New York

Welcome to the New York state page! Here, New York organizers can access and document ongoing projects, current leadership positions, upcoming races, and other important information. This list is non-exhaustive, and state teams are encouraged to expand and adapt these pages to their organizing needs.

Political Landscape of New York

Partisan Composition of New York

Overall, New York is considered a deep blue state, with a Cook PVI of D+10 as of 2022, regularly voting 60-65% Democrat in statewide races. Their governor and both US Senators are Democrats. Their US House delegation consists of 15 Democrats and 10 Republicans with one vacancy, as of 2/14/24. Democrats also have supermajorities in their state house (102-48) and state senate (42-21), giving them a trifecta.

Progressive Outlook for New York

The overall progressive strategy for New York is optimistic. On a federal level, there are a LOT of first or second term Republicans who only got there due to complacency in Biden-won districts who can be ousted in 2024. Though the state does not allow for ballot initiatives, Republicans have no purchase. Instead, the primary problem from a progressive perspective are neoliberal/moderate Democrats such as Hochul, Cuomo, etc. who clog up much of the state legislature and need to be primaried out for progressive legislation to pass. As New York is a closed-primary state, be sure to register as a Democrat to elect progressives as the state primaries are more-or-less the real elections here.

Get Involved

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Progressive Organizations in New York

Below is a list of progressive organizations in New York. If you see a state organization that isn't on this list, please add it.

• Long Island Progressive Coalition - A grassroots progressive organization dedicated to achieving progressive goals since the 1970's. Worth looking into!

Notable Campaigns in 2024

Below is a list of progressive candidates or ballot measures in the 2024 election cycle for New York. Non-progressive candidates may also be placed here if they are substantially to the left of their district's partisan lean and worth campaigning for. If you see a candidate or ballot measure that should be on this list, please add them

June 25th Primary Election (Filing Deadline April 4)

Be on the lookout for opportunities to replace conservative/neoliberal Democrats with progressives on both the state and federal level, as NY's Democrat party is notoriously not the best on progressive issues.

November 5th General Election

No matter who wins the primary election, it is VITAL that New York reclaim or hold several US House seats in order to regain a Democrat trifecta on a federal level. Though these seats are unlikely to go progressive, even corporate Democrats are leagues ahead of Republicans. These seats are as follows (More information coming April 4th and pending June 25th primary results):

• Flip the following seats: NY-1, NY-2, NY-4, NY-17, NY-19
• Keep the following seats: NY-3, NY-18, NY-20, NY-22, NY-25

Run for Local Office

An underrated way to impact change is to run for a local position! Please feel free to add information on doing so below.