Pete is a lifelong resident of the Hudson Valley, having grown up in Rockland County. He moved to Katonah in Westchester in 1991 and now lives in South Salem. He has two adult daughters, Emma and Kate, who both attended the Katonah-Lewisboro public schools.

About Pete Harckham | NYSenate.gov

In addition to his professional work, Harckham served on the President’s Council for the Northern Westchester Hospital, was a board member for the United Way of Westchester and Putnam, the Junior League of Northern Westchester Community Advisory Council and the Livable Communities Council.

Peter Harckham is a lifelong Hudson Valley resident who grew up in Rockland County. He has served on the President’s Council for Northern Westchester Hospital and on boards and councils for the United Way of Westchester and Putnam, the Junior League of Northern Westchester Community Advisory Council, and the Livable Communities Council. He lives in South Salem and has two adult daughters.

In 2015, Harckham was appointed Assistant Director of the Office of Community Renewal, responsible for the roll out and implementation of a special allotment of $4.3M in CDBG funding for Westchester municipalities. Afterwards, he served for two years as the Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge project.

Before being elected to the BOL, Harckham served as board president of A-HOME, a not-for-profit housing corporation that builds affordable housing in northern Westchester and worked as a communications professional on Madison Avenue for major advertising agencies.

He also helmed his own communications and marketing firm, and founded K&E Farms, a small horse farm in Katonah, NY, where he donated conservation easements from the farm to the Westchester Land Trust.

Peter previously served as director of intergovernmental affairs for the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge project and as assistant director of the Office of Community Renewal. He worked as a communications professional for advertising agencies, ran a communications and marketing firm, and founded K&E Farms, a small horse farm in Katonah.

Pete Harckham was elected to the New York State Senate in November 2018, and re-elected in 2020, 2022 and 2024—the culmination so far of a distinguished career in public service. Currently, he is chair of the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee.

Pete was elected to the New York State Senate in 2018 and reelected in 2020, 2022, and 2024.

2026 New York General Election

Continued the middle-class tax cuts for over $4 billion in savings and maintained the STAR program at full benefit for residents

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Stood up for working families by raising the minimum wage, lowering prescription drug costs and expanding the child tax credit

Through his three full terms in office, Harckham has become one of the most productive members of the New York State Senate. He worked to make the 2% Property Tax Cap permanent; delivered record aid to education; and addressed the opioid crisis by doubling minimum treatment times and reducing barriers to life saving treatment.

Supported continuing middle-class tax cuts and maintaining full benefits under the School Tax Relief program.

Supported raising the minimum wage and expanding the child tax credit.

Worked to make New York's 2% property-tax cap permanent.

- Supported continuing middle-class tax cuts and maintaining full benefits under the School Tax Relief program.
- Supported raising the minimum wage and expanding the child tax credit.
- Worked to make New York's 2% property-tax cap permanent.

Economy

Protected the Hudson River by writing and passing landmark legislation banning polluters from dumping radioactive waste

Well-regarded as a champion of the environment, Harckham helped pass the toughest climate protection legislation in the nation, and also introduced legislation, later enacted, requiring all new passenger car and truck sales to be zero emission by 2035 and allowing municipalities to build solar canopies and jumpstart community renewable energy projects.

It should be noted that one of Harckham’s most important bills from 2022 was enacted in the FY2023 State Budget:

S.5116C protects and regulates wetlands and critical habitat areas by re moving the jurisdictional barriers that old Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) maps have created.

Harckham Finishes 2022 with 23 of His Bills Signed into Law | NYSenate.gov

Other key Harckham bills enacted by Governor Hochul include:
* S.7548 requires same-day notification of a parent or person in parental relation of a student with a disability where certain behavioral interventions are used;
* S.2992 places Furnace Brook Lake in the Town of Cortlandt in the state’s inland waterway protection criteria;

Sponsored legislation banning the dumping of radioactive waste into the Hudson River.

