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Rafael Salamanca, Jr.

Council Member, District 17 · 2024–2025 · New York City Council

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Council Member, District 17 · 2024–2025

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Voting record

1,527 roll-call votes in the current Council term · 1,433 Aye, 9 Nay, 1 Excused, 83 Absent, 1 Abstain · showing the 20 most recent.

  • Res 1213-2025LU 438 - Zoning, Herkimer-Williams, Brooklyn (C 250286(A) ZSK)aye
  • Res 1212-2025LU 437 - Zoning, Herkimer-Williams, Brooklyn (C 250287 ZSK)aye
  • Res 1211-2025LU 436 - Zoning, Herkimer-Williams, Brooklyn (C 250288 PCK)aye
  • Res 1210-2025LU 435 - Zoning, Herkimer-Williams, Brooklyn (N 250284 ZRK)aye
  • Res 1209-2025LU 434 - Zoning, Herkimer-Williams, Brooklyn (C 250285 ZMK)aye
  • Res 1208-2025LU 427 - Zoning, MTA 125th and Lexington Rezoning, Manhattan (N 250301 ZRM)aye
  • Res 1207-2025LU 426 - Zoning, MTA 125th and Lexington Rezoning, Manhattan (C 250300 ZMM).aye
  • Res 1206-2025LU 439 - Zoning, 18-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Commercial Overlay, Queens (C 250272 ZMQ)aye
  • Res 1205-2025LU 414 - Landmarks, 2149-2153 Pacific Street Article XI, Brooklyn (G 250088 XAK)aye
  • Res 1204-2025LU 455 - Malcolm X II Phase B: Block 2012, Lot 45, Manhattan, Community District 10, Council District 9.aye
  • Res 1203-2025LU 454 - Settlement Cluster Phase 3: Block 2750, Lot 22; Block 2832, Lots 4 and 30; Block 2846, Lot 37, Bronx, Community District 2 and 4, Council Districts 16 and 17.aye
  • Res 1202-2025LU 453 - BK Cluster Phase II: Block 2723, Lot 1; Block 2762, Lot 123, Bronx, Community District 2, Council District 17.aye
  • Res 1201-2025LU 452 - Longfellow Hall: Block 2377, Lot 18; Block 2691, Lot 89; Block 2758, Lot 8, Bronx, Community Districts 1, 2, and 3, Council District 17.aye
  • Res 1200-2025LU 451 - 1692/1702/1706 Union Street: Block 1402, Lots 29 and 36, Brooklyn, Community District 9, Council District 35.aye
  • Res 1199-2025LU 450 - Tysens Park Apartments: Block 3983, Lots 1, 45, and 65, Staten Island, Community District 3, Council District 50.aye
  • Res 1198-2025LU 449 - 129 23rd Street (B): Block 645, Lot 67, Brooklyn, Community District 7, Council District 38.aye
  • Res 1197-2025LU 448 - 129 23rd Street (A): Block 645, Lot 67, Brooklyn, Community District 7, Council District 38.aye
  • Res 1196-2025M 207 - Approving a modification (MN-2) pursuant to section 107(e) of the Charter of the City of New York .aye
  • Res 1186-2025Approving the new designation and changes in the designation of certain organizations to receive funding in the Expense Budget.aye
  • Res 1157-2025Authorizing the DOT to enter into a coordinated street furniture franchise for the installation, operation and maintenance of Coordinated Street Furniture in the Boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island.aye

Roll-call votes from the NYC Council (Legistar), current term.

Bills sponsored

23 bills prime-sponsored this Council term, newest first.

  • Int 1368-2025Requiring specified employers to provide paid time off to their employees for bereavement following any firearm related death of a family member of the employee.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1243-2025Creating uniform emergency response maps for city properties.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1109-2024Suspension of alternate side parking regulations on Duarte Day.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0976-2024Renaming one thoroughfare and public place in the Borough of the Bronx, Sheridan Boulevard, and to amend the official map of the city of New York accordingly.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0934-2024Voluntary community gun buy-back program.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0933-2024Outreach campaign on gun buy-back programs.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0854-2024Requiring the department of social services to create a domestic violence shelter designated for menFiled (End of Session)
  • Int 0853-2024Creating borough-based traffic request response teamsFiled (End of Session)
  • Int 0856-2024Increasing the fines for the unlawful use of all-terrain vehicles and dirt bikesFiled (End of Session)
  • Int 0855-2024Offering fentanyl test strips at syringe exchange programs.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0852-2024Requiring towed vehicle storage facilities to provide 24 hour accessFiled (End of Session)
  • Int 0851-2024Remediating lead soil hazards in dwellingsFiled (End of Session)
  • Int 0850-2024Requiring the department of housing preservation and development to report on the disposition of city property for affordable housing developmentEnacted
  • Int 0857-2024Vehicles reported as abandoned to the department of sanitation.Enacted
  • Int 0849-2024Requiring automated external defibrillators in private schools and police carsFiled (End of Session)
  • Int 0848-2024Requiring water bottle-filling stations in city agency buildings.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0847-2024Requiring the department of homeless services and human resources administration to post shelter, supportive housing and cluster site data.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0846-2024Establishing wastewater treatment plant monitoring committees.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0845-2024DOE to report annually on the number of teachers, administrators and school staff who have completed therapeutic crisis intervention in schools training.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0762-2024Establishing exemptions for third-party food delivery services from the limits on fees charged by such services on food service establishments.Enacted
  • Int 0426-2024Operation of tobacco bars.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0427-2024Requiring letter grades for food service establishments operated in schools.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0087-2024Requiring the administration for children’s services and the department of probation to report on juvenile justice statistics.Enacted

