I was curious about the political winners and losers under New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, which mandates disadvantaged communities receive at least 35% of state spending on clean energy and energy efficiency programs. “Designated as DAC” is the percentage of the district’s population that lives in a designated DAC 2019 Census tract. This analysis was done using simple point-on-polygon analysis using R and the NYS GIS REST/Services.
Roughly 37% of the state’s population lives in a DAC tract. But as Democratic districts are generally poorer and more urban, 45% of Assembly districts represented by Democrats’ population reside in DAC tracts, while 15% of Assembly districts represented by Republicans’ population reside in DAC tracts.
Counties
| County |
Designated as DAC |
| Bronx |
89.39% |
| Montgomery |
67.41% |
| Orleans |
62.36% |
| Orange |
52.75% |
| Ulster |
48.01% |
| Sullivan |
46.10% |
| New York |
45.09% |
| Kings |
44.92% |
| Dutchess |
44.18% |
| Westchester |
43.39% |
| Niagara |
42.53% |
| Wayne |
38.49% |
| Queens |
35.67% |
| Broome |
32.15% |
| Monroe |
31.82% |
| Onondaga |
30.99% |
| Schenectady |
29.22% |
| Oswego |
29.15% |
| Chautauqua |
29.14% |
| Greene |
28.64% |
| Chemung |
28.22% |
| Richmond |
28.19% |
| Rensselaer |
27.87% |
| Cayuga |
27.84% |
| Rockland |
27.53% |
| Madison |
25.96% |
| Albany |
25.66% |
| Seneca |
25.37% |
| Yates |
25.14% |
| Erie |
24.57% |
| Cortland |
24.14% |
| Oneida |
23.85% |
| St. Lawrence |
23.79% |
| Genesee |
19.29% |
| Fulton |
19.23% |
| Cattaraugus |
17.79% |
| Columbia |
17.34% |
| Nassau |
16.70% |
| Franklin |
16.54% |
| Tioga |
16.38% |
| Suffolk |
16.28% |
| Allegany |
15.87% |
| Jefferson |
13.11% |
| Ontario |
12.68% |
| Steuben |
12.48% |
| Herkimer |
12.42% |
| Delaware |
12.07% |
| Clinton |
10.13% |
| Washington |
7.52% |
| Warren |
6.88% |
| Tompkins |
6.77% |
| Chenango |
6.35% |
| Otsego |
4.68% |
| Livingston |
4.61% |
| Essex |
0.00% |
| Hamilton |
0.00% |
| Lewis |
0.00% |
| Putnam |
0.00% |
| Saratoga |
0.00% |
| Schoharie |
0.00% |
| Schuyler |
0.00% |
| Wyoming |
0.00% |
Senate Districts
| Member |
SD |
Party |
Designated as DAC |
| Luis R. Sepúlveda |
32 |
Democratic |
100.00% |
| Julia Salazar |
18 |
Democratic |
92.27% |
| Cordell Cleare |
30 |
Democratic |
88.90% |
| José M. Serrano |
29 |
Democratic |
88.00% |
| Nathalia Fernandez |
34 |
Democratic |
86.87% |
| Robert Jackson |
31 |
Democratic |
85.86% |
| Gustavo Rivera |
33 |
Democratic |
82.02% |
| Jamaal T. Bailey |
36 |
Democratic |
79.70% |
| Jabari Brisport |
25 |
Democratic |
77.52% |
| Jessica Ramos |
13 |
Democratic |
70.61% |
| Jessica Scarcella-Spanton |
23 |
Democratic |
69.85% |
| Roxanne J. Persaud |
19 |
Democratic |
67.82% |
| Timothy M. Kennedy |
63 |
Democratic |
60.96% |
| Robert Rolison |
39 |
Republican |
56.84% |
| Andrea Stewart-Cousins |
35 |
Democratic |
55.06% |
| James Sanders Jr. |
10 |
Democratic |
52.21% |
| Kevin Thomas |
6 |
Democratic |
48.79% |
| Jeremy A. Cooney |
56 |
Democratic |
46.08% |
| Rachel May |
48 |
Democratic |
