Eli Northrup
What this job does: Your district's vote in the New York State Assembly (150 members), the larger house of the Legislature. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- Legal director of the Criminal Defense Practice, The Bronx Defenders
Background
- B.A. Cornell University (2007); J.D. New York University School of Law (2011), per Ballotpedia. source: ballotpedia.org
- Public defender for over a decade, including at the Bronx Defenders. source: ballotpedia.org
- Clerked for federal judges on the Third Circuit and the Southern District of New York. source: ballotpedia.org
- Ran in the 2024 Democratic primary for Assembly District 69 and finished second. source: westsiderag.com
- Board member, New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. source: westsiderag.com
In their own words
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- Housing: statewide right to counsel for tenants and more construction source: westsiderag.com
- Public safety: mental health and substance-use responses by social workers, expanded supportive housing source: westsiderag.com
- Immigration: New York for All and sanctuary state source: westsiderag.com
- Universal healthcare and childcare source: westsiderag.com
- Commercial vacancy tax source: westsiderag.com
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