State Assembly Member - District 24
David I. Weprin
Assembly member for District 24 since a Feb. 9, 2010 special election and chair of the Assembly Committee on Correction since 2017.
Where they stand
State budget and taxes
Voted for a bill enacting major components of the 2026-27 state budget, signed in May 2026. Sponsored a law, signed in December 2025, letting localities give eligible senior citizens an additional property-tax exemption of up to 65% of assessed value.
Issues David is raising
Health care, insurance coverage and consumer protection
Voted against the medical aid in dying bill in 2025 and against 2026 requirements for providing the medication; both became law. Sponsored laws barring insurance discrimination over HIV-prevention drugs and letting intended parents insure against failed IVF costs; his breast-biopsy coverage bill passed both houses in 2026.
Prisons, hate crimes and policing
Sponsored a bill setting state visiting policies for incarcerated people, which passed both houses in 2026. Also sponsors bills to create a state commission to end mass incarceration and prevent violence, add bias-related graffiti to hate crimes and require bullet-resistant glass in police vehicles.
Climate and energy
Voted for the 2024 law making companies that contributed significantly to greenhouse gases pay a share of climate adaptation infrastructure costs, and for the 2024 law requiring electric vehicle charging in new construction with off-street parking. Also voted for a 2026 law on state rules for gas service to new customers.
Central business district tolling
Sponsors a bill to delay the start of operation and enforcement of the state's central business district tolling program.
Background
Based in Holliswood
An attorney, he was New York's Deputy Superintendent of Banks from 1983 to 1987 and was elected to the New York City Council in 2001, where he chaired the Finance Committee.
- Member of the New York State Assembly for District 24 since winning a Feb. 9, 2010 special election; re-elected Nov. 5, 2024 with 61.1% of the vote
- Named Chair of the Assembly Committee on Correction in 2017; currently chairs the committee
- Chair of the Assembly Task Force on People with Disabilities, 2014 to 2016
- Named Co-President of the National Association of Jewish Legislators in January 2017
- New York City Council member for the 23rd Council District in Queens, elected 2001; chaired the Council's Finance Committee
- Opposed congestion pricing while on the City Council, calling it an outer-borough tax
- Did not seek re-election to the City Council in 2009 and ran for New York City Comptroller
- Deputy Superintendent of Banks and Secretary of the Banking Board for New York State, 1983 to 1987, appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo
- Chairman of the Securities Industry Association's New York District for three years
- Attorney; law degree from Hofstra University; cum laude political science degree from SUNY at Albany; graduate of Jamaica High School
- Born in Queens on May 2, 1956, to Saul and Sylvia Weprin
- Lives in Holliswood with his wife, Ronni; they have five children
Support
No endorsements beyond the Democratic nomination were found as of Sept. 30, 2026.
Money
$66K
raised
Top donors: 1199 SEIU-NYS PAC, Speaker Heastie Pac, Oleg Pinkhasov
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