General Election
NY Assembly · Assembly District 34
Brian Romero 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.
Brian Romero runs unopposed for an open western Queens Assembly seat
Brian Romero, a former chief of staff to Jessica González-Rojas, who won this seat in 2024 and is not running for it this year, won the June 23 Democratic primary over Rosa Sanchez with 66.8% of the vote. He is the only candidate on the Nov. 3 ballot, on the Democratic and Working Families lines.
Issues
7 issues · 1 candidate · every claim sourced
Taxes on corporations and top earners
Central to the raceHow much the state taxes corporations, its highest earners and stock trades, and what that revenue pays for.
Brian Romero
Wants corporations and the wealthiest New Yorkers to pay more in state taxes: supports raising the corporate tax and taxes on top earners, and passing a stock transfer tax.
Brian for NY campaign site — issues ↗Affordable housing and tenant protections
Central to the raceHow the state adds affordable housing and what protections renters have against being pushed out of their homes.
Brian Romero
Supports building social and affordable housing and protecting tenants from displacement.
Brian for NY campaign site — issues ↗State cooperation with immigration enforcement
Central to the raceHow far state and local law enforcement work with federal immigration agents, and whether the state pays for legal help for immigrants.
Brian Romero
Wants the state to pass the New York for All Act to bar law enforcement from working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the MELT Act to keep immigration enforcement agents from wearing masks, and the Access to Representation Act to provide legal services to immigrants.
Brian for NY campaign site — issues ↗Universal health coverage
Also in playWhether New York creates universal health coverage for all residents, regardless of immigration status, income or employment.
Brian Romero
Supports passing the New York Health Act to provide universal health care to all New Yorkers regardless of immigration status, income or employment.
Brian for NY campaign site — issues ↗Child care costs and pay
Also in playWhether the state pays for free child care for families, and how much child care workers are paid.
Brian Romero
Supports funding free child care for children and paying child care workers what they deserve.
Brian for NY campaign site — issues ↗Minimum wage and workers' rights
Also in playHow the state sets wage floors, whether lower minimum wages for some workers remain, and how it protects workers from wage theft and abuse.
Brian Romero
Supports a living wage indexed to inflation and ending all subminimum wages, along with protecting excluded workers from wage theft, harassment and abuse and defending every worker's ability to organize and join a union.
Brian for NY campaign site — issues ↗Transit funding and bus fares
Also in playHow the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is funded and what riders pay to take the bus.
Brian Romero
Supports fully funding the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and making buses fast and free.
Brian for NY campaign site — issues ↗