[EDITED TO ADD: Changed as of 20 June, new assessment in State Senate District 13 race]

[EDITED TO ADD: Changed as of 22 June, new recommendation in the Queens-wide judicial election]

I am one person and these are my personal recommendations. They aren't the endorsements of the local Indivisible chapter, or the other people who help sit at my weekly outreach table, or anyone but me.

If you scroll and don't find what you seek, try searching for a candidate's name -- but I have only written about races that appear on ballots in my region of Central and Western Queens. So I'll link to some other voter guides at the end.

Queens County, Judge of the Civil Court (select up to 2): Edmond Wong, and I'm writing in CUNY Law professor Jeena Shah. Sadly, Edward Irizarry, John J. Ciafone, & Julie M. Milner are all allies of Monserrate. Ciafone & Milner also have other troubling stances. [Edited 22 June to add: But Edward Irizarry is the least Monserrate-y, and and is the most competent of the three.]

34th Assembly District, Part A, District Leader: Andreas Migias, Shawna Morlock, and Carolina Maria Korth all seem fine!

34th Assembly District, State Committee Member: Carolina Maria Korth and John G. Scott, not Monserrate ally Luis P. Montalvo.

35th Assembly District, State Committee: William A. Espinal and Trenise Jessica Fuller, not Monserrate ally Lidia V. Alvarado.

35th Assembly District, Part A, District Leader: David Aiken and Larinda C. Hooks, not Hiram Monserrate and his ally Sonya Harvey.

35th Assembly District, Part B, District Leader: Jose M. Morillo and Michelle Dunston, not Monserrate ally James B. Fogle.

39th Assembly District, State Committee: Kevin I. Jusino and Yanna M. Henriquez, not Monserrate allies Alberto Ossa and Gabriela Perez.

State Senate, District 13: I see both incumbent Jessica Ramos and challenger Jessica González-Rojas as strong legislators who have each made serious errors. But I have come to doubt Ramos's credibility. And: I want a rep who has meaningful working relationships with other local electeds & advocacy organizations, not just organized labor. More on why I endorse González-Rojas (this was my hardest decision) in this post. Keep Hiram Monserrate out! Don't elect a fraudster who assaulted his girlfriend! [Edited June 19th to add: I'm rethinking this because of recent events, including this influx of dark money. Working on a new piece. ] [Edited June 20th to add: New piece is up: The Case for Ramos ]

State Assembly, District 30: I mildly, cautiously prefer Shamsul Haque over Somnath Ghimire and Patrick Martinez. Haque was a Monserrate ally but is now deeply engaged with DRUM, and has DRUM Beats's endorsement.

State Assembly, District 34: Brian Romero, not Monserrate ally Rosa Sanchez.

State Assembly, District 39: Catalina Cruz, not Monserrate ally Yonel E. Letellier Sosa.

US House of Representatives, District 6: I like Chuck Park better than incumbent Grace Meng.

State comptroller: I like Raj Goyle better than Drew Warshaw, and both of them better than incumbent Tom DiNapoli. More about the issues and candidates in my original post on the race, and then a small update in my final recommendation.

(Because someone asked, I wrote a quick note about State Senate District 12 that's in the comments on this post; I prefer Aber Kawas to Steven Raga, but I haven't done as much research on that race, and Raga doesn't seem bad.)

(And I'll throw in one more: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running to retain her House of Representatives seat for New York's 14th District. Her challengers are Felipe Garcia and Marty Dolan. The first item on Garcia's list of policy priorities is "Public safety" which includes "restoring order, supporting law enforcement" (which, in our political context, implies he supports "Back the Blue"-style policies and opposes police accountability measures). Garcia, who has never held elected office and seems to have no grassroots organizing experience, also said in his Ballotpedia questionnaire answers that the U.S. House of Representatives is "the closest level of government to the people." which is risibly wrong. Dolan gave $2,000 to Hiram Monserrate's campaign on February 19th, 2026, which to me is disqualifying. Ocasio-Cortez is one of the members of Congress who most aligns with my policy priorities, and she's unusually good at articulating our shared values and vision, using her seat as a platform to shape national conversation. Not that she needs it, but AOC has my endorsement.)

Above I share an image, and below a one-page PDF, replicating pretty much everything I've said above (except for AOC and Kawas), plus a QR code pointing here to get more details. "Monserrate" and "Monserrate allies" are in red. And at the bottom of it I recommend people get more info on local races from news sources I like: The City Reporter, City & State NY, and Hell Gate NYC. Feel free to print, translate, and share (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license)!

Other voter guides

(An incomplete list to be sure; feel free to comment with a link to a voter guide you've made or are referring to in this election!)

Soft Power Vote: detailed spreadsheet of every race in NYC; overview on Instagram (viewable through Imginn proxy)

Brooklyn Can't Wait slate for State Committee and District Leader (I met some of these folks at the launch event for Hell Gate NYC's/Type Investigations' "Courts of Contempt" project and they seem great)

Carey's voter guide which covers quite a lot of races, including Brooklyn Judicial Delegate, County Committee, "Democratic State Committee (a.k.a. District Leader)," and judicial races (I met Carey at that Courts of Contempt launch too!)

Rep Your Block's Brooklyn County Committee voter guide

The Jewish Vote (candidates endorsed by Jews for Racial & Economic Justice)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's endorsements (Twitter thread; linking via xcancel proxy; some? also mentioned in this City & State article)

Zohran Mamdani's endorsements (House of Representatives and state Assembly and Senate)

Indivisible Brooklyn

NYC chapter of Democratic Socialists of America's endorsements; use dsa.nyc/vote to check whether any are on your ballot

DRUM Beats's endorsements, on Instagram (viewable through Imginn proxy)

Citizen Action of New York's endorsements

Sunrise Movement NYC's endorsements

Our Revolution's endorsements

Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club's endorsements

New York Progressive Action Network's endorsements

Streets PAC's endorsements

Hey Make the Road Action NY: please have a page on your website, or at least a single up-to-date social media post, where you list all your endorsements! Am referring to the I-don't-know-how-reliable-it-is Blue Voter Guide list of your endorsements because otherwise one has to scour through your various Instagram posts!

Thank you

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(More miscellaneous thoughts here.)

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