Incumbent
Sam Berger
Member of the New York State Assembly for District 27 since Sept. 14, 2023
Focus: Public safety
Conservative Party of New York State
General Election
ELECTION WAS NOV 3
NY Assembly · Assembly District 27
Uncontested
Sam Berger is the only candidate on the ballot for this seat. You can also write in a candidate whose name isn't printed on the ballot.
Sam Berger, in the Assembly since 2023, is the only candidate
Sam Berger won a September 2023 special election for the seat with 55.3% of the vote and was re-elected in 2024 with 57.3%. His 2026 Democratic and Conservative primaries were canceled, and he is the only candidate on the Nov. 3 ballot.
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Issues
Health care and medical aid in dying
A medical aid in dying law, which passed the Assembly 81-67 in April 2025, was signed in February 2026, and a law on immunization vaccines for children was signed in May 2026 after a 90-48 Assembly vote.
In coverage
Voted against the Medical Aid in Dying Act in April 2025 and against a 2026 law on protections for legally protected health activities, including barring professional liability insurers from denying coverage or raising rates solely over the legal prescription of certain gender-affirming care drugs, and voted for a 2026 law on immunization vaccines for children. Sponsored a 2024 law requiring driver pre-licensing courses to explain how to register as an organ and tissue donor.
NY Assembly — A136 (2025) actions and floor votesState budget and business rules
The Legislature passes the state budget: a 2026-27 budget bill that put major parts of the state's fiscal plan into law cleared the Assembly 91-52 and was signed in May 2026. It also sets business rules, such as limits on how close retail cannabis dispensaries may be to schools and houses of worship, amended by a law signed in February 2026.
In coverage
Voted against a 2026-27 state budget bill that put major parts of the state's fiscal plan into law in May 2026 and the 2024 aid-to-localities budget bill, and against a 2026 law changing limits on how close retail cannabis dispensaries may be to schools and houses of worship. Sponsored a 2025 law repealing the insurance law's mandatory anti-arson applications.
NY Assembly — S9009 (2025) actions and floor votesPublic benefits and school tax relief
How households use electronic benefit cards and learn of approved school tax relief exemptions has been the subject of several bills before the Assembly this term.
In coverage
Sponsored a 2024 law requiring electronic benefit transfer systems to let recipients cancel or lock a card when fraud is suspected or reported. Sponsors bills, passed by both houses in 2026, to offer benefit-card websites and apps in the 12 most common non-English languages spoken by New Yorkers with limited English proficiency and to mail school tax relief (STAR) exemption approvals within 30 days.
NY Assembly — A9269 (2023) actions and floor votesThe money
Cycle-to-date · NYS Board of Elections — figures change as new reports are filed.
Berger$82K
Researched & verified Oct 1, 2026. Compiled from verified public sources; claims that failed verification are excluded.
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