Mohammed J. Molla
Bangladeshi-American community advocate
Primary Election
Five candidates vie for open Assembly seat in Queens
The 2026 Democratic primary for New York Assembly District 32 is a wide-open contest with five candidates: Mohammed J. Molla, Latoya L. LeGrand, Tunisia Morrison, Queen Johnson, and Nathaniel Hezekiah III. No incumbent is on the ballot, creating a competitive race focused on issues such as affordability, education, housing justice, and community safety. Fundraising and polling data are not yet available, making the race difficult to handicap at this stage.
Mohammed J. Molla
Bangladeshi-American community advocate
Latoya L. LeGrand
Chair of the Education Committee for Queens Community Board 12
Tunisia Morrison
Former chief of staff to Assemblywoman Alicia Hyndman
Queen Johnson
Mom
Nathaniel Hezekiah III
Community volunteer for 20+ years prioritizing safe streets
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Affordability
LeGrand supports the Fair Share Act and Repair Act to address tax fairness and oversight, Johnson highlights rising rents and carrying charges threatening eviction, and Hezekiah pledges to fight for homeownership and housing assistance.
Latoya L. LeGrand
LeGrand supports the Fair Share Act to ensure wealthy New Yorkers contribute fairly, the Repair Act to end excessive tax breaks for large private institutions, the Melt Act for transparency from federal immigration agents, fixing Tier VI retirement, strengthening oversight of state agencies and landlords, and establishing a NYCHA task force led by residents and tenant advocates to address racial and environmental inequities.
Queen Johnson
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.
Nathaniel Hezekiah III
Nathaniel Hezekiah III identifies a real affordability problem and pledges to fight back in Albany. He supports a path to homeownership, housing assistance, and measures to help families build generational wealth.
Education & Youth Empowerment
LeGrand supports fully funded public schools, expanded special education, and STEM pipelines; Johnson backs universal childcare funded by taxing the rich; Hezekiah supports expanding 3-K, the Excelsior program, and trade school partnerships.
Latoya L. LeGrand
LeGrand supports fully funded public schools, construction of additional high schools, strengthening IEP and special education services with more counselors and age-appropriate interventions, building STEM and vocational pipelines through SUNY/CUNY partnerships, expanding after-school and mentorship programs for youth in public housing and foster care, and supporting parent-principal partnerships to fund after-school programs in high-need communities.
Queen Johnson
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.
Nathaniel Hezekiah III
Hezekiah supports expanding 3-K for all students statewide and a 2-K pilot, expanding the Excelsior program for college access, giving parents options including public charter schools, ensuring compliance with reduced class size in NYC, and developing trade school programs through partnerships with unions and school districts.
Housing Justice
LeGrand pledges a NYCHA task force led by residents; Johnson supports protecting homeowners from deed theft, strengthening tenant protections, and creating a Social Housing Development Authority; Hezekiah will fight to prevent Mitchell-Lama residents from being priced out and increase landlord accountability.
Latoya L. LeGrand
LeGrand pledges to fight for housing justice, affordable homeownership, and strong tenant protections, including establishing a NYCHA task force led by residents, tenant advocates, and environmental experts to address racial and environmental inequities in planning and development.
Queen Johnson
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.
Nathaniel Hezekiah III
Hezekiah will fight to ensure Mitchell-Lama residents are not priced out, hold landlords accountable, combat rising costs, increase capital improvement support, strengthen enforcement, increase penalties for code violations, improve coordination between state and city agencies, ensure transparent reporting, support tenant organizing, and support construction of affordable rentals and co-ops through tax credits.
Researched & verified Jun 22, 2026. Compiled from verified public sources; claims that failed verification are excluded.