Eon Huntley
About
Based in Bedford-Stuyvesant
Eon Tyrell Huntley is a Democratic Socialist and third-generation Brooklynite running for New York State Assembly in District 56, representing Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights. He works as a department store associate at Bergdorf Goodman and is an active member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), a union organizer, and a former PTA president. His campaign focuses on housing justice, commercial rent stabilization, and tenant protections.
Department store associate at Bergdorf Goodman (The Row)
Union organizer
PTA president
Fashion designer with a decade of experience
Active member of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Community organizer with Working Families Party and NYCC
Where they stand
Housing
Defend rent control, pass the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, protect NYCHA from privatization, expand Good Cause Eviction, support a Social Housing Development Authority to build deeply affordable units, and fight deed theft.
Environmental Justice
Fight for a Green New Deal for New York, oppose new fossil-fuel infrastructure, fund climate resilience, support the Build Public Renewables Act, and push for green schoolyards and renewable energy upgrades in schools.
Youth, Education & Leadership
Fully fund public schools, guarantee free childcare, and fight for free universal CUNY and SUNY. Supports the Universal Child Care Act, the Green Schools for a Healthier New York platform, and opposes charter school privatization.
Their priorities
Issues Eon is raising that aren't a shared debate across the field.
AI Regulation
Support a moratorium on data center construction, expand the RAISE Act with the New York Artificial Intelligence Act for accountability and transparency, protect children from AI scams, and support a two-year moratorium on generative AI in NYC public schools.
Racial Justice
Decarcerate society, explore reparations at the state level, eliminate racist mandatory minimums, enact Elder Parole, support the Clean Slate Act, and establish a state reparations exploration commission.
Transit
Fix the MTA, make buses fast and free, and build protected bike lanes throughout the district.
Support
Others running for State Assembly Member - District 56