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Member of Assembly, 23rd District

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2 years
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Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A member of the Assembly votes on New York laws and the state budget in the State Assembly.

Covers part of Queens County.

Pesach Osina

Democratic, Community First

The gist

  • Supports expanding middle-class tax relief and child care affordability.
  • Supports stronger retail theft laws for repeat offenders.
  • Supports QueensLink and keeping the Cross Bay Bridge rebate.
  • Opposes overdevelopment; supports community input on building.
More about Pesach
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  1. Supports expanding middle-class tax relief and child care affordability.

    Issues — Pesach's Queens First Agenda

    Campaign website · pesachosina.com

    “expand tax relief for the middle class, and make childcare more affordable”
  2. Supports stronger retail theft laws for repeat offenders.

    Issues — Pesach's Queens First Agenda

    Campaign website · pesachosina.com

    “Pesach will fight to strengthen retail theft laws , crack down on repeat and organized theft”
  3. Supports QueensLink and keeping the Cross Bay Bridge rebate.

    Issues — Pesach's Queens First Agenda

    Campaign website · pesachosina.com

    “Pesach will protect the Cross Bay Bridge rebate , expand Fare Fares , and push forward QueensLink”
  4. Opposes overdevelopment; supports community input on building.

    Issues — Pesach's Queens First Agenda

    Campaign website · pesachosina.com

    “Pesach will fight to protect community input, oppose overdevelopment”

Thomas P. Sullivan

Republican, Conservative, We The People

Small business owner; financial services professional

The gist

  • Pledges to reduce crime and enforce immigration laws.
  • Pledges to lower taxes and reduce wasteful spending.
More about Thomas
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  1. Pledges to reduce crime and enforce immigration laws.

    2026 Candidates — Queens County Republican Party

    Other · Queens County Republican Party · queenscountygop.com

    “to reduce crime, secure the border, enforce immigration laws, lower taxes, to reduce wasteful spending”
  2. Pledges to lower taxes and reduce wasteful spending.

    2026 Candidates — Queens County Republican Party

    Other · Queens County Republican Party · queenscountygop.com

    “lower taxes, to reduce wasteful spending, and fight tirelessly to represent the people of this district”

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Member of Assembly, 23rd District · New York 2026 General Election · The Gist