The Jewish Vote: November 2026 Voter Guide

JFREJ's recommendations for the 2026 general election in New York City.

About JFREJ and The Jewish Vote:

Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) is a 6,000+ member led organization in NY. In 2026, we are organizing to tax the rich and share the wealth for care, end deportations in New York, and prevent hate violence and state violence. We expect these November elections to usher in elected officials, especially in the NY state government, who will increase taxes on the wealthy, increase New Yorkers’ access to care, and make our state a true sanctuary for immigrants. JFREJ makes endorsements under the name "The Jewish Vote."

In this guide you will find:

1. Information about election defense 

2. The Working Families Party ballot line & fusion voting 

2. Statewide Races 

3. NYC’s ballot measures and COGE

4. Other races and candidates on your ballot (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island) 

5. Where & when to vote, and checking your registration status  

We highly recommend that you vote early. 

Even if you know you vote every single election and your polling place is literally right next door to your apartment. With the Trump administration trying to make voting more difficult, you never know when an election could get weird! Prioritizing voting early increases the chances that you will vote and eliminates the risk of something unexpected happening on Election Day. In addition, voting early can allow time to fix any possible issues with a ballot. 

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Election Defense:

In a real democracy, voters pick our leaders. But the Trump regime knows they’re losing. So instead of courting our votes, they are trying to keep people from voting in the 2026 midterms based on our races, backgrounds, and genders. They want to seize more power, controlling our elections so they can declare themselves the winners before we even cast our votes. 

We can’t let that happen. We want every voter to vote and every vote cast to be counted – here in New York City and across the country. We can’t get complacent; New York is the corporate and finance capital of this country. It is our responsibility to fight fascism using every tool at our disposal just like our Jewish ancestors did. 

Take action to ensure democratic midterm elections in NYC & across the country.

Get out the vote in NYC with JFREJ’s endorsed candidates

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The Working Families Party ballot line & fusion voting:

Wherever you can, vote on the Working Families Party ballot line (Row D)! In New York we have fusion voting, which means that all of the votes for a candidate, no matter what line they’re on, get added together. Voting on the WFP line helps elect your candidate this cycle, and helps build progressive power in the long run. Read more at votewfp.info. 

Every two years, WFP must receive either 2% of the total votes cast for president or governor or 130,000 votes, whichever is greater. In this general election, voting for Governor Kathy Hochul on the Working Families Party line is recommended for maintaining WFP ballot access.

When there is no WFP candidate, vote on the Democratic line. While JFREJ did not necessarily support every candidate who won their Democratic primary, generally the Democrats running in each of these races are better than the Republican options.
 

A note about our endorsement process:

The JFREJ endorsement process was conducted this spring before the June primaries, and we did not conduct another round of endorsements for the general election. This means that even if we wholeheartedly feel there is a clear choice among candidates in a race this November, they may not be endorsed by JFREJ, often due to not having had a competitive primary. The written descriptions of candidates and races that follow below have been updated for November’s general election. 

A note on Congress: 

We are excited to recommend voting for Brad Lander (NY-10), Claire Valdez (NY-7), and Darializa Chevalier (NY-13) and can’t wait for them to join AOC in Congress!

Most Democratic NYC congressional candidates face little opposition in the general election:  Hakeem Jeffries (NY-8), Ritchie Torres (NY-15), George Latimer (NY-16), Greg Meeks (NY-5) Grace Meng (NY-6), Yvette Clarke (NY-9), and, joining this group following Jerry Nadler’s (NY-12) retirement, Micah Lasher (currently AD69).   

We are dissatisfied with the leadership of these safe-seat representatives, many of whom hold major party leadership roles. Despite the repeated calls of New Yorkers, they’re failing to effectively lead opposition to Trump and authoritarianism, continuing to accept AIPAC dollars, and failing to do anything in their power to stop a genocide. Although it is unfortunate that there is not a meaningful opportunity to vote them out in this election, we can take encouragement from the fact that progressives defeated establishment candidates in races where there were primary challenges this past June. We look forward to supporting challengers to these congressmembers in 2028. 

For consideration: 

NY Dumps AIPAC is currently running a campaign urging voters to write-in the name of Hind Rajab (z”l) against these safe-seat incumbents. 

For these races, vote your conscience, and let’s keep building the pressure to make these candidates more accountable or defeat them in future primaries.  

