General Election
NY Assembly · Assembly District 56
Eon Huntley 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.
Eon Huntley runs unopposed after defeating Assembly Member Stefani Zinerman in June
Eon Huntley lost the 2024 Democratic primary to Assembly Member Stefani Zinerman, then defeated her in the June 23, 2026 primary with about 58 percent 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
Rents, tenant protections and public housing
Central to the raceHow the state regulates rents, how it pays for new permanently affordable homes, and the future of public housing, in a district with many public housing developments and rent-stabilized apartments.
Eon Huntley
Wants to freeze rents, expand rent controls, build permanently affordable green housing, and keep the New York City Housing Authority's public housing from being privatized.
Eon Huntley for Assembly campaign site — platform ↗Child care, public schools and CUNY
Central to the raceWhether the state guarantees child care for every family, how it funds public schools, and what students pay at CUNY and SUNY.
Eon Huntley
Supports child care for every family, fully funded public schools, and tuition-free CUNY and SUNY.
Eon Huntley for Assembly campaign site — platform ↗Immigration enforcement in New York
Also in playHow far the state and its agencies cooperate with federal immigration enforcement and detention.
Eon Huntley
Wants the state to pass the New York for All Act to keep federal immigration agents off the streets and end New York's role in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention.
Eon Huntley for Assembly campaign site — platform ↗Health care and reproductive rights
Also in playWhether the state guarantees health coverage for all residents, and how it protects access to reproductive health care.
Eon Huntley
Supports guaranteeing free health care and reproductive rights for all New Yorkers.
Eon Huntley for Assembly campaign site — platform ↗Climate, energy and utility costs
Also in playHow quickly the state moves off fossil fuels, who builds and owns renewable power, and what that means for utility bills.
Eon Huntley
Supports a Green New Deal for New York, opposes new fossil-fuel infrastructure, and wants climate resilience funded. Also opposes utility rate hikes and wants the Build Public Renewables Act fully implemented.
Eon Huntley for Assembly campaign site — platform ↗Minimum wage and union rights
Also in playThe level of the state minimum wage and the legal protections for workers who organize.
Eon Huntley
Wants a $30-an-hour state minimum wage and protection of union rights.
Eon Huntley for Assembly campaign site — platform ↗Buses and bike lanes
Also in playWhat riders pay for buses, how fast buses run, and how much street space goes to protected bike lanes.
Eon Huntley
Wants buses made fast and free and protected bike lanes built throughout the district.
Eon Huntley for Assembly campaign site — platform ↗