Introduced legislation that was enacted, requiring new passenger-car and truck sales to be zero-emission by 2035 and allowing municipal solar canopies.

Sponsored S.5116C, expanding wetlands and critical-habitat protections by removing barriers created by outdated Department of Environmental Conservation maps.

Sponsored S.2992, adding Furnace Brook Lake to the state's inland-waterway protection criteria.

- Sponsored legislation banning the dumping of radioactive waste into the Hudson River.
- Introduced legislation that was enacted, requiring new passenger-car and truck sales to be zero-emission by 2035 and allowing municipal solar canopies.
- Sponsored S.5116C, expanding wetlands and critical-habitat protections by removing barriers created by outdated Department of Environmental Conservation maps.
- Sponsored S.2992, adding Furnace Brook Lake to the state's inland-waterway protection criteria.

Energy & the Environment

Passed the Reproductive Health Act, ensuring women in New York can make their own reproductive health choices

This includes two signed by Governor Hochul within the last week:
* S.5690 eliminates daily co-pays for visits to Opioid Treatment programs; and
* S.7378A requires the state’s Department of Health (DOH) to publish reports on the department's website detailing sales of opioids sold in the state and provide information to the public regarding the budget's "Opioid Stewardship Fund" in combating the opioid overdose crisis.

Other signed bills helping to fight the overdose crisis are:
* S.7693 creates a council for treatment equity within the state’s Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS) to help vulnerable populations; and
* S.8219A requires an annual report for the independent Substance Use Disorder and mental health ombudsman program.

Supported the Reproductive Health Act, which the campaign says protects New Yorkers' ability to make their own reproductive health choices.

Supported lowering prescription drug costs.

Worked to extend minimum periods for opioid treatment and reduce barriers to treatment.

Sponsored S.5690, eliminating daily copays for opioid treatment program visits.

Sponsored S.7378A, requiring public Health Department reports on opioid sales and the Opioid Stewardship Fund.

Sponsored S.7693, creating a treatment-equity council within the Office of Addiction Services and Supports for vulnerable populations.

Sponsored S.8219A, requiring annual reports on the independent substance-use-disorder and mental-health ombudsman program.

- Supported the Reproductive Health Act, which the campaign says protects New Yorkers' ability to make their own reproductive health choices.
- Supported lowering prescription drug costs.
- Worked to extend minimum periods for opioid treatment and reduce barriers to treatment.
- Sponsored S.5690, eliminating daily copays for opioid treatment program visits.
- Sponsored S.7378A, requiring public Health Department reports on opioid sales and the Opioid Stewardship Fund.
- Sponsored S.7693, creating a treatment-equity council within the Office of Addiction Services and Supports for vulnerable populations.
- Sponsored S.8219A, requiring annual reports on the independent substance-use-disorder and mental-health ombudsman program.

Healthcare

As of September 9, 2026, Peter Harckham’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Kept our community safe with increased funding for law enforcement and gun violence interruption

Passed commonsense gun safety legislature to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous individuals and to protect victims of domestic violence

Supported increased funding for law enforcement and gun-violence-interruption programs.

Supported gun-safety legislation intended to limit gun access for dangerous individuals and protect domestic-violence victims.

- Supported increased funding for law enforcement and gun-violence-interruption programs.
- Supported gun-safety legislation intended to limit gun access for dangerous individuals and protect domestic-violence victims.

Public Safety

Won record investments in school funding, brought an additional $3.2 billion in Foundation Aid to districts, expanded Pre-K programs

As a state senator, secured school funding, expanded pre-kindergarten programs, and supported an additional $3.2 billion in Foundation Aid.

Sponsored S.7548, requiring same-day parental notification when certain behavioral interventions are used for students with disabilities.

- As a state senator, secured school funding, expanded pre-kindergarten programs, and supported an additional $3.2 billion in Foundation Aid.
- Sponsored S.7548, requiring same-day parental notification when certain behavioral interventions are used for students with disabilities.

Education

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