Key:

✅ JFREJ-endorsed candidate! Best choice.
✔️ Consider voting for this candidate.
❌ DON’T consider this candidate.
(*I) Incumbent.
⭐️ Someone great JFREJ has worked with in the past, or who we’re especially enthusiastic to support this November.
🐺 On the Working Families Party ballot line (vote for this candidate on Row D). 

STATEWIDE

GOVERNOR

✔️ D: Kathy Hochul (*I) 🐺 
❌ R: Bruce Blakeman

In this general election, voting for Hochul on the Working Families Party line is recommended for maintaining WFP ballot access. Kathy Hochul is the current governor of New York State and ran unopposed in the Democratic primary. Her opponent is Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau county executive and a Trump-aligned Republican. While Hochul has shown willingness to negotiate and work with Mayor Mamdani, most notably on increasing investments in childcare, her reluctance to tax the rich and support New York For All directly impedes JFREJ priorities. However, thanks to Andrew Cuomo (who is somehow still haunting us), the rules for a party to keep their ballot line mean that every two years, WFP must receive either 2% of the total votes cast for president or governor or 130,000 votes, whichever is greater. 

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LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

✔️ D: Adrienne Adams 🐺 
❌ R: R: Todd Hood

In a change this cycle, we now vote for governor and lieutenant governor together. Adrienne Adams is running for lieutenant governor after New York’s current lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, ran an unsuccessful primary campaign for governor (dropping out of the race before the primary). Adams formerly served in the New York City Council from 2017-2025 representing eastern Queens and was elected speaker in 2022, serving from 2023 until the end of her last term in 2025. Todd Hood is the sheriff of Madison County, a rural agricultural county outside of Syracuse.

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ATTORNEY GENERAL

✔️ D: Letitia James (*I) 🐺 
❌ R: Saritha Komatireddy

Tish James is running to continue as Attorney General, an office she has held since 2019. James has used the office to advance JFREJ priorities. She has pledged to deploy legal observers to document ICE activity and to bolster sanctuary protections against deportations. She has gone after the ultra-wealthy who evade paying taxes. And she has worked against hate violence by defending the rights of trans New Yorkers to receive health care, documenting and verifying claims of harassment by then-Governor Andrew Cuomo, and by holding Betar US accountable for their “bias-motivated assaults, threats, and harassment targeting Muslim, Arab, Palestinian, and Jewish New Yorkers.” Saritha Kimatireddy is a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York.

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COMPTROLLER

✔️ D: Tom Dinapoli (*I) 🐺 
❌ R: Joseph Hernandez  

Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has been in office since 2007. In that time, he has been a steady manager of New York State’s finances, especially concerning the state retirement funds, which are deeply linked to unions. He also adopted a plan for a net-zero emissions portfolio by 2040. However, he has avoided taking most other progressive positions and has refused to divest from Israel bonds.

Joseph Hernandez is a Wall Street investor who campaigns on cracking down on what he alleges is fraud in the Medicaid system at a time when New Yorkers are facing increasing healthcare costs and getting kicked off their health coverage. 

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BALLOT MEASURES

In addition to the races below, New York City voters will have five ballot measures to vote on. These measures were based on public comment and review of the City Charter led by the Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE), the Charter Review Commission convened by Mayor Mamdani, and are focused on streamlining government processes. Unlike recent city charter revision commissions convened by Mayor Adams, there is general positive consensus around the five proposals, including among JFREJ’s partners. 

JFREJ recommends voting yes on all five ballot measures.

By focusing on making government work better in everyday ways, the Mamdani administration can improve New Yorkers’ faith in government as they work with movement partners to continue to build momentum towards a more affordable, more equitable city. Remember to flip your ballot and vote!

Prop 1: Speeding up timelines for Public Space Usage
Outdoor dining is going to be year-round again - but still takes time and money that can box out many small businesses citywide. This ballot measure focuses on simplifying the outdoor dining process, including cutting the application process down to 2 months and lowering the costs of applying by up to $1,800.

Prop 2: Procurement and Contracting
This ballot measure focuses on simplifying and speeding up the City's notoriously long and complex procurement and contracting process for businesses and nonprofits providing services on behalf of City government. Cutting down the bureaucracy in these processes is aimed towards allowing small businesses and nonprofits to get paid and provide services faster. 

Prop 3: Street safety and use of public land
This measure works to speed up bike lanes and other street safety projects by simplifying review of projects and allowing the DOT commissioner to fast track certain projects where there's a clear, immediate safety need identified. It would also speed up sale or lease of small city lots, air rights above landmarked city properties and more, creating additional revenue for the City. 

