Primary Election
NY Assembly · New York - 33
Open seat in NY-33 pits Oster Bryan against Clyde Vanel
The race for New York Assembly District 33 is an open seat with no incumbent on the ballot. Candidates Oster Bryan and Clyde Vanel have staked out positions on a wide range of issues including AI regulation, environmental justice, and affordable housing, though no fundraising or polling data is available to gauge the race's competitiveness.
Issues
7 issues · 2 candidates · every claim sourced
AI Regulation
Oster Bryan supports regulating generative AI for safety and worker justice, while Vanel has sponsored extensive legislation on AI and cryptocurrency, including an AI bill of rights and a task force for a state-issued cryptocurrency.
Clyde Vanel
In coverageVanel has sponsored extensive legislation on AI and cryptocurrency, including a task force to study a state-issued cryptocurrency, an AI bill of rights, licensing for advanced AI systems, and prohibitions on deceptive AI-generated political media. He also supports using blockchain for electronic signatures and studying blockchain in elections.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Prime-sponsored bills: A00213 (state cryptocurrency task force), A03265 (NY AI bill of rights), A03356 (advanced AI licensing), A06491 (synthetic media in elections), A07716 (blockchain in elections study), A07788 (cryptocurrency as state payment), A08103 (blockchain signatures), A10715 (deceptive political media).
Oster Bryan
Oster Bryan supports regulating generative AI for safety and worker justice, opposing its use for public-facing services, emergency services, or job replacements, and requiring transparency in AI use.
Oster for US campaign site ↗Environmental Justice & Clean Air/Water
Oster Bryan advocates for enforcing the NYS Green Amendment and opposing specific local projects like a waste transfer station, while Vanel has sponsored legislation to prohibit leaded aviation gasoline and illegal dumping.
Clyde Vanel
In coverageVanel has sponsored legislation to prohibit leaded aviation gasoline, impose restrictions on lead-containing products, and prohibit illegal dumping on public property.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Prime-sponsored bills: A04043 (prohibit leaded aviation gasoline), A06500 (lead product restrictions), A04374 (prohibit illegal dumping).
Oster Bryan
In coverageOster Bryan advocates for enforcing the NYS Green Amendment to ensure clean air and water, opposing the proposed waste transfer station and lithium-ion battery plant in the district, and addressing emissions from JFK Airport. He has organized with the Southeast Queens Residents Environmental Justice Coalition (SQREJC) to close harmful projects.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Organized with SQREJC to oppose a waste transfer station and lithium-ion battery plant.
Term Limits
Oster Bryan supports term limits for the State Assembly and Senate, while Vanel has sponsored legislation to remove cause requirements for absentee ballots and require electronic voter verification.
Clyde Vanel
In coverageVanel has sponsored legislation to remove cause requirements for absentee ballots, require electronic voter verification at polling places, and prohibit deceptive AI-generated political communications within 60 days of an election.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Prime-sponsored bills: A01335 (remove cause for absentee voting), A08110 (electronic voter verification), A06491 (synthetic media in elections), A10715 (deceptive political media).
Oster Bryan
Oster Bryan supports term limits for the State Assembly and State Senate, proposing a maximum of four 2-year terms, and will advocate for a ballot proposal to let voters decide.
Oster for US campaign site ↗Education & Early Childhood
Oster Bryan advocates for fully funding daycare, salary parity, closing the child care waitlist, and ending mayoral control of education, while Vanel has sponsored bills to require disclosure of minors' personal information collected by internet platforms.
Clyde Vanel
In coverageVanel has sponsored bills to require disclosure of minors' personal information collected by internet platforms and to prevent online platforms from promoting dangerous content to minors.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Prime-sponsored bills: A03320 (parental disclosure of minor's data), A03335 (dangerous content to minors).
Oster Bryan
Oster Bryan advocates for fully funding daycare, salary parity between public school teachers and daycare workers, closing the child care assistance waitlist, expanding services for infants and toddlers, fully funding CUNY and SUNY, restoring free tuition, increasing diversity in specialized high schools by preparing students for the SHSAT starting in middle school, and ending mayoral control of education to allow more community input.
Oster for US campaign site ↗Affordable Housing & Anti-Gentrification
Oster Bryan opposes predatory lending and deed theft, supports the Community Land Act and COPA, and proposes subsidizing home solar panels to mitigate flooding, while Vanel has sponsored bills to establish a housing court and provide legal services to small property owners.
Clyde Vanel
In coverageVanel has sponsored bills to establish a housing court, provide legal services to small property owners, require lease copies for tenants, subsidize closing costs for low-income tenants purchasing homes, and regulate evictions after foreclosure.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Prime-sponsored bills: A03275 (housing court), A01300 (legal services for small property owners), A04377 (evictions after foreclosure), A04379 (escrow in recovery proceedings), A06511 (lease copy requirement), A08107 (closing cost subsidies for tenants).
Oster Bryan
Oster Bryan opposes predatory lending and deed theft, supports ending deed theft, creating sensible affordable housing while maintaining neighborhood character, and passing the Community Land Act to enable community land trusts. He also supports the City Council's Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA).
Oster for US campaign site ↗Gun Violence Prevention & Youth Protection
Oster Bryan calls for preventing gun violence by addressing root causes and investing in youth programs, while Vanel has sponsored legislation to enhance penalties for crimes against the elderly and establish new crimes for package theft and cyber extortion.
Clyde Vanel
In coverageVanel has sponsored legislation to enhance penalties for crimes against the elderly, establish new crimes for package theft, cyber extortion, and criminal impersonation, and require data collection on interrogations. He also supports studying surveillance in correctional facilities and reporting incidents.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Prime-sponsored bills: A00397 (enhanced penalties for crimes against elderly), A00412 (criminal impersonation), A03405 (package theft), A06794 (larceny by cyber extortion), A03269 (false information and interrogation data), A03953 (surveillance dead zones in corrections), A04032 (duty to report incidents in corrections).
Oster Bryan
Oster Bryan calls for preventing gun violence by addressing root causes such as economic hardship and adverse childhood experiences, investing in afterschool programs, mental health support, crisis management systems, and quality public education, and creating third spaces for youth. He opposes overpolicing that feeds the school-to-prison pipeline.
Oster for US campaign site ↗Campaign Finance Reform
Oster Bryan states he does not believe in funding by special interests and will never take their money as a candidate or Assemblymember.
Oster Bryan
Oster Bryan states he does not believe in funding by special interests—corporate developers, super PACs, or big business—and will never take their money as a candidate or Assemblymember.
Oster for US campaign site ↗No public position yet from Vanel