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About

Based in Brooklyn

Jabari Brisport is a Democratic member of the New York State Senate, representing District 25 since 2021. He is a queer, Black, former public school teacher and a proud socialist, union member, and child of an undocumented immigrant. He chairs the Children and Families Committee and has championed universal child care, rent control, and affordable housing.

  • Former public school teacher

  • Chair of the Children and Families Committee

  • Member of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)

  • First openly gay person of color elected to the New York State Legislature

  • Third-generation Caribbean-American Brooklynite

Where they stand

  • Fund Schools that Work

    Brisport helped secure $1.4 billion to fund public schools and enacted protections for homeless youth.

  • Stop Deed Theft

    Brisport advocates for rent control and affordable housing, fully funded public housing, and opposes privatization of NYCHA including RAD/PACT conversions. He states housing is a human right and that the shortage is driven by treating housing as a profit source.

  • Save Small Businesses

    Brisport supports winning rights for workers.

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Their priorities

Issues Jabari is raising that aren't a shared debate across the field.

  • Universal Child Care

    Jabari Brisport supports winning universal child care. As chair of the Children and Families Committee, he has led the fight for universal child care and helped secure $1.4 billion to fund public schools.

  • Green Schools and Build Public Renewables Act

    Brisport passed the Build Public Renewables Act to help fund green schools.

  • Healthcare as a Basic Need

    Brisport's campaign states that the community lacks investment in basic needs such as healthcare, and he supports a robust government that can provide solutions.

  • Immigrant Rights

    Brisport, as the child of an undocumented immigrant, supports defending and expanding the civil rights of all New Yorkers, including immigrants. He opposes attacks on immigrants by the federal government and the criminalization of immigrants by police and prosecutors.

  • Public Transportation Infrastructure

    Brisport supports building and maintaining infrastructure for public transportation.

Support

  • LB

    Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn

    Democratic club

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Others running for State Senator - District 25