Matt Slater is a Republican/Conservative Assembly Member representing New York's 94th Assembly District, which covers 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. Elected on November 8, 2022, he resides in Yorktown with his wife and two children. Notable achievements include balancing Yorktown's budget as town supervisor through spending cuts and economic growth, cutting town taxes for the first time in three decades , and developing an economic plan praised by the Business Council of Westchester County that attracted investments from Trader Joe’s and Uncle Giuseppe’s. In the Assembly, he secured over $30 million for his district, closed over a thousand constituent cases, ranked as the #4 highest-performing freshman lawmaker and among the top 10 most effective minority Assembly members by the Center for Effective Lawmaking , and spearheaded the bipartisan Detective Brian Simonsen Law in 2024 to disable stolen cell phones and deter robberies. Previously, he contributed to state Senate efforts on opioid addiction, including laws limiting prescriptions and funding regional anti-drug initiatives, and protecting property taxpayers via legislation on state untaxed land valuation.

Education and Political Experience

Specific education details are not detailed in available records. Politically, Slater served as Yorktown Town Supervisor prior to his Assembly election, where he implemented fiscal reforms and economic development. In the state Senate earlier, he worked on the Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction. As a freshman Assembly member, he ranked seventh in legislation passed among peers. In 2026, he publicly supported Assemblyman Ed Ra's election as Assembly Minority Leader.