State Assembly Member - District 87
Zakir Choudhury
A licensed certified public accountant who works as an associate manager at SS&C Private Equity Services, he received 28.1% of the vote against Karines Reyes in the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary and is on the People First line in November.
Where they stand
Health care costs, coverage and medical decisions
Supports lowering prescription drug costs and expanding access to child care and maternal health care.
Policing and public safety
Supports expanding community-based policing to strengthen neighborhood relationships, violence-interruption and prevention programs for at-risk youth, and investment in mental-health response teams and crisis intervention services.
Wages and workplace protections
Supports enforcing equal pay and workplace protections, and backs union jobs and fair wages.
Issues Zakir is raising
Affordable housing and tenant protections
Supports increasing the supply of affordable and supportive housing, strengthening tenant protections to prevent wrongful evictions, and securing funding for critical repairs in public and rent-regulated housing.
Background
Based in The Bronx
This is his first run for public office.
- Licensed certified public accountant; describes himself as a financial professional and community organizer
- Associate manager at SS&C Private Equity Services
- Previously an associate at JPMorgan Chase & Company, a fund accounting specialist at JPMorgan Chase, an operations associate at Vidrio Financial LLC and a fund accountant at Gen 2 Fund Services LLC
- Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting, Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College (CUNY); Master of Business Administration in management, Frostburg State University
- First-generation American; lives in the Bronx
- Received 1,609 votes (28.1%) in the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary for Assembly District 87
- First run for public office
Support
No endorsements beyond the People First ballot line were found as of Sept. 30, 2026.
Money
$47K
raised
Top donors: Sellwithimam LLC, FH Enterprise Group Inc., Abdul Chowdhury
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