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State Senator, 13th District
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Jessica Gonzalez-RojasOfficial portrait — New York State Assembly

Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas

Candidate for State Senator, 13th District

Democratic, Working Families

Background

Occupation
Assemblywoman
Campaign website
votejgr.com

Assemblywoman for Jackson Heights, Corona, East Elmhurst, Astoria and Woodside since her election in 2020. The daughter of a Paraguayan father and a Puerto Rican mother, she has lived in the community since 1999 and worked on health care reform.

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Photo: Official portrait — New York State Assembly

Documented positions

Public safety

  • Supports street lighting, protected bike lanes and traffic calming.

    Public Safety

    Campaign website · People for JGR 2026 · votejgr.com

    “better street lighting, safer intersections, protected bike lanes, traffic-calming measures, pedestrian improvements, and roadway redesigns”
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Housing

  • Proposes a new Mitchell-Lama program for permanently affordable housing.

    Affordable Housing

    Campaign website · People for JGR 2026 · votejgr.com

    “My 21st-Century Mitchell-Lama plan would use public investment to create permanently affordable co-ops and rentals.”
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Health & human services

  • Supports universal, publicly funded child care through age four.

    Child care

    Campaign website · People for JGR 2026 · votejgr.com

    “We will establish universal, publicly-funded child care for all children from birth through age four”
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  • Supports expanding mobile mental health crisis teams.

    Public Safety

    Campaign website · People for JGR 2026 · votejgr.com

    “Jessica González-Rojas will expand mobile crisis teams, supportive housing, and community-based treatment programs”
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  • Proposes a full-scale primary care clinic in East Elmhurst.

    Health Care

    Campaign website · People for JGR 2026 · votejgr.com

    “Build a Full-Scale Primary Care Clinic in East Elmhurst”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas on them.

  • Taxes & budgetNo documented position found.
  • EducationNo documented position found.
  • Environment & parksNo documented position found.
  • Government & transparencyNo documented position found.

All sources (7)

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