Senator Patricia Fahy was first elected to the New York State Senate in 2024. Prior to her election to the State Senate, she was elected to the New York State Assembly in 2012, where she served as the 109th District's Assemblymember. Senator Fahy represents the 46th District, which includes most of Albany County, part of Schenectady County, and all of Montgomery County.

 

A leading advocate for job creation, environmental conservation, and quality education, Pat has been the prime sponsor of over 300 bills since her election to the State Legislature – more than 110 of which have been signed into law including; the nation’s first Gun Industry Liability Law to hold gun manufacturers accountable for their role in the gun violence crisis; the nation’s first Right to Repair legislation, #TurnOnTheTap which expanded the tuition assistance program for the first time in more than 25 years, the first state-wide Short-Term Rental Registry and securing $5M in feasibility funding to re-imagine parts of I-787 to better reconnect downtown Albany to the waterfront.

 

Pat has championed and introduced several key pieces of legislation to address the affordability and cost-of-living crisis, including expanding funding for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), establishing a statewide Pied-à-Terre tax to direct funding to local governments and reduce growing tax burdens, helping secure free and universal school meals for every New York student, championing utility reform to help prevent future rate increases and hold companies accountable, and more.