Prop 4: Building Permits
This proposal would simplify the City's complex building permitting process by making a centralized permitting hub, giving the Department of Buildings (DOB) more power to approve certain paperwork and centralizing the City's waterfront permitting at DOB. 

Prop 5: Planning for the future with the City’s Rainy Day fund
The City's rainy day fund is our dedicated mechanism for ensuring NYC government has resources set aside for financial crises and downturns. However, the statute that created it did not address when the funds must be built up, when they can be used and how they can be replenished. An underinvested Rainy Day fund leaves our City vulnerable in the face of future recessions; the fund had just $2 billion in reserves at the end of July 2025. While a sufficient Rainy Day fund is no replacement for adequate funding of city services, it could positively impact the city’s ability to maintain funds when needed. This ballot measure sets target amounts for the Rainy Day fund, requires key city agencies to work together to develop a mandatory contributions formula for the fund, and more. 

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MANHATTAN

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 10

✅ D: Brad Lander ⭐️ 🐺 
❌ R: Jennifer E. Moore

Brad Lander won the Democratic primary in a landslide, ousting incumbent Congressmember Dan Goldman. JFREJ has proudly endorsed Lander, JFREJ member and our longtime ally in his previous offices as NYC comptroller and council member. He’ll be the leading Jewish progressive voice in Congress: fighting ICE and authoritarianism at home, supporting the Block the Bombs bill to end U.S. military aid to Israel, and championing affordable housing, and tenants’ and workers’ rights. His impactful cross-endorsement during the 2025 mayoral primary played a significant role in Zohran Mamdani's victory, embodying a politics of solidarity and service over ego and ambition.

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 13

✔️ D: Darializa Avila-Chevalier 🐺 
❌ R: Jomo M. Williams

Darializa Avila Chevalier beat incumbent Congressmember Adriano Espaillat in an exciting Democratic primary race. She is backed by DSA and Justice Democrats. She organized with UAW region 9A when she was a graduate student at Columbia and is now a PhD student at CUNY and recently worked for the progressive legal organization Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem. She supports the Block the Bombs Act to end U.S. military aid to Israel, as well as a number of JFREJ’s domestic policy priorities, like Medicare for All. 

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 66 [open seat]

✔️ D: David Siffert  
(no opponent)

David Siffert is a civil rights lawyer, law professor, and community organizer who has spent years writing and fighting for progressive legislation on issues like civil rights, data privacy, police reform, and government transparency. Siffert has a proven record of building coalitions, taking on powerful interests, and pushing bold policy solutions that directly improve people’s lives. David won the primary for this open seat by 15 votes after a recount. If elected, they will be the first openly non-binary person to hold elected office in New York state.  

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT  69 [open seat]

✅ D: Eli Northrup ⭐️ 🐺
(no opponent)

Eli Northrup is a public defender and JFREJ member who JFREJ endorsed in his initial run for Assembly in 2024 and helped propel him to victory in the 2026 primary. He has successfully advocated for equitable cannabis legalization, and sentencing and bail reform. He made JFREJ’s campaigns to End Deportations and to Tax the Rich to fund universal childcare core parts of his primary campaign. He is on the record opposing anti-protest state “buffer zone” legislation. 

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SENATE DISTRICT  31

✅ D: Robert Jackson ⭐️ (*I) 🐺 
(no opponent)

Senator Robert Jackson has been a champion of increased funding for New York City public schools for his entire career, leading the successful Campaign for Fiscal Equity in the 1990s and 2000s. He is running for reelection to the senate on a platform of taxing the rich, funding education, enhancing tenant’s rights, and protecting immigrants from ICE. 

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SENATE DISTRICT  59

✅ D: Kristen Gonzalez ⭐️ (*I) 🐺
(no opponent)

Senator Kristen Gonzalez is a longtime JFREJ ally and democratic socialist who has fought tirelessly for Good Cause eviction and other tenant protections while in office. She has been leading the fight against data centers in NYS as Chair of Internet & Technology Committee and deserves much of the credit for the Governor’s recent moratorium. 

