General Election
Larinda C. Hooks 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.
Larinda C. Hooks, in the Assembly since 2025, is the only candidate
Larinda C. Hooks won the seat in 2024 with 98.7% of the general-election vote after taking 59.1% in the Democratic primary. Her 2026 Democratic and Working Families primaries were canceled, and she is the only candidate on the Nov. 3 ballot.
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Affordable housing and housing finance
Housing costs, displacement and how the state finances affordable housing in New York City are recurring questions in the campaign and before the Assembly.
Supports creating affordable housing for working-class and low-income families, spurring more housing development, protecting residents from eviction and displacement, and improving infrastructure to curb flooding. Sponsored laws raising New York City's housing finance borrowing cap and per-home modernization funds.
Larinda Hooks campaign website — home pageJobs, wages and living costs
The Legislature passes the state budget, which for 2026-27 was signed into law in May 2026, and sets rules for employers and businesses, such as how close retail cannabis dispensaries may be to schools and houses of worship, changed by a law signed in February 2026.
Supports raising the minimum wage and addressing wage theft, and wants local development projects to use union labor for construction and for the jobs that follow. Supports cost-of-living adjustments to help families keep pace with rising costs. Sponsored the 2025 law authorizing New York City to discontinue the parkland use of certain land in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and alienate it.
Larinda Hooks campaign website — issues pagePublic schools and school libraries
School funding, community schools and the rules for school library collections have all been raised in the campaign or come before the Assembly.
Supports fully funding public schools, expanding the community schools model, and providing resources from early childhood education to free or low-cost after-school programs. Voted for the Freedom to Read Act on school library collections, which the governor vetoed in December 2025.
Larinda Hooks campaign website — home pageCycle-to-date · NYS Board of Elections — figures change as new reports are filed.
Researched & verified Oct 1, 2026. Compiled from verified public sources; claims that failed verification are excluded.
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