43.25% |
| James Skoufis |
42 |
Democratic |
41.13% |
| Zellnor Myrie |
20 |
Democratic |
40.28% |
| Michelle Hinchey |
41 |
Democratic |
40.07% |
| Brian Kavanagh |
27 |
Democratic |
39.70% |
| Robert G. Ortt |
62 |
Republican |
38.90% |
| Kristen Gonzalez |
59 |
Democratic |
37.62% |
| Monica R. Martinez |
4 |
Democratic |
35.18% |
| Joseph P. Addabbo Jr |
15 |
Democratic |
33.17% |
| Andrew Gounardes |
26 |
Democratic |
30.53% |
| Neil D. Breslin |
46 |
Democratic |
28.13% |
| Michael Gianaris |
12 |
Democratic |
27.85% |
| William Weber Jr. |
38 |
Republican |
27.43% |
| Shelley B. Mayer |
37 |
Democratic |
26.97% |
| Samra G. Brouk |
55 |
Democratic |
25.80% |
| Toby Ann Stavisky |
11 |
Democratic |
25.29% |
| Lea Webb |
52 |
Democratic |
24.14% |
| Jacob Ashby |
43 |
Republican |
23.13% |
| Joseph A. Griffo |
53 |
Republican |
22.54% |
| Pete Harckham |
40 |
Democratic |
21.34% |
| Dean Murray |
3 |
Republican |
21.25% |
| George M. Borrello |
57 |
Republican |
19.77% |
| Thomas F. O’Mara |
58 |
Republican |
19.36% |
| Peter Oberacker |
51 |
Republican |
19.23% |
| John W. Mannion |
50 |
Democratic |
18.97% |
| Brad Hoylman-Sigal |
47 |
Democratic |
18.12% |
| Pamela Helming |
54 |
Republican |
17.91% |
| Leroy Comrie |
14 |
Democratic |
17.55% |
| John C. Liu |
16 |
Democratic |
16.90% |
| Mark Walczyk |
49 |
Republican |
16.36% |
| Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick |
9 |
Republican |
15.77% |
| Iwen Chu |
17 |
Democratic |
15.48% |
| James Tedisco |
44 |
Republican |
13.50% |
| Sean M. Ryan |
61 |
Democratic |
13.32% |
| Anthony H. Palumbo |
1 |
Republican |
12.46% |
| Kevin S. Parker |
21 |
Democratic |
12.38% |
| Daniel G. Stec |
45 |
Republican |
10.47% |
| Simcha Felder |
22 |
Democratic |
8.69% |
| Alexis Weik |
8 |
Republican |
6.99% |
| Andrew J. Lanza |
24 |
Republican |
5.70% |
| Liz Krueger |
28 |
Democratic |
5.45% |
| Jack M. Martins |
7 |
Republican |
4.06% |
| Patrick M. Gallivan |
60 |
Republican |
3.12% |
| Mario R. Mattera |
2 |
Republican |
2.48% |
| Steven D. Rhoads |
5 |
Republican |
1.82% |
Assembly District
| Member |
AD |
Party |
Designated as DAC |
| Maritza Davila |
53 |
Democratic |
100.00% |
| Erik M. Dilan |
54 |
Democratic |
100.00% |
| Latrice Walker |
55 |
Democratic |
100.00% |
| Latoya Joyner |
77 |
Democratic |
100.00% |
| Chantel Jackson |
79 |
Democratic |
100.00% |
| Kenny Burgos |
85 |
Democratic |
100.00% |
| Yudelka Tapia |
86 |
Democratic |
100.00% |
| Amanda Septimo |
84 |
Democratic |
99.82% |
| Nikki Lucas |
60 |
Democratic |
96.49% |
| George Alvarez |
78 |
Democratic |
95.36% |
| Karines Reyes |
87 |
Democratic |
93.62% |
| Inez Dickens |
70 |
Democratic |
91.31% |
| Stefani Zinerman |
56 |
Democratic |
90.87% |
| Al Taylor |
71 |
Democratic |
90.52% |
| J. Gary Pretlow |
89 |
Democratic |
90.33% |
| Michael Benedetto |
82 |
Democratic |
87.67% |
| Demond Meeks |
137 |
Democratic |
87.28% |
| Edward Gibbs |
68 |
Democratic |
87.07% |
| Manny De Los Santos |
72 |
Democratic |
85.18% |
| Jonathan G. Jacobson |
104 |
Democratic |
83.48% |
