Matt Slater was elected to the New York State Assembly on November 8, 2022. The 94th Assembly District includes parts of Putnam and Westchester counties, including the towns of Kent, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Carmel, Southeast, Somers, and Yorktown, as well as the village of Brewster. Raised in Yorktown, Matt is a graduate of Yorktown High School and was first elected Supervisor of the Town of Yorktown in 2019 and reelected in 2021.
After serving as Town Supervisor, Matt balanced Yorktown’s budget through spending cuts and economic growth and cut town taxes for the first time in three decades – cutting town taxes two out of three years as town supervisor. Prior to his election as Yorktown Town Supervisor, Matt served as Chief of Staff to former state Sen. Terrence Murphy for four years. In that role, he partnered with Sen. Murphy to enact dozens of local and statewide laws. He secured millions of dollars in state funding for area projects and led local relief efforts for the victims of Hurricanes Harvey and Maria and has also worked to designate Mohegan Lake, Sparkle Lake, Junior Lake, and nearly two dozen others as state inland waterways to promote environmental protection.
Matt is an active-duty reservist, and received a direct commission from the United States Naval Reserves as an officer and currently serves in the Expedition Cargo Handling Battalion. He is committed to making his state, his community, and his Assembly District a better place to live, work, and raise a family. Matt currently resides in Yorktown with his wife and two children.
