{{Short description|American politician (born 1950)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Jim Tedisco | image = Tedisco Headshot.jpeg | image_size = | caption = | district = | term_start = January 1, 2017 | term_end = | preceded = Hugh Farley | succeeded = | order2 = Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly | term_start2 = November 29, 2005 | term_end2 = April 3, 2009<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/04/06/daily1.html |title=Assembly Republicans pick Canandaigua's Kolb to replace Tedisco |date=April 6, 2009 |publisher=The Business Review |access-date=April 6, 2009 |archive-date=April 9, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409142819/http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/2009/04/06/daily1.html |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> | predecessor2 = Charles H. Nesbitt | successor2 = Brian Kolb | office3 = Member of the New York State Assembly | term_start3 = January 1, 1983 | term_end3 = January 1, 2017 | predecessor3 = Clark C. Wemple | successor3 = Mary Beth Walsh | constituency3 = {{plainlist| *107th district (1983–1993) *103rd district (1993–2003) *110th district (2003–2013) *112th district (2013–2017)}} | birth_name = James Nicholas Tedisco | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|7|15}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Asm. James Tedisco (R-NY 112th District)|url=http://capwiz.com/cvmha/bio/?id=6913|publisher=The Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies, Inc.|access-date=April 6, 2009}}</ref> | birth_place = Schenectady, New York, U.S. | party = Republican | spouse = Mary Song<ref>{{cite news |title=On Election Day, He'll Be Everywhere but the Voting Booth |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/on-election-day-hell-be-everywhere-but-the-voting-booth |date=March 30, 2009 |work=The New York Times |author=David M. Halbfinger |access-date=April 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090402204004/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/30/on-election-day-hell-be-everywhere-but-the-voting-booth |archive-date=April 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> | alma_mater = Union College | signature = Jim Tedisco Signature.png | website = [https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/james-tedisco/about Senate Website] | constituency = 49th district {{nowrap|(2017–2022)}}<br />44th district {{nowrap|(2023–present)}} | office = Member of the New York State Senate }}
'''James Nicholas Tedisco'''<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/james-tedisco/about|title= Assemblyman James Tedisco: 49th Senate District|publisher= New York Senate|access-date=January 5, 2017}}</ref> (born July 15, 1950) is an American politician. He became the New York State Senator for New York's 44th State Senate district in 2023.
A Republican, Tedisco served in the New York State Assembly from 1983 to 2017. He was the Assembly Minority Leader from November 2005 until his resignation from that post in April 2009. In 2009, Tedisco was the Republican nominee in a special election for the 20th US Congressional District to fill the seat vacated by Kirsten Gillibrand following Gillibrand's appointment to the United States Senate; he was defeated by Democrat Scott Murphy.
==Early life, education, early career, and family life== Jim Tedisco graduated from Bishop Gibbons High School in 1968,<ref>{{cite news |author=Lucian McCarty |date=November 2, 2010 |title=Tedisco returned to Assembly |newspaper=The Saratogian |url=https://www.saratogian.com/news/assemblyman-jim-tedisco-announces-bid-for-th-senate-district-seat/article_22b8eb4a-e8a5-5369-8b3d-92a9579540b7.html |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |access-date=October 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018123958/https://www.saratogian.com/news/assemblyman-jim-tedisco-announces-bid-for-th-senate-district-seat/article_22b8eb4a-e8a5-5369-8b3d-92a9579540b7.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> and received his B.A. in Psychology from Union College.<ref name="Saratogian 2016-05-12">{{cite news |author=Glenn Griffith |date=May 12, 2016 |title=Assemblyman Jim Tedisco announces bid for 49th Senate district seat |newspaper=The Saratogian |url=https://www.saratogian.com/news/tedisco-returned-to-assembly/article_5be63a44-38f1-5229-862d-9f1baf4929d7.html}}</ref> While at Union, he played varsity basketball for three years where he set 15 scoring and assist records, and left as Union's all-time leading scorer with 1,632 points. Tedisco earned multiple athletic awards during his college career, and was inducted into the Union Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unionathletics.com/hof.aspx?hof=41 |title=Hall of Fame, Jim Tedisco Class of 1972 |publisher=Union College Athletics |access-date=April 6, 2009 |archive-date=July 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717173110/http://www.unionathletics.com/hof.aspx?hof=41 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> In 1997, he was given the Silver Anniversary Award from the NCAA.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=31326|title=Silver Anniversary Awards|date=January 13, 1997|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association|access-date=April 6, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=July 2014|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
