NY Assembly · New York - 66

Housing — David Siffert supports a 10x increase to the Housing Access Voucher Program, a residential vacancy tax on empty units, passage of the Social Housing Development Authority Act, reducing street homelessness with supportive housing, statewide right to counsel for eviction, closing Good Cause Eviction loopholes, requiring landlord accessibility accommodations, and requiring cooling systems in apartments.

Housing — Ben Yee supports a vacancy tax, pied-à-terre tax, using state land for at least 50% affordable housing, creating a dedicated affordable housing fund, replacing AMI with cost of living metrics, restoring home rule for NYC housing policy, requiring regional transportation plans to reduce rent pressure, increasing mandatory affordable housing for tax breaks to 35%, providing grants for municipal development plans, and strengthening tenant protections including ending the housing court blacklist, housing access vouchers, housing court reform, and fully funding right-to-counsel.

Healthcare — Furhan Ahmad supports expanding healthcare access, protecting seniors from rising costs, protecting and expanding gender-affirming care, and modernizing outdated laws such as the HIV Decriminalization Act. He emphasizes preventive care and climate-resilient healthcare infrastructure.

Voting Rights & Election Reform — Supports legalizing same-day registration, implementing automatic voter registration, and ending cronyism at the Board of Elections.

Housing — Jeannine Kiely supports building more housing with a focus on affordability, including transit-oriented development, statewide permitting of multifamily housing, additional density bonuses for affordable housing, legalizing basement apartments and accessory dwelling units. She also supports anti-displacement tools such as expanding SCRIE and DRIE, a statewide Right to Counsel, expanding the Housing Access Voucher Program, strengthening Good Cause Eviction protections, and passing Net Loss Provision legislation. She advocates for funding social housing and creating a dedicated Deeply Affordable Housing Program for households below 30% AMI.

Focus: Housing