“Our vision of A New Fight Together is an intergenerational and culturally diverse coalition of working-class people advocating for lasting progressive change in Assembly District 31.”
-Khaleel M. Anderson
Assembly Member Khaleel M. Anderson
Assembly Member Khaleel M. Anderson proudly represents Assembly District 31 in Queens. He is the youngest Black Assembly Member in New York State and a dedicated community organizer and activist standing in solidarity with working-class families. His office has worked to resolve hundreds of constituent concerns, trained over a hundred of community members with mental health first aid, and led a wide-scale COVID-19 vaccination effort to ensure that Assembly District 31 had access to vaccines in the height of the pandemic. As your Assembly Member, Khaleel is committed to fighting against the systemic injustices that have held our community back for decades.
IN THE NEWS
Archive
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October 2020
- Oct 8, 2020 Khaleel Anderson makes history Oct 8, 2020
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July 2020
- Jul 22, 2020 Three More Assembly Incumbents Lose to Primary Challengers, Bringing Total to at Least Six Jul 22, 2020
- Jul 16, 2020 Young progressive declares victory in southeast Queens Assembly race Jul 16, 2020
- Jul 16, 2020 Khaleel Anderson comes out on top. Young progressive leads AD 31 after absentee count Jul 16, 2020
- Jul 14, 2020 Anderson wins primary for vacant Southeast Queens Assembly seat Jul 14, 2020
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April 2020
- Apr 8, 2020 OPINION: COVID-19 crisis highlights need to close private jails and prisons Apr 8, 2020
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March 2020
- Mar 30, 2020 Working Families Party backs Khaleel Anderson in vacant Assembly District 31 Mar 30, 2020
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January 2020
- Jan 30, 2020 Fundraising heats up ahead of likely Assembly special election Jan 30, 2020
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November 2019
- Nov 19, 2019 Rockaway activist promises to give a voice to young people in his run for Titus’ Assembly seat Nov 19, 2019
- Nov 19, 2019 You could say organizing is in my DNA. Nov 19, 2019
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March 2019
- Mar 7, 2019 Bright Eyed Activist Seeks Assembly Seat Mar 7, 2019
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February 2019
- Feb 21, 2019 Khaleel Anderson Announces Run for State Assembly Feb 21, 2019
IN THE DEMOCRATIC CITY PRIMARIES, ASSEMBLY MEMBER ANDERSON HAS ENDORSED THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES:
2021 General Election Endorsements:
THANK YOU ASSEMBLY DISTRICT 31
NEWS :
Far Rockaway organizer Khaleel Anderson has won an open seat in Southeast Queens’ Assembly District 31, becoming the youngest Black state lawmaker in New York history.
Anderson, 24, received about 89 percent of the in-person vote with 99 percent of the ballots tallied in District 31, according to New York City Board of Elections results. The district includes a portion of Southeast Queens near JFK Airport, South Ozone Park and the Eastern portion of the Rockaway Peninsula.
The Republican candidate, Joseph Cullina, received about 11 percent of the vote.
Anderson said he was “honored” to become the youngest Black candidate elected to state office and the third youngest person ever elected to the state Assembly. Future President Theodore Roosevelt won a Manhattan assembly district at 23 in 1881. Assemblymember Richard Gottfried was also 23 when he won his Manhattan seat in 1970.
CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES
We need to continue to fight to improve our schools, to protect our environment, prioritize young people and to take care of our elderly… read more below:
FORWARD THINKING.
UNITED TEAM.
We will work for a state that educates our children, cares for our elders, and provides a safe, healthy and properous community for all of us.
ENDORSEMENTS
COVID-19 Relief Effort
The Pandemic is killing us. The first covid-19 diagnosis? In Far Rockaway. And you know why? We don’t have equal health care. We don’t get quality care. And many of us-even now-get no care. They say stay home. But most of us can’t. Many of us have essential jobs that can’t be done at home. And we have to work to pay the landlord and to buy food. Every one of us can honor the memories of the many we have lost by supporting the Mutual Aid Network of Southeast Queens and The Rockaways. Twice weekly our teams of volunteers deliver grocery and ppe supplies to our seniors and the vulnerable in our community. And we know we can do more. We’re fighting, raising our voices as loud as we can, to tell the powerful the truth they must hear. Southeast Queens and The Rockaways demand more covid-10 testing sites. We demand critical income support for everyone who’s been told to stay home and not go to work, especially those who might even think they are unemployment insurance ineligible. Hazard pay for each of our essential worker neighbors is what we deserve. It’s not the best time to ask for contributions We know that. But we also know the oppression that made sure the first Covid-19 diagnosis would be here in our neighborhoods must end! And that only we, united, loud-maybe hurting-but strong, can stop the pain. Please contact us for more info on how to volunteer or contribute.