Tedisco received a graduate degree in Special Education from the College of Saint Rose.<ref name="Saratogian 2016-05-12" /> From 1973 to 1982, Tedisco worked in education; he served as a guidance counselor, basketball coach, and athletic director at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School in Schenectady, and later worked as a special education teacher, resource room instructor and varsity basketball coach at Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar, New York.<ref>{{cite news |date=September 21, 2010 |title=Election 2010 Profile: Jim Tedesco |newspaper=The Record |location=Troy, N.Y. |url=https://www.troyrecord.com/news/election-profile-jim-tedisco/article_40ae37e3-0e02-59f8-b777-ec42d829535d.html |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |access-date=October 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018161814/https://www.troyrecord.com/news/election-profile-jim-tedisco/article_40ae37e3-0e02-59f8-b777-ec42d829535d.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Tedisco entered public service in 1977 when, at the age of 27, he was elected to the Schenectady City Council.<ref name="Daily Freeman 2016-08-28">{{cite news |author=Kyle Hughes |agency=NYSNYS News |date=August 28, 2016 |title=Klueg-Tedisco primary in 49th Senate District turning into a slugfest over 'career' politicians, Senate GOP not standing up to Cuomo |newspaper=Daily Freeman |location=Kingston, N.Y. |url=https://www.dailyfreeman.com/news/klueg-tedisco-primary-in-th-senate-district-turning-into-a/article_0e2a717b-81af-590a-984d-5839b85b1ba4.html |archive-date=October 18, 2018 |access-date=October 18, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181018122426/https://www.dailyfreeman.com/news/klueg-tedisco-primary-in-th-senate-district-turning-into-a/article_0e2a717b-81af-590a-984d-5839b85b1ba4.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Tedisco is a resident of Glenville, New York, where he lives with his wife and stepson.<ref name="Daily Freeman 2016-08-28" />
==New York State Assembly== ===Elections=== In 1982, Assemblyman Clark Wemple retired from the State Assembly, leaving an opening in the district. Tedisco won a four-way race in Republican primary, and then won the general election.<ref name=bio/>
Due to redistricting, Tedisco represented the 107th District from 1983 to 1993, the 103rd District from 1993 to 2003,<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Campaigns – Candidate – James N. Tedisco|publisher=Our Campaigns|url= http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=47065|work=ourcampaigns.com |access-date=April 7, 2009}}</ref> the 110th District from 2003 to 2012, and most recently represented the 112th District since from 2012 to 2017. The 112th District consists of portions of Schenectady County and Saratoga County, including the towns of Greenfield, Providence, Milton, Galway, Ballston, Charlton, Clifton Park, Halfmoon, and Glenville.<ref name="NYS Senate District">{{cite web |title=NYS 49th Senate District Map |url=https://www.nysenate.gov/district/49 |publisher=New York State Senate}}</ref>
Tedisco ran uncontested in the 2008 general election<ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/states/legislature/new-york.html |title=Election Results 2008: New York State Legislature |year=2008 |archive-date=May 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511013928/http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/states/legislature/new-york.html |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> and won the 2010 general election with 64 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |year=2010 |url=http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/new-york/state-legislature |title=Election Results 2010: New York State Legislature |newspaper=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615060350/http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/new-york/state-legislature |archive-date=June 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2010/general/2010Assembly.pdf |title=Assembly Election Returns: November 2, 2010 |publisher=New York State Board of Elections |year=2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218082901/http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2010/general/2010Assembly.pdf |archive-date=December 18, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref>
===Tenure=== Tedisco introduced "Charlotte's Law" to permanently terminate driver's license privileges for drunk and dangerous drivers. While Tedisco's bill was not passed, the [http://nyc.streetsblog.org/2012/09/25/new-dmv-target-repeat-dangerous-drivers-if-theyre-drunk/ DMV enacted regulations] similar to what was proposed in the bill.
