General Election
Eli Northrup 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.
Public defender Eli Northrup is the only candidate for this seat
Public defender Eli Northrup won the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary over Stephanie Ruskay with 60.3% of the vote, two years after finishing second for this seat. He is the only candidate on the Nov. 3 ballot, on the Democratic and Working Families lines.
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Tenant protections and affordable housing
How New York protects renters from eviction and rising rents, and how it pays for new and repaired affordable housing.
Supports a statewide right to counsel in eviction cases, Good Cause Eviction with its loopholes for LLC-owned and small buildings closed, and a statewide rental registry and housing voucher program. Wants a public Social Housing Development Authority to build permanently affordable homes, more state money for NYCHA repairs, and no privatization imposed on its residents.
Eli for NY campaign website — PlatformChild care, grocery and transit costs, and taxes
What the state does about the cost of child care, groceries and transit, and how it raises the money to pay for it.
Supports the Universal Child Care Act and raising taxes on corporations and the wealthiest 1% through the Invest in Our New York package. Backs the Consumer Grocery Pricing Fairness Act against price gouging and discriminatory pricing for smaller grocers, and wider Fair Fares transit discounts with automatic enrollment through programs like SNAP.
Eli for NY campaign website — PlatformSingle-payer health care and public coverage
Whether New York moves to a single public health plan and how far it extends public coverage and services.
Supports the New York Health Act to create a single-payer universal health system and expanding the Essential Plan to income-eligible New Yorkers regardless of immigration status. Also backs authorizing overdose prevention centers statewide, Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care, and more mental health and crisis-response services.
Eli for NY campaign website — PlatformCycle-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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