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Uncompetitive Manhattan races:

Congressional District 12: Micah Lasher (non-incumbent)

Assembly District 65: Illapa Sairitupac 🐺 (non-incumbent)

Assembly District 67: Linda Rosenthal 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 68: Diana I. Ayala 🐺

Assembly District 71: Al Taylor 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 72: Manny De Los Santos 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 73: Vanessa Aronson 🐺 (unopposed non-incumbent)  

Assembly District 75: Tony Simone 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 76: Rebecca Seawright 🐺 (*I) 

Senate District 28: Liz Krueger (*I) 

Senate District 29: Jose Serrano 🐺 (*I) 

Senate District 30: Cordell Cleare 🐺 (*I) 

Senate District 47: Erik Bottcher 🐺 (*I) 

Council District 3: Carl Wilson (*I) 

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BROOKLYN

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 7 [open seat]

✔️ D: Claire Valdez ⭐️🐺
❌ R: Melvin Rivera

While the primary split progressive groups in the district, they are now united behind Claire Valdez. Valdez has been a very strong ally on JFREJ’s core issues, including taxing the rich and supporting immigrants. She has put out substantial policy platforms on a number of our core issues, a strong record of opposition to the genocide of Palestinians, and has a clear grasp of the broader history of Israel-Palestine. Valdez won the endorsement of The Jewish Vote when she ran for her current position as Assembly Member.

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 10

✅ D: Brad Lander ⭐️ 🐺 
❌ R: Jennifer E. Moore

Brad Lander won the Democratic primary in a landslide, ousting incumbent Congressmember Dan Goldman. JFREJ has proudly endorsed Lander, JFREJ member and our longtime ally in his previous offices as NYC comptroller and council member. He’ll be the leading Jewish progressive voice in Congress: fighting ICE and authoritarianism at home, supporting the Block the Bombs bill to end U.S. military aid to Israel, and championing affordable housing, and tenants’ and workers’ rights. His impactful cross-endorsement during the 2025 mayoral primary played a significant role in Zohran Mamdani's victory, embodying a politics of solidarity and service over ego and ambition.

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 11

✔️ D: Michael DeCillis
❌ R: Nicole Malliotakis (*I) 

Michael DeCillis has worked as an EMS paramedic and 9/11 first responder, an NYPD police officer, a civil litigation attorney, and as a special education teacher. His government service includes serving as a chief of staff in the New York State Assembly. While he has not previously held elected office, anyone would be better than current congressmember Nicole Malliotakis, who is a MAGA Republican and works hard against JFREJ’s campaign priorities.

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SENATE DISTRICT 18

✅ D: Julia Salazar ⭐️ (*I) 🐺 
(no opponent)

Before launching one of the first successful challenges to shift power in the State Senate back to progressives, Senator Julia Salazar was a JFREJ staff organizer. She remains accountable to and a fighter for our movements; Salazar has led legislative battles for tenant and reproductive rights, ending the use of long-term solitary confinement in NYS prisons, and more.

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SENATE DISTRICT 25

✅ D: Jabari Brisport ⭐️ (*I) 🐺 
(no opponent)

Senator Jabari Brisport has championed universal childcare, including investments to ensure fair wages for workers, the New York Health Act, Tax the Rich and other fights JFREJ and our allies have long pushed for in the state legislature. He is a queer Black democratic socialist in office and former public school teacher. 

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SENATE DISTRICT  59

✅ D: Kristen Gonzalez ⭐️ (*I) 🐺
(no opponent)

Senator Kristen Gonzalez is a longtime JFREJ ally and democratic socialist who has fought tirelessly for Good Cause eviction and other tenant protections while in office. She has been leading the fight against data centers in NYS as Chair of Internet & Technology Committee and deserves much of the credit for the Governor’s recent moratorium. 

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT  46

✔️ D: Chris McCreight 🐺
❌ R: Alec Brook-Krasny (*I) 

Chris McCreight is a former senior advisor to Council Member Kayla Santosuosso, a vice co-chair of the Progressive Caucus, and a former Chief of Staff to Council Member Justin Brannan. He also ran as a challenger in 2024 and lost with 42% of the vote compared to 48% for Brook-Krasny. The incumbent used to be a Democrat, but now he is a Republican who did not sponsor New York for All or any of the bills to tax the rich. Prior to his current stint in the Assembly he was indicted, but not convicted on charges related to operating a “pill mill.”

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT  50

✅ D: Emily Gallagher ⭐️ (*I) 🐺
(no opponent)

Assembly Member Emily Gallagher is a democratic socialist who has focused on environmental justice, transportation, housing justice and more as part of her work in the State Legislature, leading on all-electric buildings and legislation to unmask usage of LLCs to operate businesses and manage properties without accountability in New York State.