In 1999, Tedisco worked to pass Buster's Law, which protected pets by making animal cruelty a felony, and in 2011 advocated for New York State Animal Advocacy Day.<ref>{{cite news |author=Kristy Smorol |date=June 1, 2011 |title=First ever Animal Advocacy Day in Albany pushing to strengthen Buster's Law |publisher=CNYCentral.com |url=https://cnycentral.com/news/local/first-ever-animal-advocacy-day-in-albany-pushing-to-strengthen-busters-law}}</ref>
In 2014, Tedisco sponsored a successful constitutional amendment, Proposition 2, that would replace bill printouts with digital copies of bills.<ref>{{cite news |title=Unknown |newspaper=The Oneida Daily Dispatch |url=https://www.oneidadispatch.com/article/od/20141108/news/141109769/ |access-date=November 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516161803/http://www.oneidadispatch.com/article/OD/20141108/NEWS/141109769 |archive-date=May 16, 2017 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
====Assembly Minority Leader==== Tedisco served as Assembly Minority Leader from November 2005 to April 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2018/11/sen-tedisco-re-elected/|title=Sen. Tedisco re-elected - News, Sports, Jobs - Adirondack Daily Enterprise}}</ref>
According to ''The New York Times'', Tedisco "clashed loudly and publicly" with Democratic Governor Eliot Spitzer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/10/nyregion/10cnd-spitzer.html|title=Spitzer Is Linked to Prostitution Ring|first1=Danny|last1=Hakim|first2=William K.|last2=Rashbaum|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 10, 2008}}</ref> In January 2007, Spitzer reportedly told Tedisco, "'I am a fucking steamroller and I’ll roll over you or anybody else'".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-politics-newyork-idUSN3119261020070131|title=NY Gov. Spitzer stands by "steamroller" boast|newspaper=Reuters|date=January 31, 2007|via=www.reuters.com}}</ref>
Tedisco was noted for his opposition to Spitzer's September 2007 executive order directing that state offices allow undocumented immigrants to be issued driver's licenses.<ref>{{cite news |title=Department of Motor Vehicles Changes License Policy to Include More New Yorkers and Implements New Regime of Anti-Fraud Measures to Strengthen the Security of the System |url=http://www.ny.gov/governor/press/0921071.html |work=press release |publisher=Office of the Governor of New York |date=2007-09-21 |access-date=2007-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030132823/http://www.ny.gov/governor/press/0921071.html |archive-date=2007-10-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Josh Kraushaar |date=January 27, 2009 |title=Tedisco the GOP nominee for Gillibrand seat |publisher=Politico Scorecard blog |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/scorecard/0109/Its_Tedisco_.html}}</ref> Tedisco threatened a lawsuit if the plan was implemented.<ref>{{cite news|title=License plan faces lawsuit; Hochul may join |url=http://www.wben.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=08609 |publisher=WBEN-AM |date=2007-10-24 |access-date=2007-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228213725/http://www.wben.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=08609 |archive-date=2008-02-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> On November 14, 2007, Spitzer announced he would withdraw the driver license plan, acknowledging that it would never be implemented.<ref name=BarrettNYT>{{cite news |first=Devlin |last=Barrett |title=Spitzer Dropping His Driver's License Plan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/14/nyregion/14spitzer.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2007-11-14 |access-date=2007-11-14 }}</ref><ref name = "Kramer-Flip">{{cite news |last= Kramer |first= Marcia |date= November 15, 2007 |title= Just Call Him...Gov. Flip-Flop |url= http://wcbstv.com/local/spitzer.immigrant.drivers.2.567070.html |work= Local News |publisher= WCBS-TV |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071114221917/http://wcbstv.com/local/spitzer.immigrant.drivers.2.567070.html |archive-date = 2007-11-14 |access-date= 2007-11-26}} </ref>
Tedisco later accused Spitzer of cutting $300,000 of state funding for health care and education grants in the Schenectady area as retaliation for Tedisco's opposition to the Spitzer driver license plan. Tedisco accused the Governor of "dirty tricks" and "bullying".<ref>[http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/spitzer_1252204___article.html/tedisco_governor.html Tedisco Accuses Spitzer of 'Dirty Tricks,' 'Bullying'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025001650/http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/spitzer_1252204___article.html/tedisco_governor.html |date=October 25, 2007 }} October 17, 2007</ref>
