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Member of Assembly, 33rd District

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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.

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Oster Bryan

Working Families

SUNY professor

The gist

  • Supports ending deed theft and passing a Community Land Act.
  • Supports free tuition at CUNY and SUNY.
  • Opposes mayoral control of New York City schools.
More about Oster
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  1. Supports ending deed theft and passing a Community Land Act.

    Oster For Us – Assembly District 33

    Campaign website · osterforus.com

    “In Albany, I will organize to pass the Community Land Act.”

  2. Supports free tuition at CUNY and SUNY.

    Oster For Us – Assembly District 33

    Campaign website · osterforus.com

    “it is also time to bring back free tuition”

  3. Opposes mayoral control of New York City schools.

    Oster For Us – Assembly District 33

    Campaign website · osterforus.com

    “we should not have mayoral control of our children's education”
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Clyde VanelOfficial portrait — New York State Assembly

Clyde Vanel

DemocraticIncumbent

Member of Assembly; attorney

The gist

  • Sponsored a ban on weaponized robots and drones.In office
  • Sponsored chatbot operator liability for harmful information.In office
  • Sponsored limits on AI-generated depictions of public officials.In office

In office = from the candidate's own official statements or legislation as an officeholder, not their campaign.

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  1. Sponsored a ban on weaponized robots and drones.

    NYS Assemblyman Clyde Vanel and Senator Jeremy Cooney Introduce NYS Responsible Robotics Act

    Public statement · New York State Assembly · May 30, 2024 · nyassembly.gov

    “legislation that would prohibit the manufacture, sale, or operation of robotic devices or drones that are mounted with a weapon”

  2. Sponsored chatbot operator liability for harmful information.

    Sponsored legislation: Assemblymember Clyde Vanel

    Government record · New York State Assembly · nyassembly.gov

    “Relates to liability for misleading, incorrect, contradictory or harmful information provided to a user by a chatbot”

  3. Sponsored limits on AI-generated depictions of public officials.

    Sponsored legislation: Assemblymember Clyde Vanel

    Government record · New York State Assembly · nyassembly.gov

    “Relates to unauthorized depictions of public officials generated by artificial intelligence”

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