New York State Senator

Senator Jabari Brisport represents New York’s 25th State Senate district which includes Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, and Ocean Hill. Born in Bed-Stuy and raised in Prospect Heights, he was a middle school math teacher until his inauguration into the State Senate when he became New York’s first Black LGBTQ+ legislator.

New York State Senator

Kristen Gonzalez is the youngest woman ever elected to the NYS Senate. She is a Queens native, former tech worker, and community organizer who lives in Long Island City. She was raised in Elmhurst by a single mother from Puerto Rico. Her bottom-up approach to politics is informed by her experiences organizing with her neighbors for public land, public internet, and mutual aid.

New York State Senator

Senator Julia Salazar represents New York’s 18th Senate District, including the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick, Cypress Hills-East New York, and parts of Williamsburg and Ridgewood, Queens. She serves as the chair of the State Senate Committee on Crime Victims, Crime and Correction and the Treasurer of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Legislative Caucus. Prior to her election to the State Senate, she worked as a community organizer in the Communities United for Police Reform coalition. Upon her election in 2018, Senator Salazar was the first democratic socialist to be elected to the New York State Legislature in nearly a century.

New York State Assemblymember

Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest represents the 57th Assembly District, which consists of the neighborhoods of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill as well as parts of Bed Stuy, and Crown Heights. Prior to her inauguration, Phara has worked as a maternal health nurse and organized tenants in the neighborhoods she now represents.

New York State Assemblymember

Emily Gallagher is a neighborhood organizer and former educator who represents the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Greenpoint and Williamsburg in the New York State Assembly. Prior to winning her grassroots campaign in 2020, Emily served on Brooklyn Community Board 1 and was involved in multiple local activist campaigns for environmental justice, tenants rights and transportation. Since joining the Assembly, Emily has led the fight to decarbonize buildings--the largest source of emissions in New York State--while championing legislation to expose anonymous shell companies, protect worker rights, tax the rich and invest in the public good.

New York State Assemblymember

Assemblymember Zohran Kwame Mamdani represents the 36th Assembly District and its neighborhoods of Astoria and Long Island City. Previously a foreclosure prevention housing counselor, Zohran is the first South Asian man and first Ugandan to serve in the NYS Assembly.

New York State Assemblymember

Assemblymember Marcela Mitaynes represents the 51st Assembly District, including Red Hook, Sunset Park and northern Bay Ridge. She is a Peruvian immigrant and has been a tenant organizer in her community for more than 10 years, playing a key role in the passage of the 2019 Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act. She is the first Peruvian-American in the New York State legislature.

New York State Assemblymember

Sarahana is proud to be the first New York State legislator of Nepali origin, and only first-generation immigrant to represent this district in its history. Sarahana Shrestha was born and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal, and moved to the United States in 2001 as a student. She became naturalized as an American citizen at the Ulster County Courthouse in 2019. In the Hudson Valley, Sarahana found her bearings as a climate organizer. She joined campaigns to stop fossil fuel plants and to bring energy democracy to New York State. She decided to run for office because this moment of crisis demands bold action on everything that constitutes our safety net: climate, housing, healthcare, public education, jobs, worker rights, childcare, and more.