Following reports of Spitzer's involvement in a prostitution scandal, Tedisco called for his resignation and announced that he would initiate impeachment proceedings in the State Assembly if Spitzer did not resign.<ref>"[http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/spitzer.prostitution.ring.2.673848.html Republicans Set Deadline For Governor's Ousting: 'I've Asked Him To Resign']". ''WCBS-TV''. March 11, 2008. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312003917/http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/spitzer.prostitution.ring.2.673848.html |date=March 12, 2008 }}</ref> Spitzer resigned his post effective March 17, 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/politics/albany/2018/03/08/behind-scenes-capitol-chaos-when-eliot-spitzer-resigned-10-years-ago/404266002/|title=Behind the scenes: The Capitol chaos when Eliot Spitzer resigned 10 years ago|website=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle}}</ref>
Tedisco stepped down as Minority Leader in April 2009 amid reports that other Republican Members of the Assembly were concerned about his congressional campaign distracting him from his leadership role.<ref>{{cite news |author=David M. Halbfinger |date=April 3, 2009 |title=Amid Signs of a Shove, Tedisco Quits as Assembly Minority Leader |newspaper=The New York Times |page=A15 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/04/nyregion/04tedisco.html}}</ref>
==2009 special congressional election== {{Main|New York's 20th congressional district special election, 2009}} On January 23, 2009, after Governor David Paterson announced that he had selected Representative Kirsten Gillibrand to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, Tedisco stated his intention to run for Congress to replace Gillibrand in New York's 20th Congressional District.<ref>{{cite news |title=Now who will replace Gillibrand? |url=http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/replace_1260323___article.html/gillibrand_moving.html |date=January 23, 2009 |publisher=WRGB CBS 6 Albany |access-date=April 6, 2009 |archive-date=January 30, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130090852/http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/replace_1260323___article.html/gillibrand_moving.html |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> Though not a resident of the district,<ref>"Election day in wild NY House race" by Associated Press, ''Boston Herald'', [http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view/20091103election_day_in_wild_ny_house_race/srvc=home&position=recent November 3, 2009] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402214128/http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view/20091103election_day_in_wild_ny_house_race/srvc%3Dhome%26position%3Drecent |date=April 2, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=NY special election seen as Obama's 1st test |author=Bill Meyer |newspaper=Cleveland Plain Dealer |url=http://www.cleveland.com/nation/index.ssf/2009/03/ny_special_election_seen_as_ob.html |date=March 29, 2009}}</ref> Tedisco became its Republican nominee on January 27, 2009, and ran against Democrat Scott Murphy.<ref>{{cite news |author=Curtis Schick |title=GOP picks Tedisco to run on Republican ticket |url=http://capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/132480/gop-picks-tedisco-to-run-on-republican-ticket/Default.aspx |publisher=Capital News 9 |date=January 28, 2009 |access-date=April 6, 2009 |archive-date=February 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228165130/http://capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/132480/gop-picks-tedisco-to-run-on-republican-ticket/Default.aspx |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref> The initial count from the election had Murphy leading by 59 votes, out of over 155,000 cast on March 31, 2009. This tally reportedly did not include any of the 10,000 requested absentee ballots, which needed only to have been postmarked by that date and could have been returned as late as April 7 (domestically) or April 13 (internationally).<ref>{{cite news|author=Richburg, Keith B.|author2=Kane, Paul|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/31/AR2009033104096.html?hpid=moreheadlines|date=April 1, 2009|work=The Washington Post|title=Absentee Ballots to Decide N.Y. House Race|access-date=April 6, 2009}}</ref> Eventually, about 7,000 absentee ballots were received; the vote count as of April 24 had Murphy ahead by 399 votes.<ref name=boe417>{{cite web|title=Unofficial Combined Machine and Paper Results for NY 20th Congressional District|publisher=New York State Board of Elections|date=April 23, 2009|url= http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/Elections/2009/Special/20thCDCombinedResults04242009.pdf |access-date=April 26, 2009}}</ref> On April 24, Tedisco conceded the election to Murphy.<ref>{{cite news |author=Irene Jay Liu |author2=Leigh Hornbeck |date= April 25, 2009 |title=Murphy headed to Congress |newspaper=Times Union |location=Albany, N.Y. |url=http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=793690 |access-date=February 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090502195152/http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=793690 |archive-date=May 2, 2009}}</ref>
