NY Assembly · Assembly District 66

Uncontested

David Siffert 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.

David Siffert runs unopposed for Deborah Glick's open Manhattan Assembly seat

Deborah Glick is retiring after more than three decades in the seat. David Siffert won the June 23 Democratic primary by 15 votes after a manual recount and is the only candidate on the Nov. 3 ballot.

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Candidate

David Siffert

Former legal director of the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.), a civil rights nonprofit focused on technology and privacy

Housing — Wants to raise state funding for the Housing Access Voucher Program from $50 million to $500 million, pass the Social Housing Development Authority Act to build more affordable housing, and tax empty residential units with all revenue earmarked for affordable housing. Supports a statewide, fully funded right to a lawyer for anyone facing eviction and commercial rent stabilization for small businesses in New York City.

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Issues

Rents, tenant protections and affordable housing

How the state helps renters pay for housing, protects tenants facing eviction, and pays for new affordable homes.

Wants to raise state funding for the Housing Access Voucher Program from $50 million to $500 million, pass the Social Housing Development Authority Act to build more affordable housing, and tax empty residential units with all revenue earmarked for affordable housing. Supports a statewide, fully funded right to a lawyer for anyone facing eviction and commercial rent stabilization for small businesses in New York City.

Siffert for Assembly campaign site — platform

Immigration enforcement in New York

How far state and local governments in New York cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, and what legal help immigrants facing deportation get.

Wants to pass New York For All to make New York a sanctuary state, and the Access to Representation Act to guarantee a lawyer for anyone in New York facing deportation. Also wants to ban ICE from all state and municipal property without a judicial warrant, and to let New Yorkers sue officials who violate their constitutional rights, including during immigration enforcement.

Siffert for Assembly campaign site — platform

Government surveillance and personal privacy

What limits the state places on surveillance technology such as facial recognition, and how it protects personal data like health information.

Wants to ban biometric surveillance, including facial recognition, gait analysis and voice recognition, and to pass the Health Information Privacy Act. Also supports a three-year moratorium on new data centers.

Siffert for Assembly campaign site — platform

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The money

Cycle-to-date · NYS Board of Elections — figures change as new reports are filed.

DSSiffert

$183K

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Researched & verified Oct 1, 2026. Compiled from verified public sources; claims that failed verification are excluded.

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