David Carlucci, Local Official

Democrat Senator David Carlucci has a track record of delivering results. He was elected to the Senate in 2010.

While in office, Carlucci passed the most legislation signed into law in 2019 and has had more than 130 bills signed into law since taking office. Last year, he championed equal pay legislation to help close the gender wage gap by banning the salary history question. He passed a nation-leading law to protect veterans' pensions and a law to make it easier for survivors of domestic abuse to report a crime. Carlucci has supported tax breaks for the middle class, seniors, and veterans, while supporting record investments in school funding.

Carlucci co-sponsored the most comprehensive legislation to combat climate change, setting New York on a path towards the most aggressive clean energy target in the nation. He sponsored legislation to known as the Green Amendment, which guarantees New Yorkers the right to clean air and water in the State's Constitution. He has helped to pass the strongest gun laws in the country, including the SAFE Act, which requires universal background checks and bans assault style weapons and high capacity magazines. He has also stood up to protect women's rights. He voted for an helped pass the Reproductive Health Act, Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act, and the Boss Bill. He championed paid family leave and a $15 minimum wage.

Senator Carlucci was appointed by Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins to serve as Chairman of the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee. In this role, he passed legislation to establish task forces to address youth suicide among the Latino, Black, and LGBTQ communities and passed the NY ABLE Act into law, a program, designed to help individuals with disabilities maintain their independence and quality of life by allowing them to open a tax-exempt savings account.

Senator Carlucci is a Co-Chair of the New York State's Overdose and Addiction Task Force and passed a law making Naloxone available over the counter at pharmacies. In this role, he has called for legal action against Opioid makers and worked to combat substance misuse and protect New York communities from opioid addiction.

Before serving in the State Legislature, Senator Carlucci was elected as Town Clerk in Clarkstown in 2005. In this role he made government more efficient and accessible by digitizing the county's records and staggering the hours of operation. Prior, he worked in Congressman Eliot Engel's office, and earlier he served as a financial planner for American Express. Carlucci graduated from Cornell University in 2002 and attended Clarkstown High School North in New City. Senator Carlucci grew up in New City, and currently resides there with his wife and two children.