, DHS support, BOWOW Act, Stop Illegal Entry, and Special Interest Alien Reporting, but yea on a national emergency resolution. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Public Safety & Crime | Latimer votes yea on the GUARD Act and Prison Staff Safety Enhancement Act, but nay on privacy in purchases, veterans 2nd amendment protection, cashless bail reporting, and keeping violent offenders off streets. | Cinquemani supports cooperation between state and local law enforcement with federal law officers to enhance public safety. |
| Abortion | Latimer defends a woman’s right to choose and will fight against any national abortion ban while advocating for expanded access to contraception and reproductive technologies. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Latimer votes yea on tax relief and AGOA extension acts, but nay on budget resolution, continuing appropriations, national security, and agriculture appropriations acts. | Cinquemani advocates for cutting federal spending by 10% across all agencies to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse and reduce the economic burden on taxpayers. Cinquemani says reducing federal spending, not inflation or the deficit, is the root issue and the key to economic prosperity. |
| Energy & Environment | Latimer supports bipartisan legislation to improve safety related to electric and hybrid vehicle battery fires and focuses on energy and environmental issues through citizen task forces. Latimer votes yea on diesel emissions reduction, marine conservation, and battlefield protection acts, but nay on EPA disapproval resolution, consumer fuel choice, and HEATS Act. | Cinquemani supports expanding fossil-fuel drilling and recommissioning Indian Point as a small modular nuclear reactor site to grow New York's energy supply. |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Latimer supports standing with allies abroad and prioritizes safeguarding democratic institutions and peaceful transitions of power. Latimer votes yea on resolutions directing removal of forces from Iran and naming a VA clinic, but nay on defense authorization, removal from Lebanon, and FISA amendments. | Cinquemani supports moving the United Nations out of New York, reorganizing NATO, reconstituting the UN Security Council, and demands unconditional surrender from Iran. |