Bills co-sponsored

78 bills co-sponsored this Council term, newest first.

  • Int 1501-2025Naming of 77 thoroughfares and public places.Enacted
  • Int 1524-2025Creating a department of community safety.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1412-2025Redefining terms concerning immigration enforcement to account for current enforcement practices, and prohibiting the maintenance of an office or quarters on property under the jurisdiction of the DOC by federal immigration authorities.Enacted
  • Int 1425-2025A report on urban park rangers.Enacted
  • Int 1398-2025Giving council members the power to make appointments to community boards.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1391-2025Local Law 061 of 2026Establishment of compensation and training standards for security guards.Enacted
  • Int 1396-2025Requiring the licensing of last-mile facilities.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1348-2025Inspections for lead-based paint.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1338-2025Naming of 128 thoroughfares and public places and the repeal of sections.Enacted
  • Int 1290-2025Licensing self-storage warehouses.Enacted
  • Int 1297-2025Gender-motivated violence protection law.Enacted
  • Int 1261-2025Correcting excess pay differentials for paraprofessionals arising from pattern bargaining practices.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1216-2025Cosmetology establishments displaying resources regarding gender-based violence.Enacted
  • Int 1181-2025Requiring that notices of violation issued by the department of health and mental hygiene during inspections of food service establishments include photographs or video recordings of each violation cited in such notice.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1169-2025Safe collection and disposal of needles and syringes.Enacted
  • Int 1153-2024Naming of 109 thoroughfares and public places.Enacted
  • Int 1156-2024Establishing a prevailing wage requirement for covered workers in financially assisted facilities.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1132-2024Regulatory education services for small businesses.Enacted
  • Int 1130-2024Regulation of indirect sources of air pollution.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1120-2024Establishing timelines for cooperative corporations to approve or deny the sale of cooperative apartments.Enacted
  • Int 1107-2024Common households for short-term rentals in one- and two-family dwellings.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1096-2024Protecting the vested health insurance coverage and contributions of retired employees of the city of New York.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1075-2024Training local entities on legislative process and rules of parliamentary procedure.Enacted
  • Int 1073-2024Requiring bird friendly materials in certain existing buildings.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1063-2024Third party transfer program, and to repeal sections 11-425, 11-426, and 11-427 of such code, relating to agreements for payment of delinquent taxes and charges in installments.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 1038-2024Master plan for the redevelopment of Rikers Island for sustainability and resiliency purposes.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0991-2024Licensing HotelsEnacted
  • Int 0994-2024Cooling systems in tenant-occupied dwellings.Enacted
  • Int 0998-2024Cooling centers.Enacted
  • Int 0968-2024Naming of 100 thoroughfares and public places.Enacted
  • Int 0967-2024Carriage horses and horse drawn cabs.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0948-2024Short-term rentals in one- and two-family dwellings.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0941-2024Regulating the idling of engines and the use of citizen’s complaints to enforce laws enforced by the department of environmental protectionFiled (End of Session)
  • Int 0925-2024Requiring the inspection of steam radiators in multiple dwellings.Enacted
  • Int 0910-2024Establishment of community hiring and compensation standards for city-assisted housing development projects.Enacted
  • Int 0896-2024Limiting nighttime illumination for certain buildings.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0867-2024Prohibiting the sale of menstrual and intimate care products that contain unsafe ingredients.Enacted
  • Int 0808-2024Information required in job listings.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0748-2024Improvement, formalization, or creation of trails.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0736-2024Establish a rat contraceptive pilot program.Enacted
  • Int 0741-2024Prohibiting city agencies from procuring single-use water containers.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0726-2024Assessment of certain children with elevated blood lead levels.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0696-2024Establishing organic waste composting facilities in each borough.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0606-2024Requiring that every bicycle with electric assist, electric scooter and other legal motorized vehicle be licensed and registered.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0546-2024Requiring the department of education to create a plan for a pilot after school SHSAT preparation program.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0539-2024Prohibition on sharing location data with third parties.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0641-2024Nutrition standards and beverage options for children’s meals served in food service establishments.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0504-2024Establishing priority for sidewalk repairs at developments operated by the NYCHA.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0532-2024Reimbursing small nonpublic schools for the cost of security guard services.Enacted
  • Int 0180-2024Establishing a program to provide financial assistance to small retail businesses for the purchase of security system technology.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0107-2024Air quality monitoring at designated “heavy use” thoroughfares.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0401-2024Prohibiting discrimination in the issuance of credit and requiring creditors to disclose to potential borrowers how their rate is calculated.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0171-2024Waste collection from nursing homes.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0340-2024Automatic waiver of certain additional penalties for a parking violation if a vehicle owner responds to a notice of violation between forty-five and ninety days of its issuance.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0360-2024Payment of fees imposed in relation to the rental of residential real property.Enacted
  • Int 0429-2024Scope of gas piping systems inspections, ordinary plumbing work, reestablishing the plumbing and fire suppression piping contractor license board, emergency work, and seizure.Enacted
  • Int 0431-2024Expanding business licensing and regulatory compliance of all mobile food and general vendors.Enacted
  • Int 0434-2024Building water system maintenance and inspection.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0281-2024Requiring the department of sanitation to install and fill dog waste bag dispensers on public litter baskets.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0300-2024Establishing an office of small business digitalization and technical amendments in relation thereto.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0291-2024Increasing civil penalties for idling infractions by trucks and buses.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0299-2024Reducing civil penalties where food service establishments donate left over food.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0177-2024Prohibiting the operation of a motor vehicle with fraudulent or expired license plates.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0351-2024Requiring the department of sanitation to develop a plan for ensuring proper disposal of rechargeable batteries used for powered mobility devices.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0175-2024Requiring the department of education to create a plan to provide specialized high schools exam preparation to all middle school students.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0380-2024Requiring the department of education to create a plan to administer specialized high schools admission tests on a school day.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0201-2024Establishing an office of child care to oversee free child care for all city residents.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0468-2024Department of transportation posting information on traffic-control device and speed reducer requests on its website.Enacted
  • Int 0185-2024Buildings required to be benchmarked for energy and water efficiency.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0354-2024Utilizing city-owned lots for energy storage systems.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0353-2024Installation of solar photovoltaic systems on city-owned property.Enacted
  • Int 0078-2024Disposition of real property of the city.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0102-2024Requiring that notices of violation issued by the department of sanitation be accompanied by a photograph of the alleged violation.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0003-2024Removal of derelict vehicles.Enacted
  • Int 0043-2024Requiring that all public waste receptacles be emptied by the department of sanitation at least once per day.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0052-2024Street cleanliness grading system.Filed (End of Session)
  • Int 0025-2024Provision of senior citizen rent increase exemption application forms pre-populated with applicable data to eligible persons living in city-supervised Mitchell-Lama housing.Enacted
  • Int 0055-2024Requiring the department of sanitation to accept commercial solid waste at city-owned or operated marine transfer stations and city-owned or operated rail transfer stations.Filed (End of Session)

