General Election
Roxanne J. Persaud 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.
A senator since 2015 is the only candidate on the ballot
Roxanne J. Persaud, a Democrat, has held the seat since a 2015 special election and won it in 2024 with 99.6% of the vote. The June 23, 2026 Democratic primary was canceled, and she is the only candidate on the general-election ballot.
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Health care and medical aid in dying
Medical aid in dying became state law in February 2026, together with amendments setting requirements for the professionals and facilities that provide the medication, and state law already requires health insurers and Medicaid to cover biomarker testing; the Legislature decides whether to keep or change those rules and what coverage insurers must provide.
Voted against the medical aid in dying act in 2025 and against a bill setting requirements for providing medication for medical aid in dying in 2026. Sponsored laws requiring insurers and Medicaid to cover biomarker testing and letting doulas be present during cesarean sections, and a bill barring hospitals and health care providers from storing credit card information without signed written consent.
NY Senate — A136 (2025) bill pageChild care and public assistance
Since December 2025 state law requires social services districts to keep waiting lists of families who applied for child care assistance and to report their incomes, and a 2025 law increased a child care center tax abatement in cities of one million or more; in question is how far the state expands child care help and how public assistance changes as families earn more.
Backs a state task force to study fiscal cliffs in public assistance programs, saying no family should be penalized for working harder or earning a little more. Sponsored a law requiring social services districts to keep waiting lists of eligible families seeking child care assistance and legislation increasing a child care center tax abatement in cities of one million or more.
NY Senate — Senator Roxanne J. PersaudHousing and rents
A 2025 state law bars facilitating agreements among residential landlords not to compete, including through software or algorithms that coordinate on their behalf; in question is how far the state should regulate how rents are set.
Lists affordable housing among her legislative priorities, and voted for a 2025 law on landlords' use of algorithmic pricing that bars facilitating agreements among residential landlords not to compete, including through software or algorithms that coordinate on their behalf.
NY Senate — About Roxanne J. PersaudCycle-to-date · NYS Board of Elections — figures change as new reports are filed.
PersaudResearched & verified Oct 1, 2026. Compiled from verified public sources; claims that failed verification are excluded.
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