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New York

New York has two main public pension funds:

  • The NYLRS board represents public employees, police officers, and firefighters; the board consists of 1 member – the New York State Comptroller.
    • The New York State Common Retirement Fund administers the NYLRS funds and discloses its proxy voting records on this website; 2023 voting records are published here.
  • The NYSTRS board represents public school teachers and employees and consists of 10 members: 3 teacher members are elected from the membership, 1 NYSTRS retiree is elected by retired members, 2 school administrators are appointed by the state Commissioner of Education, 2 present or former school board members, experienced in the fields of finance and investment, are elected by the Board of Regents based on recommendations of the New York State School Boards Association, 1 present or former bank executive is elected by the Board of Regents, and the State Comptroller or a designee.
    • The NYSTRS discloses its specific proxy voting records on this website.

The first table shows the aggregated proxy voting records of the state’s asset managers, who manage the pension’s stock market portfolio either through mutual funds or ETFs, and are therefore exercising proxy voting privileges as well. The second table shows the state’s publicly disclosed proxy voting records for public securities that it directly owns through pension fund portfolios. Both of these tables are necessary to reflect an accurate and comprehensive picture of the state’s proxy voting records.

By Asset Manager

AQR Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

82%

BlackRock Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

7%

Brown Advisory Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

29%

Dimensional Investment Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

5%

Franklin Templeton Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

51%

Goldman Sachs Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

6%

Harding Loevner Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

12%

Invesco Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

34%

Nuveen Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

41%

PGIM Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

42%

State Street Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

18%

State Street SSGA

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

19%

T Rowe Price Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

3%

UBS Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

48%

Artisan Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

17%

Blackstone Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

84%

Brandes Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

35%

Fiera Capital Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

32%

William Blair Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

72%

Baillie Gifford Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

29%

Eagle Capital Growth Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

0%

Mondrian Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

47%

GQG Partners Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

57%

LSV Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

37%

Ariel Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

21%

Cohen & Steers Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

14%

Rockefeller Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

100%

Brookfield Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

48%

Kayne Anderson Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

29%

PENN Capital Funds

Percentage of times Mgr. voted “for” pro-ESG proposals:

0%

Asset Manager Voting

Pro-ESG

23.1%

Anti-ESG

1.5%

Anti-Fossil Fuels

23%

Anti-Pollution/Waste

28%

Animal Rights

10%

DEI

22%

Weapons/Defense

15%

Human Rights

29%

Income Equality

28%

Political Speech/Lobbying Spending

26%

Health Care

13%

Race/Gender targets on Boards

31%

Non-Pecuniary

16%

ESG-Focused Governance

18%

Abortion

17%

Pro-Fossil Fuel

1%

Equality not DEI

1%

Controversial Cause Support

2%

Geopolitical Rivals/China

1%

State Voting

Pro-ESG

80.50%

Anti-ESG

0%

Anti-Fossil Fuel

82%

Anti-Pollution/Waste

96%

Animal Rights

72%

DEI

79%

Weapons/Defense

30%

Human Rights

82%

Income Equality

82%

Political Speech/Lobbying Spending

86%

Health Care

69%

Race/Gender targets on Boards

100%

Non-Pecuniary Corporate Purpose

87%

ESG-Focused Governance

78%

Abortion

60%

Pro-Fossil Fuel

0%

Equality not DEI

0%

Controversial Cause Support

0%

Geopolitical Rivals/China

0%

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