State Senator, 13th District · New York 2026 General Election

Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas

Democratic, Working Families

Assemblywoman

The gist

Supports universal, publicly funded child care through age four.
Proposes a new Mitchell-Lama program for permanently affordable housing.
Supports street lighting, protected bike lanes and traffic calming.
Supports expanding mobile mental health crisis teams.
Proposes a full-scale primary care clinic in East Elmhurst.

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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”
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.”
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”
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”
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”

John Patrick Healy

Republican

The gist

Pledges to cut wasteful government spending.
Pledges to expand affordable housing.
Supports stiffer penalties and more visible police presence.
Supports directing school funding to classrooms over administration.
Supports stronger coastal defenses and stormwater infrastructure.
Supports independent redistricting based on neutral criteria.

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Pledges to cut wasteful government spending.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: New York Senate District 13 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of New York State (VOTE411), answers written by the candidate · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I'll fight to expose and cut corrupt and wasteful government spending.”
Pledges to expand affordable housing.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: New York Senate District 13 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of New York State (VOTE411), answers written by the candidate · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I'll work to expand affordable housing and bring quality jobs to our district.”
Supports stiffer penalties and more visible police presence.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: New York Senate District 13 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of New York State (VOTE411), answers written by the candidate · onyourballot.vote411.org
“call for stiffer penalties, better traffic controls, and a more visible police presence to deter violence”
Supports directing school funding to classrooms over administration.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: New York Senate District 13 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of New York State (VOTE411), answers written by the candidate · onyourballot.vote411.org
“ensuring every taxpayer dollar reaches the classroom, not the bureaucrats”
Supports stronger coastal defenses and stormwater infrastructure.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: New York Senate District 13 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of New York State (VOTE411), answers written by the candidate · onyourballot.vote411.org
“strengthening coastal defenses, drainage systems and stormwater infrastructure in vulnerable communities”
Supports independent redistricting based on neutral criteria.
VOTE411 Voter Guide: New York Senate District 13 (candidate questionnaire)
Candidate questionnaire · League of Women Voters of New York State (VOTE411), answers written by the candidate · onyourballot.vote411.org
“I would support transparent, independent redistricting based on neutral criteria such as population, communities of interest, compactness, and geographic integrity”