Queen Johnson
About
Based in Southeast Queens
Queen Johnson is a Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly District 32 in the June 23, 2026 election. She is a mom, a public school biology teacher, and a Democratic Socialist organizer from Southeast Queens.
Mom
Public school biology teacher
Democratic Socialist organizer
Candidate for New York State Assembly District 32
Where they stand
Affordability
Johnson says rent is too high and it is time to fight for affordability so that families can stay in New York and not be displaced by rent hikes. She highlights the crisis at Rochdale Village where rising carrying charges threaten eviction for working families and seniors.
Education & Youth Empowerment
Johnson is committed to fully funding public schools, expanding after-school programs, creating career pathways, and making universal childcare a reality. She supports taxing the rich to fund free childcare for every New Yorker aged six weeks to five years.
Housing Justice
Queen Johnson supports keeping families in their homes by protecting homeowners from predatory investors, deed theft, and foreclosures, expanding opportunities for first-time homebuyers, strengthening tenant protections, investing in NYCHA, defending rent stabilization, and creating a Social Housing Development Authority to build and preserve affordable housing with union labor. She also opposes privatization of Mitchell-Lamas and NYCHA units.
Their priorities
Issues Queen is raising that aren't a shared debate across the field.
Small Businesses
Johnson will fight for commercial rent stabilization to protect small business owners from predatory rent hikes, and expand access to grants and low-interest funding to support locally owned businesses.
Others running for State Assembly Member - District 32