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT  51

✅ D: Marcela Mitaynes ⭐️ (*I) 🐺 
❌ R: Carla Danielson

Marcela is an immigrant, tenant organizer, democratic socialist and parent legislator. She has advocated fearlessly for immigrants through her work on the Excluded Workers Fund and New York for All.

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT  56 

✅ Eon Huntley ⭐️ 🐺 
(no opponent)

Eon Huntley is a public school parent, Black democratic socialist, and steadfast advocate for tenants rights, universal childcare, public education, and workers’ rights. JFREJers voted to endorse him during his first run for Assembly in 2024 and again this year; he won the primary and has now advanced to the general election.

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT  57

✅ Phara Souffrant Forrest ⭐️ 🐺  (*I) 
❌ R: Yolanda Allison

Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest is a nurse, tenant organizer, Black democratic socialist and parent legislator who has organized with JFREJ for universal healthcare, fair pay for home care, universal childcare, Tax the Rich, and more.

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Uncompetitive Brooklyn races:

New York Congressional District 8: Hakeem Jeffries (*I) 

New York Congressional District 9: Yvette Clarke (*I) 

Assembly District 41: Kalman Yeger (*I) 

Assembly District 42: Rodneyse Bichotte (*I) 

Assembly District 43: Brian Cunningham 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 44: Robert Carroll 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 45: Michael Novakhov (*I) 

Assembly District 47: William Colton (*I) 

Assembly District 48: Simcha Eischenstein (*I) 

Assembly District 49: Lester Change (*I) 

Assembly District 52: Jo Anne Simon 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 53: Maritza Davila (*I) 

Assembly District 55: Latrice Walker 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 58: Monique Chandler-Waterman 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 60: Nikki Lukas (*I) 

Senate District 17: Steve Chan (*I)  

Senate District 19: Roxanne Persaud (*I) 

Senate District 20: Zellnor Myrie ⭐️ 🐺 (*I) 

Senate District 21: Kevin Parker (*I) 

Senate District 22: Sam Sutton (*I) 

Senate District 23: Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (*I) 

Senate District 26: Andrew Gounardes 🐺 (*I) 

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QUEENS

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 3

✔️ D: Tom Suozzi (*I) 
❌ R: Michael LiPetri Jr. 

Suozzi has represented more conservative parts of NE Queens and Nassau County, and he continues to be very out of line with JFREJ policies and values. Earlier this year, he proposed federal “buffer zone” legislation echoing the local proposals JFREJ rallied strongly against in NYC and has been one of the most conservative democrats on immigration and taxation policy. 

However, Michael LiPetri is endorsed by President Trump and is a worse option for JFREJ values in Washington D.C. This is likely to be a close race.

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 7 [open seat]

✔️ D: Claire Valdez ⭐️🐺
❌ R: Melvin Rivera

While the primary split progressive groups in the district, they are now united behind Claire Valdez. Valdez has been a very strong ally on JFREJ’s core issues, including taxing the rich and supporting immigrants. She has put out substantial policy platforms on a number of our core issues, a strong record of opposition to the genocide of Palestinians, and has a clear grasp of the broader history of Israel-Palestine. Valdez won the endorsement of The Jewish Vote when she ran for her current position as Assembly Member.

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 14

✅ D: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ⭐️ (*I) 🐺 
❌ R: Diamant Hysenaj

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has consistently been the most left-wing voice in New York’s congressional delegation since she was first elected in 2019. She is aligned with JFREJ’s values and has a wide-reaching national platform. Although JFREJ does not regularly organize around national legislation, she sponsors many bills that mirror our statehouse agenda such as Raise the Wage, Medicare for All, Block the Bombs, and an ultra-millionaire tax.

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 23 [open seat]

✔️ D: Pesach Osina
❌ R: Thomas Sullivan

The race to replace retiring Assembly Member Stacey Pfefer Amato is likely to be competitive in a purple district that voted for President Trump in 2024. Democrat Pesach Osina is a long-time staffer for elected officials and Orthodox Jew, who is endorsed by the local democratic electeds and labor unions. Thomas Sullivan is endorsed by some of the staunchest opponents of JFREJ’s values in the city council.