==New York State Senate==
In 2016, Senator Hugh Farley announced that he would not seek re-election to the Senate. Farley's retirement left an opening in the 49th State Senate District. After Tedisco handily won the Republican primary, he went on to defeat General Election opponent Chad Putman.<ref>{{cite news |author=John Cropley |date=November 8, 2016 |title=Tedisco beats Putman in 49th State Senate District |newspaper=The Daily Gazette |location=Schenectady, N.Y. |url=https://dailygazette.com/article/2016/11/08/tedisco-beats-putman-49th-state-senate-district}}</ref> Tedisco won the election with 69% of the vote on November 8, 2016.<ref>{{cite news |date=November 9, 2016 |title=State legislature incumbents rule the day |url=https://www.saratogian.com/news/state-legislature-incumbents-rule-the-day/article_aa4fdea7-b847-5cd4-a6d3-cc63dd72bef7.html |newspaper=The Saratogian |access-date=October 22, 2018}}</ref>
Tedisco won reelection in 2018 and 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=858114|title=Our Campaigns - NY State Senate 49 Race - Nov 06, 2018|website=www.ourcampaigns.com|access-date=2019-02-06}}</ref>
In May 2022, following redistricting,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/court-releases-ny-redistricting-maps-120417813.html |title=Court releases NY redistricting maps after public review |publisher=Yahoo News |date=2022-05-23 |access-date=2022-12-02}}</ref> Tedisco announced his intent to move into the newly constituted 44th Senate District from his 46th Senate District to challenge Republican incumbent Sen. Daphne Jordan for the seat. This action caused controversy.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wamc.org/capital-region-news/2022-05-26/sen-tedisco-barreling-ahead-in-new-district-over-protests-from-sen-jordan-leadership |title=Sen. Tedisco barreling ahead in new district over protests from Sen. Jordan, leadership |website=wamc.org |date=2022-05-26 |access-date=2022-12-02}}</ref> On June 14, 2022, Jordan announced that she would not seek re-election to the Senate. Jordan accused Tedisco of "creating a 'circus atmosphere' in the campaign", commenting: "'I want no part of this sideshow. I’m not going to play a political game that would be destructive, divisive, and undermine the principles that I care deeply about'".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/ny-state-of-politics/2022/06/14/sen--daphne-jordan-halts-primary-campaign-for-re-nomination |title=Sen. Daphne Jordan halts primary campaign for re-nomination |website=spectrumlocalnews.com |date=2022-06-14 |access-date=2022-12-02}}</ref>
==Positions== === Abortion === Tedisco opposes abortion and only supports it in cases of rape, incest, or if a woman's life (not health) is in danger.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Editorial-Mr-Tedisco-reconsidered-13364804.php|title=Editorial: Mr. Tedisco, reconsidered|date=2018-11-05|website=Times Union|access-date=2019-02-22}}</ref> In 2018, the Albany Times Union endorsed Tedisco for re-election to the State Senate. The Times Union stated that Tedisco had informed the paper's editorial board that he would support a proposed abortion rights bill known as the Reproductive Health Act. After Tedisco publicly contradicted this assertion and affirmed his opposition to the bill, the Times Union rescinded its endorsement.<ref name="auto"/> Tedisco voted against the Reproductive Health Act in January 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gothamist.com/2019/01/23/reproductive_health_act_ny.php|title=Cuomo Signs Historic Abortion Law, Celebrates By Turning One WTC Pink|first=Christopher|last=Robbins|website=Gothamist|access-date=April 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424193037/http://gothamist.com/2019/01/23/reproductive_health_act_ny.php|archive-date=April 24, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Second Amendment=== Tedisco holds a broad interpretation of the Second Amendment. He voted against the NY SAFE Act, a gun control measure that became law in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=Roll Call: NY S02230 {{!}} 2013-2014 {{!