General Election
NY Assembly · Assembly District 66
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.
Issues
6 issues · 1 candidate · every claim sourced
Rents, tenant protections and affordable housing
Central to the raceHow the state helps renters pay for housing, protects tenants facing eviction, and pays for new affordable homes.
David Siffert
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
Central to the raceHow far state and local governments in New York cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, and what legal help immigrants facing deportation get.
David Siffert
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
Central to the raceWhat limits the state places on surveillance technology such as facial recognition, and how it protects personal data like health information.
David Siffert
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.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Negotiated with the New York City Police Department over the POST Act for a year while also suing the department.
Negotiator with the NYPD on the POST Act while suing the department · The source gives no date · The source does not state the outcome of the negotiations or the lawsuit
Regulating artificial intelligence
Central to the raceWhether and how New York regulates artificial intelligence and the companies that build it.
David Siffert
Wants to build on outgoing Assembly Member Alex Bores's work on artificial intelligence regulation. Argues that because the technology changes so quickly, lawmakers should regulate the impacts and consequences of AI rather than how the technology itself is built.
Village Star-Revue ↗Taxes on wealth and high earners
Also in playWhether the state raises taxes on the wealthiest New Yorkers and on inherited wealth, and what that money pays for.
David Siffert
Supports passing the Heirs Act to create a tax on inherited wealth in New York, and a tax on empty residential units with all revenue earmarked for affordable housing.
✓ Track record — what they've actually done
Was an early leader in the Invest in Our New York campaign, which pushed to raise taxes on the rich.
Early leader in the advocacy campaign · The source gives no date · Advocacy campaign; the source does not say what it achieved
Voting rights and court capacity
Also in playWho can register and vote in New York and how, and how many justices the State Supreme Court may have.
David Siffert
Supports amending the state constitution to allow same-day voter registration, and supports restoring voting rights to incarcerated New Yorkers. Also supports lifting the constitutional cap on the number of State Supreme Court justices.
Siffert for Assembly campaign site — platform ↗