NY Assembly · Assembly District 71

Uncontested

Al Taylor 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.

Al Taylor, in the Assembly since 2017, is the only candidate

Al Taylor won the June 23, 2026 Democratic primary with 54.7% of the vote over Julien Segura and Rolando Gomez; the Working Families primary was canceled. He is the only candidate on the Nov. 3 ballot, on the Democratic and Working Families lines.

Overview Issues Money

Candidate

Incumbent

Al Taylor

Member of the New York State Assembly for District 71 since Nov. 16, 2017, after winning the Nov. 7, 2017 special election unopposed following Herman Farrell's resignation

Focus: Public safety

New York Working Families Party

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Issues

Housing and land use

The Legislature writes state housing and land-use law, which applies in this district of 143,378 people, where the median household income is $70,241 and 21.6 percent of residents live below the poverty line.

In coverage

Sponsors bills to repeal the state's 2008 development plan for Columbia University's mixed-use education project, require compliance with the city's uniform land use review procedure, and clarify how housing development fund companies dissolve and reincorporate while providing them tax exemptions and abatements.

NY Assembly — Al Taylor's sponsored legislation

Public safety and policing

The Assembly writes the state's criminal and public-safety laws and votes on the criminal-justice parts of the state budget; the 2024-25 public protection budget bill passed the Assembly 120-29 and became law in April 2024.

In coverage

Sponsored laws requiring state emergency-response training for lithium-ion battery incidents. Sponsors bills to create a special prosecutor for deaths of unarmed civilians caused by police officers, end officers' benefits for malfeasance or serious misconduct, and set up conviction integrity units. His Assembly biography credits him with legislation, signed into law, creating the Law Enforcement Misconduct Investigative Office.

NY Assembly — Al Taylor's sponsored legislation

Health care and end-of-life care

New York's Medical Aid in Dying Act became law in February 2026 after passing the Assembly 81-67, and a June 2026 law bars professional liability insurers from denying coverage or raising rates solely over the legal use or prescription of certain gender-affirming care drugs.

In coverage

Co-sponsored the Medical Aid in Dying Act and voted for it when it passed the Assembly 81-67; it is now law. Voted for a 2026 law that bars professional liability insurers from denying coverage or raising rates solely because of the legal use or prescription of certain gender-affirming care drugs.

NY Assembly — A136 (2025) actions and floor votes

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The money

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

Taylor

$61K

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

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