Status: Cannabis is legal for medical use but illegal for recreational use.
Most Recent/Upcoming Legislation: Legislators proposed a bill amendment to put recreational cannabis back on track.
Description: Gov. Andrew Cuomo doesn’t believe the Senate will give enough votes for the bill to pass.
History of New York Cannabis Legislation
2014: Medical marijuana law passed with a 49-10 Senate vote.
2019: Recreational marijuana discussed on the legislative agenda.
Senator Charles Schumer, Democrat
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level
Phone: (631) 753-0978
Email/Website: senator@schumer.senate.gov
Address: 145 Pine Lawn Road, #300, Melville, NY 11747
Next Election: 2022
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Democrat
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level
Phone: (716) 854-9725
Email/Website: senator@gillibrand.senate.gov
Address: 726 Exchange Street, Suite 511, Buffalo, NY 14210
Next Election: 2024
Representative Lee Zeldin, Republican, First District
Stance: Pro medical marijuana, against recreational.
Phone: (202) 225-3826
Email/Website: https://zeldin.house.gov/
Address: 2441 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Pete King, Republican, Second District
Stance: Pro medical marijuana, against recreational.
Phone: (202) 225-7896
Email/Website: https://peteking.house.gov/
Address: 302 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Thomas Souzzi, Democrat, Third District
Stance: Only allow states to legalize medical cannabis.
Phone: (202) 225-3335
Email/Website: https://suozzi.house.gov/
Address: 214 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Kathleen Rice, Democrat, Fourth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-3335
Email/Website: https://kathleenrice.house.gov/
Address: 2435 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Gregory W. Meeks, Democrat, Fifth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-5516
Email/Website: https://meeks.house.gov/
Address: 2310 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Grace Meng, Democrat, Sixth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-2601
Email/Website: https://meng.house.gov/
Address: 2209 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Nydia M. Velasquez, Democrat, Seventh District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-2361
Email/Website: https://velazquez.house.gov/
Address: 2302 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat, Eighth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-6231
Email/Website: https://jeffries.house.gov/
Address: 2433 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Yvette Clarke, Democrat, Ninth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-6231
Email/Website: https://clarke.house.gov/
Address: 2058 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Jerrold Nadler, Democrat, Tenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-5635
Email/Website: https://nadler.house.gov/
Address: 2132 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Max Rose, Democrat, Eleventh District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-7944
Email/Website: https://maxrose.house.gov/
Address: 1529 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Carolyn Maloney, Democrat, Twelfth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-7944
Email/Website: https://maloney.house.gov/
Address: 2308 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Adriano Espaillat, Democrat, Thirteenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-4365
Email/Website: https://espaillat.house.gov/
Address: 1630 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat, Fourteenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-3965
Email/Website: https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/
Address: 229 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Jose E. Serrano, Democrat, Fifteenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-2462
Email/Website: https://serrano.house.gov/
Address: 2354 45 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Eliot Engel, Democrat, Sixteenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-2464
Email/Website: https://engel.house.gov/
Address: 2426 46 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Nita Lowey, Democrat, Seventeenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-6506
Email/Website: https://lowey.house.gov/
Address: 2365 47 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, Democrat, Eighteenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 255-5441
Email/Website: https://seanmaloney.house.gov/
Address: 2331 48 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Antonio Delgado, Democrat, Nineteenth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-5614
Email/Website: https://delgado.house.gov/
Address: 1007 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Paul D. Tonko, Democrat, Twentieth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-5076
Email/Website: https://tonko.house.gov/
Address: 2369 48 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Elise Stefanik, Democrat, Twenty First District
Stance: Only allow states to legalize medical cannabis.
Phone: (202) 225-4611
Email/Website: https://stefanik.house.gov/
Address: 318 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Anthony Breindisi, Democrat, Twenty Second District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state and federal level.
Phone: (202) 225-3665
Email/Website: https://brindisi.house.gov/
Address: 329 27 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20003
Representative Tom Reed, Republican, Twenty Third District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-3161
Email/Website: https://reed.house.gov/
Address: 2263 48 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative John Katko, Republican, Twenty Fourth District
Stance: Only allow states to legalize medical cannabis.
Phone: (202) 225-3701
Email/Website: https://katko.house.gov/
Address: 2457 48 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Joseph Morelle, Democrat, Twenty Fifth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-3615
Email/Website: https://morelle.house.gov/
Address: 1317 15 Independence Ave SE, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Brian Higgins, Democrat, Twenty Sixth District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-3306
Email/Website: https://higgins.house.gov/
Address: 2459 48 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515
Representative Chris Collins, Republican, Twenty Seventh District
Stance: Pro full legalization on state level, against federal legalization.
Phone: (202) 225-5265
Email/Website: https://chriscollins.house.gov/
Address: 2243 48 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20515