State Assembly Member - District 56
Eon Huntley
Democratic and Working Families nominee for the 56th Assembly District in Brooklyn.
Issues Eon is raising
Rents, tenant protections and public housing
Wants to freeze rents, expand rent controls, build permanently affordable green housing, and keep the New York City Housing Authority's public housing from being privatized.
Child care, public schools and CUNY
Supports child care for every family, fully funded public schools, and tuition-free CUNY and SUNY.
Immigration enforcement in New York
Wants the state to pass the New York for All Act to keep federal immigration agents off the streets and end New York's role in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention.
Health care and reproductive rights
Supports guaranteeing free health care and reproductive rights for all New Yorkers.
Climate, energy and utility costs
Supports a Green New Deal for New York, opposes new fossil-fuel infrastructure, and wants climate resilience funded. Also opposes utility rate hikes and wants the Build Public Renewables Act fully implemented.
Background
Based in Bedford-Stuyvesant
A retail worker who has worked as a fashion designer and clothing salesman, he grew up in East New York and the Pink Houses public housing development, served three terms as a parent-teacher association president, and lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant. He won the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary over incumbent Stefani Zinerman, two years after losing to her.
- Retail worker; has worked as a fashion designer and clothing salesman
- Member of the bargaining committee for Workers United Local 340
- Three-term parent-teacher association president
- Co-founded a mobile food pantry that served Brooklyn residents during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Grew up in East New York and in the New York City Housing Authority's Pink Houses; attended New York City public schools
- Graduated from the High School of Art and Design; bachelor's degree from the Parsons School of Design, 2006
- Lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant with his wife, Rebecca; his campaign site says they have lived there for 18 years
- Member of the Democratic Socialists of America
- Ran for this seat in the June 25, 2024 Democratic primary as a Democratic Socialists of America candidate and lost to Stefani Zinerman, with 46.9 percent of the vote (4,126 votes)
- Won the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary over Stefani Zinerman and Michael Bailey with about 58 percent of the vote
- Advanced on the Working Families Party line without appearing on a ballot after that party's June 23, 2026 primary for the seat was canceled
Support
Bernie Sanders
U.S. Senator
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
U.S. Representative
Antonio Delgado
Lieutenant Governor of New York
Jamaal Bowman
Former U.S. Representative
Jabari Brisport
State Senator
Money
$136K
raised
Top donors: D Olsen, Isaac Duarte, Preston-Werner Revocable Trust