| Taylor Darling |
18 |
Democratic |
81.97% |
| John Zaccaro Jr. |
80 |
Democratic |
81.34% |
| Jeffrion L. Aubry |
35 |
Democratic |
75.81% |
| Nader J Sayegh |
90 |
Democratic |
73.80% |
| Carl E. Heastie |
83 |
Democratic |
73.68% |
| Crystal D. Peoples-Stokes |
141 |
Democratic |
73.22% |
| Emily Gallagher |
50 |
Democratic |
68.62% |
| Grace Lee |
65 |
Democratic |
68.52% |
| Marcela Mitaynes |
51 |
Democratic |
68.20% |
| Khaleel Anderson |
31 |
Democratic |
64.31% |
| Zohran Mamdani |
36 |
Democratic |
63.94% |
| Aileen Gunther |
100 |
Democratic |
62.69% |
| Charles D. Fall |
61 |
Democratic |
62.38% |
| William B. Magnarelli |
129 |
Democratic |
61.69% |
| Jessica González-Rojas |
34 |
Democratic |
60.48% |
| Vivian E. Cook |
32 |
Democratic |
58.65% |
| Catalina Cruz |
39 |
Democratic |
54.06% |
| Phara Souffrant Forrest |
57 |
Democratic |
53.31% |
| Steven Otis |
91 |
Democratic |
52.91% |
| John T. McDonald, III |
108 |
Democratic |
51.55% |
| Jeffrey Dinowitz |
81 |
Democratic |
50.18% |
| Angelo Santabarbara |
111 |
Democratic |
47.11% |
| Stacey Pheffer Amato |
23 |
Democratic |
46.85% |
| Pamela J. Hunter |
128 |
Democratic |
46.47% |
| Dana Levenberg |
95 |
Democratic |
45.65% |
| Sarah Clark |
136 |
Democratic |
45.12% |
| Alec Brook-Krasny |
46 |
Republican |
44.42% |
| Sarahana Shrestha |
103 |
Democratic |
44.24% |
| Marianne Buttenschon |
119 |
Democratic |
43.55% |
| Kimberly Jean-Pierre |
11 |
Democratic |
43.45% |
| Kenneth Zebrowski |
96 |
Democratic |
43.11% |
| Joe DeStefano |
3 |
Republican |
41.97% |
| Jenifer Rajkumar |
38 |
Democratic |
41.95% |
| Angelo Morinello |
145 |
Republican |
41.50% |
| Didi Barrett |
106 |
Democratic |
41.13% |
| Donna A. Lupardo |
123 |
Democratic |
40.39% |
| Jonathan Rivera |
149 |
Democratic |
39.18% |
| Christopher Eachus |
99 |
Democratic |
36.02% |
| Patricia Fahy |
109 |
Democratic |
35.92% |
| Brian Maher |
101 |
Republican |
34.43% |
| Ron Kim |
40 |
Democratic |
33.72% |
| Brian A. Cunningham |
43 |
Democratic |
33.70% |
| Monique Chandler-Waterman |
58 |
Democratic |
33.12% |
| Phil Ramos |
6 |
Democratic |
33.06% |
| Stephen Hawley |
139 |
Republican |
32.84% |
| Pat Burke |
142 |
Democratic |
32.45% |
| Anil Beephan Jr. |
105 |
Republican |
32.45% |
| David I. Weprin |
24 |
Democratic |
31.43% |
| Scott Gray |
116 |
Republican |
30.48% |
| Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn |
42 |
Democratic |
30.26% |
| Andy Goodell |
150 |
Republican |
30.25% |
| Daniel J. O’Donnell |
69 |
Democratic |
29.85% |
| Daniel Rosenthal |
27 |
Democratic |
28.09% |
| Alicia Hyndman |
29 |
Democratic |
27.92% |
| Harry B. Bronson |
138 |
Democratic |
26.11% |
| Karl Brabenec |
98 |
Republican |
26.05% |
| William A. Barclay |
120 |
Republican |
25.95% |
| Brian Manktelow |
130 |
Republican |
25.80% |
| Juan Ardila |
37 |
Democratic |
25.70% |
| Michael Novakhov |
45 |
Republican |
25.61% |
| Charles D. Lavine |
13 |
Democratic |
25.40% |
| Robert Smullen |
118 |
Republican |
24.90% |
| Samuel Pirozzolo |
63 |
Republican |
23.79% |
| Chris Burdick |
