Primary Election
Open seat in NY-84 draws three candidates vying for diverse district
The 84th Assembly District seat is open with no incumbent on the ballot, creating a competitive primary among three candidates: Courtland W. Hankins, Amanda N. Septimo, and Hector Feliciano. All three have staked positions on education, healthcare, and housing, while Septimo also emphasizes affordability, public safety, and environmental justice, Hankins highlights LGBTQ+ rights, labor, and reproductive rights, and Feliciano focuses on homelessness. With no fundraising or polling data available, the race remains fluid and largely undefined beyond candidate issue statements.
Amanda N. Septimo
IncumbentLifelong Bronx resident
Courtland W. Hankins
Community coordinator for Bronx Community Board 3
Hector Feliciano
Director of a College Preparatory Program
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Education
Hankins advocates for equitable, fully funded public schools with expanded mental health supports and career pathways; Septimo fights for better-funded schools and youth programs; Feliciano aims to implement educational programs to help residents obtain a High School Equivalency Diploma and pursue college ambitions.
Amanda N. Septimo
Amanda Septimo believes every child deserves a strong education and real opportunity. She continues fighting for better-funded schools, youth programs, childcare access, and pathways for young people to succeed.
Courtland W. Hankins
Hankins advocates for equitable, fully funded public schools, expanded mental health supports, counselors, after-school programs, career and technical pathways, paid internships, workforce pipelines, accessible special education services, and treating early childhood education as essential infrastructure.
Hector Feliciano
Hector Feliciano believes education is the key to improving quality of life and combating poverty in the 84th District. He serves as Director of a College Preparatory Program and aims to implement educational programs to help impoverished residents obtain a High School Equivalency Diploma and pursue college ambitions.
Healthcare
Hankins supports stronger oversight of hospital and insurance costs and expanding access to primary care and mental health services; Septimo advocates for affordable healthcare and community health resources; Feliciano wants to address mental health and substance abuse concerns.
Amanda N. Septimo
Amanda Septimo advocates for affordable healthcare, community health resources, and protecting programs families depend on. She has spoken out against cuts that would hurt working people and continues fighting for healthcare access across the Bronx.
Courtland W. Hankins
Hankins supports stronger oversight of hospital and insurance costs, lowering out-of-pocket expenses, expanding access to primary care and mental health services, protecting safety-net care, and treating healthcare as a right.
Hector Feliciano
Feliciano wants to address mental health and substance abuse concerns in the district.
Housing
Hankins supports strengthening tenant protections, expanding rent stabilization, and community ownership models; Septimo has fought to protect tenants; Feliciano aims to enhance programs in NYCHA buildings to address quality-of-life issues for public housing residents.
Amanda N. Septimo
Amanda Septimo has fought to protect tenants and supports tenant protections as part of her work to make New York more affordable for working families.
Courtland W. Hankins
Hankins supports strengthening tenant protections, expanding rent stabilization, and increasing enforcement against rent gouging. He advocates for community ownership models like limited-equity cooperatives and pushing state investment into permanently affordable housing.
Hector Feliciano
Feliciano aims to enhance programs in New York City Housing apartment buildings, addressing quality-of-life issues for public housing residents.
Researched & verified Jun 22, 2026. Compiled from verified public sources; claims that failed verification are excluded.