Your NYC primary ballot guide

Khaleel Anderson is running for New York State Assembly to unite the ALL communities in the 31st Assembly District. The fight against environmental racism, safe housing, more frequent and faster public transportation, better schools, proper healthcare, safe streets and healthy parks . Nearly two thirds, 65%, of Southeast Queens residents are Black and Hispanic, another 10% of the residents  are Asian. With its high concentration of Black and Brown bodies, the needs of District 31 are often overlooked. Our community needs substantial change that we can win—if we unite. There is strength in numbers.

Jessica González-Rojas believes in advocacy for people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQIA+ communities. As a resident in our community since 1999, Jessica understands that the strength of our Queens community is in its diversity, and holds an unwavering commitment to progressive values. Which is why she has also worked in the fields of disability rights, higher education, and veteran’s health.

Zohran Mamdani believes Astoria housing is unaffordable and bills are unpayable. The reason is that big landlords and corporations have too much power, and tenants and workers don't have enough. He wants to help our neighbors take their power back.

He believes it’s time to guarantee housing to all New Yorkers as a right, regardless of ability to pay. It’s time to desegregate our schools, fully eliminate cash bail, ban solitary confinement, fund and fix the MTA, end workplace discrimination, and fight for social, racial, economic, and environmental justice for the many, not the few.

Our district deserves a leader who will protect our community from greedy landlords and make Albany work for everyone.

That’s why I’m running to:

• Support Main Street, not Wall Street.
• Make the ultra-rich pay their fair share of taxes.
• Reform our democratic process, including our state budget and tax policy.

Together, we can ensure that New York is ready to solve the multiple crises we face and progress forward to a future of equality and justice.

Catalina Cruz represents New York’s 39th Assembly District (Corona, Elmhurst and Jackson Heights). She co-sponsored more than 530 bills, and introduced key legislation seeking to address imperative policy changes, such as the criminalization of wage theft, improving the conditions of nail salon workers across New York State, and expanded sexual harassment protections for employees. She has led the charge on many historic pieces of legislation, now codified into law, including the Child Victims Act, the Dream Act, rent law reforms, and the Green Light Bill, which provides Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented New Yorkers

Ron Kim has made national news as the leading New York elected official who exposed the tragic outcomes at our nursing homes and long-term facilities: New York Times, ABC News, NY Post, Daily Mail. Every day, thousands of families who lost their loved ones from COVID-19 at nursing homes and many more who still have loved ones inside these facilities are seeking the truth and real solutions.

She is a true community organizer who listens to the voices of the district, and fights for our communities even when there is formidable opposition (or she gets pepper sprayed by the NYPD).

In her almost five years as Assemblywoman for the 43rd District, she has been a fierce advocate of working people, families, renters and small businesses.

There’s too much at stake to put our democracy on autopilot. We’re taking on the machine and building a campaign for North Brooklyn neighborhoods where everyone can thrive.

Our district covers parts of Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Clinton Hill and the Navy Yard. We are a diverse community with a rich history of culture, industry and local activism. But we’re facing a profound crisis of affordability, environmental degradation and neglected infrastructure. Together, we can solve these challenges and build a more just and sustainable future.

Marcela Mitaynes believes that the housing crisis wasn’t much different than “politics-as-usual”: the powerful few gatekeeping critical information and decisions from families and communities seeking the stability to make better lives for themselves. She also believes that housing is about so much more than the monthly rent: it is a basic human right.

Phara Souffrant Forrest believes in making the wealthy pay their fair share and is fighting for free universal healthcare, a home for every New Yorker, an end to police brutality, and a livable planet.

Yuh-Line Niou stands up to Albany’s corruption and dysfunction, leading on issues such as championing economic justice and anti-poverty reforms for our working families, protecting tenants and expanding affordable housing, and fighting against sexual and racial discrimination. She is a tireless advocate for our community, unafraid to speak up for what is right and what our district needs. Right now, more than ever, our district needs a coalition-builder, someone who understands the issues lower Manhattan faces and is willing to tackle them head on, someone who links communities together in the fight for accountability and progressive change in Albany. Together, we can build a stronger, more representative government for everyone.

Dan Quart believes in criminal justice reform as a central goal of his legislative agenda. After witnessing the harmful effects the failings of our justice system had on New Yorkers, particularly people of color and low-income, he introduced legislation that would seek to end cash bail, fairly compensate exonerees, rework our ACD process, and reform campaign finance laws for District Attorneys races.