State Assembly Member - District 77
Landon C. Dais
Assembly member for District 77 in the Bronx since Feb. 14, 2024, when he took office after winning a special election to succeed Latoya Joyner.
Issues Landon is raising
Affordable housing and tenant protections
Calls housing a fundamental right and supports initiatives to expand access to affordable housing. Voted for the 2024-25 state budget bill on education, labor, housing and family assistance.
Rules for the legal cannabis market
Sponsored a bill prohibiting acts or omissions involving illicit cannabis and setting penalties for them; it passed both houses in June 2026. Sponsors a bill letting state cannabis regulators set up a track-and-trace program, and voted for the 2026 law amending limits on locating dispensaries near schools and houses of worship.
Health care, asthma and medical aid in dying
Supports health care reform that puts preventive care first, lowers costs and addresses problems within Medicare. Co-sponsored and voted for the Medical Aid in Dying Act, signed in February 2026. Sponsors bills creating a state commission on asthma in the Bronx and a task force on preventing suicide among Black youth ages 5 to 18.
State budget and taxes
Voted for the budget bill enacting major parts of the 2026-27 state fiscal plan. Voted against a 2025 bill adjusting the amount of unpaid taxes that can lead to a driver's license suspension, which passed the Assembly 95-49 and was vetoed. Sponsors a gas tax holiday bill.
Child care, schools and family programs
Supports expanding child care for working families, strengthening after-school programs and investing in vocational training as a path to jobs. Sponsors a bill directing the state children and family services office to set up a center for fatherhood initiatives that would give grants promoting fatherhood, and a bill requiring arts and music instruction for all public school students.
Background
Based in Highbridge · Age 45
An attorney who has worked in cannabis law and founded a consulting firm in 2022, he earlier worked at Turner Construction and as a deputy director at the Police Athletic League. Born in New York, he lives in Highbridge with his wife and two sons.
- Member of the New York State Assembly for District 77 since Feb. 14, 2024; the Bronx Democratic Party chose him as its nominee for the special election to succeed Latoya Joyner, which he won on Feb. 13, 2024 with 75.0 percent of the vote
- Won the June 25, 2024 Democratic primary over Leonardo Coello with 58.6 percent, and the Nov. 5, 2024 general election over Norman McGill and Elianni Del Carmen Tejada Fabian with 74.3 percent
- Advanced from the 2026 Democratic primary without appearing on a ballot after the June 23, 2026 primary was canceled
- Member of the Assembly committees on Banks; Cities; Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry; Energy; Housing; and Small Business
- Member of the Assembly's Black Task Force, Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, and the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus
- Vice chair of the Bronx Democratic Party since 2021
- Attorney who has worked in cannabis law; founded his own consulting firm in 2022
- Named Pro-Bono Attorney of the Year by Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center for legal work on marijuana arrests; received the NAACP Roy Wilkins Award
- Former deputy director at the Police Athletic League; worked in construction at Turner Construction on projects including the new Yankee Stadium
- President of the Uptown Democratic Club in the late 2000s, where he set up the club's youth division
- Ran for New York City Council District 9 in 2009, losing the Democratic primary to Inez Dickens; also ran unsuccessfully for district leader in Assembly District 70
- Board member of Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement until at least 2017; contributes his expertise to the Mid Bronx Desperadoes board, focusing on building affordable housing in the Bronx
- Leads the Highbridge Heights Homeowners Association; founded Brunch of Dads, a support group for Black and Latino fathers
- B.A. in business management from Morehouse College, where he was a member of Phi Beta Sigma; M.S. in real estate development from Columbia University; J.D. from Hofstra Law School; graduate of Fordham Preparatory School
- Born in Harlem on April 5, 1981; lives in Highbridge with his wife and two sons; member of Abyssinian Baptist Church; coaches baseball in the Mullaly Park (Foster Park) Baseball League
- Appeared on the BET reality television series Harlem Heights
Money
$108K
raised
Top donors: Richard Mushi, Torres for Congress, Nyspt Pac