2026 State Candidate Questionnaire

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2026 State Candidate Questionnaire

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1. Briefly describe how you have stood with the District Council of Carpenters in the past. Provide specific examples.*

2. If applicable, describe a time when you disagreed with the District Council of Carpenters.*

3. After helping to end the failed 421-a tax incentive program, the Carpenters worked with the State Legislature to create its replacement: 485-x. Though imperfect, it established a historic wage standard for construction workers as well as stronger protections against wage theft. Some developers have responded by proposing multiple adjacent 99-unit buildings on the same tax lot, often sharing a single mortgage, to circumvent the 100-unit threshold that triggers reporting provisions (certified payroll) designed to protect workers from exploitation. We disagree with the developer interpretation of the law, but if necessary will you support amending 485-x to ensure there is no confusion?*

4. Do you believe New York City can and should attach local labor standards to major city-funded economic development projects?*

5. Long Island public school construction has increasingly relied on out-of-state contractors, shutting local construction workers out of jobs in their own communities. These contractors often have histories of unsafe building practices, wage theft, and tax fraud. To ensure Long Island workers benefit from prevailing wage jobs in their communities and establish stronger guardrails against exploitation, will you vote for A756 (Solages)/S1672A (Martinez) to require public school projects on Long Island to use project labor agreements?*

6. The Jobs and Housing Act, A3996 (Bronson)/S2523 (Ramos), would establish a pilot program to incentivize the construction and rehabilitation of affordable housing on state-owned land, while creating prevailing wage jobs and apprenticeship opportunities under project labor agreements (PLAs) in the process. Will you sign on to the Jobs and Housing Act?*

7. Childcare is one of the biggest expenses our members face. The District Council strongly supports Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s push for universal childcare. Will you commit to supporting it as well?*

8. List your union endorsements.*

9. List all other significant endorsements.*

10. How much cash does your campaign have on hand? What are your fundraising goals?*

11. List your campaign consultants.*