Source: NYC Council legislation (Legistar). Each file number links to the bill on intro.nyc.

Appropriations sponsored

$5,680,000 across 154 appropriations · FY 2024–2026.

RecipientAmountYear
Hispanic Federation, Inc.$150,000FY2026
Wildlife Conservation SocietyFunds will be used for environmental access education and community programming.$125,000FY2024
Wildlife Conservation SocietyFunds will be used for environmental access education and community programming.$125,000FY2026
Wildlife Conservation SocietyFunds will be used for environmental access education and community programming.$125,000FY2025
Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice, Inc.Fiscal 2026 Food Initiatives Agency Initiative Amount$120,000FY2026
Urban Health Plan, Inc.Funding will be used to provide essential services & programming for clinic patients.$100,000FY2024
Department of Education$100,000FY2024
Department of Education$100,000FY2025
Wildcat Service CorporationFunds to be used for neighborhood cleaning and beautification services throughout Council District 1$100,000FY2024
Department of EducationFunding will be used for security cameras to prevent illegal dumping in Council District 17.$100,000FY2024
Urban Health Plan, Inc.Funding will be used to provide essential services and programming for clinic patients.$100,000FY2026
Samuel Field YM & YWHA, Inc.$100,000FY2026
Urban Health Plan, Inc.Funding will be used to provide essential services & programming for clinic patients.$100,000FY2025
Department of Education$100,000FY2026
Bronx Community Foundation, Inc., The$90,000FY2026
Puerto Rican Organization To Motivate Enlighten & Serve Addicts, Inc.$86,000FY2026
Puerto Rican Organization To Motivate Enlighten & Serve Addicts, Inc.$86,000FY2025
New York Botanical Garden, The$75,000FY2024
Puerto Rican Organization To Motivate Enlighten & Serve Addicts, Inc.$71,000FY2024
Housing Options and Geriatric Association Resources, Inc.$70,000FY2026
Housing Options and Geriatric Association Resources, Inc.$70,000FY2024
Housing Options and Geriatric Association Resources, Inc.$70,000FY2025
Urban Health Plan, Inc.$66,444FY2024
Urban Health Plan, Inc.$66,444FY2025
Urban Health Plan, Inc.$66,444FY2026

Showing the 25 largest of 154. The full record is on the appropriations tracker.

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