State Assembly Member - District 80
John Zaccaro Jr.
Assembly member for District 80 since January 2023, re-elected in 2024 with 67.6% of the vote.
Issues John is raising
Health care and end-of-life care
Voted against the Medical Aid in Dying Act, which became law in February 2026. Sponsored a 2025 law barring fees for stillbirth or pregnancy-loss certificates, and bills on outreach for home-visiting programs for pregnant and parenting families and on prenatal screening for placenta accreta spectrum.
Housing conditions and safety
Sponsored a 2025 law requiring smoke detectors in residential buildings where three or more units share common spaces, and a 2024 law extending provisions for small loans to owners of multiple dwellings to remove substandard or unsanitary conditions.
Public safety and policing
Voted against a 2025 bill to keep police radio communications, other than sensitive information, open to journalists and emergency services; it was vetoed. Sponsors bills requiring police training on the state's address confidentiality program and making it a crime to carry a weapon outside the home while intoxicated.
State budget and taxes
Voted for the bill enacting major parts of the 2026-27 state fiscal plan, signed in May 2026, and for the 2024 budget bill for education, labor, housing and family assistance.
Climate change
Voted for the 2024 law establishing the state's Climate Change Adaptation Cost Recovery Program.
Background
Based in Pelham Parkway, the Bronx
Before that he was chief of staff to City Council Member Rafael Salamanca and the Bronx director for intergovernmental affairs under Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina; he began as a City Council intern and worked as a housing organizer.
- Assembly member for District 80 since Jan. 1, 2023, succeeding Nathalia Fernandez
- Won the seat in November 2022 with 69.5% of the vote; re-elected on Nov. 5, 2024 with 67.6% (20,766 votes on the Democratic line)
- Former chief of staff to City Council Member Rafael Salamanca
- Former Bronx director for intergovernmental affairs under Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina, in the New York City Department of Education's office of intergovernmental affairs
- Former director of housing and organizing for the New York City Council
- Worked as a housing organizer helping residents fight poor living conditions and unwarranted rent increases
- Began his career as an intern for the New York City Council
- Member of the Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association and former board member of Bronx Community Board 7
- Born and raised in the Bronx by a single mother; lives in Pelham Parkway with his wife, Daniella, and three children
Support
No endorsements beyond the Democratic nomination were found as of Sept. 30, 2026.
Money
$70K
raised
Top donors: Michael Duffy, Great Public Schools, Azimuth Development Group LLC
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