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 34 [open seat]

✅ Brian Romero ⭐️ 🐺
(no opponent)

JFREJ has endorsed Brian Romero, who has spent years working in government, most recently serving as Chief of Staff to State Senator Kristen Gonzalez. He is a JFREJ member and a leader in both immigration and LGBTQIA+ spaces.

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 36

✅ D: Diana Moreno ⭐️ 🐺 (*I) 
❌ R: Ed Lee

Assembly Member Diana Moreno won the special election to fill the seat vacated by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and is now up for re-election in the general election. A JFREJ member, former union organizer, democratic socialist and immigration activist. She is the Assembly sponsor of one of the Tax the Rich bills and reintroduced the Not On Our Dime Act to prevent NYS non-profits from funding illegal settlements in the West Bank.  

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ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 38

✅ D: David Orkin ⭐️ 🐺 
❌ R: Ruben Cruz 

JFREJ has endorsed David Orkin, a JFREJ member, democratic socialist, and immigration attorney at Make the Road NY. Orkin is running on a platform aligned with JFREJ values, including a focus on taxing the rich, ICE out of NYC, and worker protections. 

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SENATE DISTRICT 12 [open seat]\

✅ D: Aber Kawas ⭐️ 🐺
❌ R: Han-Khon To

JFREJ has endorsed Aber Kawas for State Senate. Kawas is a Palestinian organizer and community activist who has worked with JFREJ on numerous campaigns for over fifteen years. The daughter of Palestinian refugees, Kawas’s father was deported by ICE when she was sixteen. Most recently, she helped draft the language of the Not On Our Dime bill, which prevents NYS non-profits from funding illegal settlements in the West Bank.

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SENATE DISTRICT 13 

✅ D: Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas ⭐️ 🐺 
❌ R: John Patrick Healy

JFREJ has endorsed Jessica González-Rojas for State Senate, and previously endorsed her for State Assembly. From her days as a reproductive and disability justice advocate to her work as an Assembly Member, Gonzales-Rojas cares deeply about and fights to materially improve New Yorkers’ lives. Her support of a casino in the district has disappointed a number of progressive organizations, but she was the clear choice in her primary race against Jessica Ramos, and remains the clear choice in the general.

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SENATE DISTRICT  59

✅ D: Kristen Gonzalez ⭐️ (*I) 🐺
(no opponent)

Senator Kristen Gonzalez is a longtime JFREJ ally and democratic socialist who has fought tirelessly for Good Cause eviction and other tenant protections while in office. She has been leading the fight against data centers in NYS as Chair of Internet & Technology Committee and deserves much of the credit for the Governor’s recent moratorium. 

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Uncompetitive Queens races:

New York Congressional District 5: Gregory Meeks (*I) 

New York Congressional District 6: Grace Meng (*I) 

Assembly District 24: David Weprin (*I) 

Assembly District 25: Nily Rozic (*I) 

Assembly District 26: Edward Braunstein (*I) 

Assembly District 27: Sam Berger (*I) 

Assembly District 28: Andrew Hevesi 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 29: Alicia Hyndman 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 30: Patrick Martinez (non-incumbent)

Assembly District 31: Khaleel Anderson 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 32: Nathaniel Hezekiah III (non-incumbent)

Assembly District 33: Clyde Vanel (*I)  

Assembly District 35: Larinda Hooks 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 37: Samantha Kattan 🐺 (non-incumbent)

Assembly District 39: Catalina Cruz 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 40: Ron Kim 🐺 (*I) 

Senate District 10: James Sanders 🐺 (*I) 

Senate District 11: Toby Ann Stavisky (*I) 

Senate District 14: Leroy Comrie (*I) 

Senate District 15: Joseph Abddabbo (*I) 

Senate District 16: John Liu 🐺 (*I) 

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THE BRONX

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 13

✔️ D: Darializa Aviles-Chevalier 🐺 
❌ R: Jomo M. Williams

Darializa Avila Chevalier beat incumbent Congressmember Adriano Espaillat in an exciting Democratic primary race. She is backed by DSA and Justice Democrats. She organized with UAW region 9A when she was a graduate student at Columbia and is now a PhD student at CUNY and recently worked for the progressive legal organization Neighborhood Defender Service of Harlem. She supports the Block the Bombs Act to end U.S. military aid to Israel, as well as a number of JFREJ’s domestic policy priorities, like Medicare for All. 