93 |
Democratic |
23.76% |
| Christopher S. Friend |
124 |
Republican |
23.44% |
| Jo Anne Simon |
52 |
Democratic |
23.24% |
| Michaelle C. Solages |
22 |
Democratic |
23.13% |
| Linda B. Rosenthal |
67 |
Democratic |
23.01% |
| William Conrad |
140 |
Democratic |
22.27% |
| Tony Simone |
75 |
Democratic |
21.98% |
| Steven Raga |
30 |
Democratic |
21.54% |
| John Lemondes |
126 |
Republican |
19.81% |
| Monica P. Wallace |
143 |
Democratic |
19.62% |
| Michael Norris |
144 |
Republican |
19.33% |
| Harvey Epstein |
74 |
Democratic |
19.01% |
| William Colton |
47 |
Democratic |
18.85% |
| Maryjane Shimsky |
92 |
Democratic |
18.27% |
| John W. McGowan |
97 |
Republican |
18.19% |
| Jodi Giglio |
2 |
Republican |
17.78% |
| Jeff Gallahan |
131 |
Republican |
17.64% |
| Brian Curran |
21 |
Republican |
17.03% |
| Eric Ari Brown |
20 |
Republican |
16.90% |
| Jarett Gandolfo |
7 |
Republican |
16.41% |
| Keith Brown |
12 |
Republican |
16.34% |
| Joseph M. Giglio |
148 |
Republican |
16.06% |
| Michael Tannousis |
64 |
Republican |
16.02% |
| Brian Miller |
122 |
Republican |
14.93% |
| Fred W. Thiele, Jr. |
1 |
Democratic |
14.83% |
| Amy Paulin |
88 |
Democratic |
14.09% |
| Anna Kelles |
125 |
Democratic |
13.83% |
| Josh Jensen |
134 |
Republican |
13.27% |
| Joe Angelino |
121 |
Republican |
13.04% |
| Philip A. Palmesano |
132 |
Republican |
13.03% |
| Billy Jones |
115 |
Democratic |
11.42% |
| Helene E. Weinstein |
41 |
Democratic |
11.32% |
| Chris Tague |
102 |
Republican |
9.58% |
| Deborah J. Glick |
66 |
Democratic |
9.48% |
| Rebecca Seawright |
76 |
Democratic |
8.33% |
| Lester Chang |
49 |
Republican |
7.29% |
| Carrie Woerner |
113 |
Democratic |
6.80% |
| Simcha Eichenstein |
48 |
Democratic |
6.45% |
| Steve Stern |
10 |
Democratic |
6.42% |
| Andrew Hevesi |
28 |
Democratic |
6.39% |
| Jaime Williams |
59 |
Democratic |
6.01% |
| Nily D. Rozic |
25 |
Democratic |
5.88% |
| Edward P. Ra |
19 |
Republican |
5.29% |
| John Mikulin |
17 |
Republican |
4.59% |
| Michael Durso |
9 |
Republican |
3.68% |
| Phil Steck |
110 |
Democratic |
3.60% |
| Edward Flood |
4 |
Republican |
2.80% |
| Scott H. Bendett |
107 |
Republican |
2.59% |
| Robert C. Carroll |
44 |
Democratic |
2.34% |
| Douglas M. Smith |
5 |
Republican |
2.29% |
| Majorie Byrnes |
133 |
Republican |
2.19% |
| David DiPietro |
147 |
Republican |
0.98% |
| Jennifer Lunsford |
135 |
Democratic |
0.84% |
| Michael J. Fitzpatrick |
8 |
Republican |
0.00% |
| David G. McDonough |
14 |
Republican |
0.00% |
| Jake Blumencranz |
15 |
Republican |
0.00% |
| Gina Sillitti |
16 |
Democratic |
0.00% |
| Edward C. Braunstein |
26 |
Democratic |
0.00% |
| Clyde Vanel |
33 |
Democratic |
0.00% |
| Michael Reilly |
62 |
Republican |
0.00% |
| Alex Bores |
73 |
Democratic |
0.00% |
| Matthew Slater |
94 |
Republican |
0.00% |
| Mary Beth Walsh |
112 |
Republican |
0.00% |
| Matthew Simpson |
114 |
Republican |
0.00% |
| Ken Blankenbush |
117 |
Republican |
0.00% |
| Al Stirpe |
127 |
Democratic |
0.00% |
| Karen McMahon |
146 |
Democratic |
0.00% |