}} General Assembly |publisher=LegiScan |url=https://legiscan.com/NY/rollcall/S02230/id/217503}}</ref> He voted against a bill that prohibits individuals convicted of domestic abuse from purchasing guns.<ref>{{cite web |title=S 8121 - Prohibits Individuals Convicted of Domestic Abuse from Purchasing Firearms - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/24525/62708/4401/james-tedisco-voted-nay-passage-s-8121-prohibits-individuals-convicted-of-domestic-abuse-from-purchasing-firearms}}</ref> He also believes that a safety or childproof mechanism does not need to be incorporated into the design of firearms.<ref>{{cite web |title=A 2302 - Childproof Firearms Sales - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/1220/3467/4401/james-tedisco-voted-nay-passage-a-2302-childproof-firearms-sales}}</ref>
===Labor and employment=== Tedisco voted against paid family leave (February 2, 2016),<ref>{{cite web |title=A 3870 - Requires Employers to Provide Paid Family Leave - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/21235/55629/4401/requires-employers-to-provide-paid-family-leave}}</ref> equal pay regardless of gender (January 27, 2014),<ref>{{cite web |title=A 8070 - Requires Equal Pay - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/17479/46616/4401/requires-equal-pay}}</ref> freelance wage protection (June 20, 2011),<ref>{{cite web |title=A 6698A - Freelance Wage Protection - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/13669/36384/4401/freelance-wage-protection}}</ref> and the Wage Theft Prevention Act (July 1, 2010).<ref>{{cite web |title=A10163 - Establishing the Wage Theft Prevention Act - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/11736/31352/4401/establishing-the-wage-theft-prevention-act}}</ref> He also repeatedly voted against an increase in the minimum wage (May 4, 2015; March 5, 2013).<ref>{{cite web |title=A 7257 - Increases Minimum Wage - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/20183/53116/4401/increases-minimum-wage}}; {{cite web |title=A 38 - Increases Minimum Wage - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/16389/43250/4401/increases-minimum-wage}}</ref>
===LGBTQ=== Tedisco repeatedly voted against bills to legalize same-sex marriage.<ref>{{cite web |title=A 8590 - Same-Sex Marriage - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/4492/14132/4401/james-tedisco-voted-nay-passage-a-8590-same-sex-marriage}}; {{cite web |title=A 7732 - Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/9388/25553/4401/james-tedisco-voted-nay-passage-a-7732-legalizing-same-sex-marriage}};{{cite web |title=A 40003 - Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/10641/28291/4401/james-tedisco-voted-nay-passage-a-40003-legalizing-same-sex-marriage}} (For example, such votes were cast on June 19, 2007, May 12, 2009, and December 2, 2009.)</ref> He also voted against bills to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity.<ref>{{cite web |title=A 5710 - Prohibiting Gender Identity Discrimination - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/10986/29472/4401/james-tedisco-voted-nay-passage-a-5710-prohibiting-gender-identity-discrimination}}; {{cite web |title=A 5039 - Prohibits Discrimination Based on Gender Identity or Expression - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/15256/40118/4401/james-tedisco-voted-nay-passage-a-5039-prohibits-discrimination-based-on-gender-identity-or-expression}} (For example, such votes were cast on March 2, 2010 and April 30, 2012.)</ref> On June 16, 2014, Tedisco voted against a bill that would have prohibited sexual orientation conversion therapy on minors.<ref>{{cite web |title=A 6983B - Prohibits Sexual Orientation Conversion Therapy on Minors - New York Key Vote |publisher=Vote Smart |url=https://votesmart.org/bill/18624/49120/4401/james-tedisco-voted-nay-passage-a-6983b-prohibits-sexual-orientation-conversion-therapy-on-minors__}}</ref>
=== Marijuana === Tedisco opposes legalizing recreational marijuana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.timesunion.com/tedisco/legalizing-marijuana-a-gateway-to-more-carnage-on-our-roads/2768/|title=Legalizing marijuana a gateway to more carnage on our roads|last1=January 16|first1=Jim Tedisco on|last2=PM|first2=2019 at 5:37|date=2019-01-16|website=Senator Jim Tedisco|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-26|archive-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127094139/https://blog.timesunion.com/tedisco/legalizing-marijuana-a-gateway-to-more-carnage-on-our-roads/2768/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/james-tedisco/about New York State Senate Official Member Website] *[http://www.JimTedisco.com Jim Tedisco for Senate] ''Jim Tedisco's campaign site'' *[http://tediscostake.blogspot.com Tedisco's Take] ''Jim Tedisco's Blog''
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