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 14

✅ D: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (*I) ⭐️ 🐺 
❌ R: Diamant Hysenaj

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has consistently been the most left-wing voice in New York’s congressional delegation since she was first elected in 2019. She is aligned with JFREJ’s values and has a wide-reaching national platform. Although JFREJ does not regularly organize around national legislation, she sponsors many bills that mirror our statehouse agenda such as Raise the Wage, Medicare for All, Block the Bombs, and an ultra-millionaire tax.

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SENATE DISTRICT 31

✅ D: Robert Jackson  ⭐️ (*I) 🐺 
(no opponent)

Senator Robert Jackson has been a champion of increased funding for New York City public schools for his entire career, leading the successful Campaign for Fiscal Equity in the 1990s and 2000s. He is running for reelection to the senate on a platform of taxing the rich, funding education, enhancing tenant’s rights, and protecting immigrants from ICE. 

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SENATE DISTRICT 33

✅ D: Gustavo Rivera  ⭐️ (*I) 🐺 
(no opponent)

Gustavo Rivera has been in the Senate since 2010. JFREJ has endorsed him previously and in 2022 helped him win in a close race after redistricting forced him to run outside of his home base. He is the main sponsor of the New York Health Act, which will provide single-payer universal health coverage to all New Yorkers. 

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Uncompetitive Bronx races:

New York Congressional District 15: Ritchie Torres (*I) 

New York Congressional District 16: George S. Latimer (*I) 

Assembly District 77: Landon Dais (*I) 

Assembly District 78: George Alvarez 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 79: Chantel Jackson (*I) 

Assembly District 80: John Zaccaro Jr. (*I) 

Assembly District 81: Jeffrey Dinowitz (*I) 

Assembly District 82: Michael Benedetto (*I) 

Assembly District 83: Carl Heastie (*I) 

Assembly District 84: Amanda Septimo 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 85: Emerita Torres 🐺 (*I) 

Assembly District 86: Yudelka Tapia (*I) 

Assembly District 87: Karina Reyes 🐺 (*I) 

Senate District 29: Jose Serrano 🐺 (*I) 

Senate District 32: Luis Sepulveda 🐺 (*I) 

Senate District 34: Nathalia Fernandez 🐺 (*I) 

Senate District 36: Jamaal Bailey (*I)  

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STATEN ISLAND

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NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 11

✔️ D: Michael DeCillis
❌ R: Nicole Malliotakis (*I)  

Michael DeCillis has worked as an EMS paramedic and 9/11 first responder, an NYPD police officer, a civil litigation attorney, and as a special education teacher. His government service includes serving as a chief of staff in the New York State Assembly. While he has not previously held elected office, anyone would be better than current congressmember Nicole Malliotakis, who is a MAGA Republican and works hard against JFREJ’s campaign priorities.

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Uncompetitive Staten Island races:

Assembly District 61: Charles Fall (*I)  

Assembly District 62: Michael Reilly (*I)  

Assembly District 63: Sam Pirozzolo (*I) 

Assembly District 64: Michael Tanousis (*I) 

Senate District 23: Jessica Scarcella-Spanton (*I) 

Senate District 24: Andrew Lanza (*I) 

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JUDGES

Depending on where you live, you might see judges on your ballot. We are not offering recommendations on judges.

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WHERE & WHEN TO VOTE

Check your voter registration here: vote.nyc/page/am-i-registered


If you need to register to vote:


If you’d like to vote by mail, there are three steps:

1. Request an early mail-in ballot:

  • Online by October 24 - available if you are already registered to vote
  • In person at your borough Board of Elections office by November 2, Monday-Friday 9:00am–5:00pm.
  • Early ballots are available to anyone for any reason. Absentee ballots are available if you’ll be unable to vote at regular poll site hours.


2. Fill out your ballot

3. Return your filled-out ballot:

  • by mail, in the envelope that comes with the ballot (no postage needed), postmarked by November 3.
  • or in person to your early voting site (remember to check what time it’s open) from Saturday, October 24 through Sunday, November 1.
  • or in-person to your election day poll site on Tuesday, November 3 6:00 am–9:00 pm.


EARLY VOTING IN-PERSON: Saturday, October 24 through Sunday, November 1 is early voting! Find your early voting site and hours here. (Note: your early voting site may be different from your election-day polling place).

ELECTION DAY IN-PERSON VOTING: Tuesday, November 3 is Election Day! Polls are open 6:00 am–9:00 pm. Find your election day poll site at FindMyPollSite.vote.nyc.

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