Incumbent
John C. Liu
Chair of the New York State Senate Committee on New York City Education
Focus: NYC schools
New York Working Families Party
General Election
ELECTION WAS NOV 3
NY Senate · Senate District 16
Uncontested
John C. Liu 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.
John Liu seeks a third term representing Queens' Senate District 16
John C. Liu, a Democrat also on the Working Families line, has represented the district since 2023 and is running for re-election. He won the seat in 2022 with 57.7% of the vote and was re-elected in 2024 with 79.4%.
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Issues
New York City schools
State law and the state budget set rules and funding for New York City's public schools, and the Senate votes on both; the 2024-25 education, labor, housing and family assistance budget bill passed both houses on April 19, 2024, and was signed into law on April 20, 2024.
In coverage
Sponsored a 2023 law on New York City's plan, developed with the teachers' and principals' unions, to reduce class sizes starting in September 2023 and reaching all classes by September 2028, and a 2025 law authorizing a survey of instruction on Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander history and creating an advisory committee. Voted for the 2024-25 education budget bill.
NY Senate — About John LiuHealth care and insurance coverage
State law decides which end-of-life medical choices are legal and what many health insurance policies must cover; medical aid in dying for terminally ill patients became law on Feb. 6, 2026.
In coverage
Sponsors a bill requiring certain health insurance policies to cover diabetes and prediabetes screening, which passed the Senate and the Assembly in 2026. Voted for the Medical Aid in Dying Act, signed into law in February 2026, and against a 2024 bill changing physician assistant practice standards, which became law.
NY Senate — S634 (2025)Consumer protection and data privacy
In coverage
Sponsors a biometric identifier privacy act, which passed the Senate 41-20 in June 2026, and a bill protecting minors featured in paid video content that earns money on social media. Sponsored a 2024 law on notices warning of electronic benefit card scams and voted for a 2026 law on the attorney general's power over unfair business practices.
NY Senate — S1422 (2025)The money
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