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Who is Andrew?

Andrew was born and raised in Floral Park, where he still lives today. Growing up in a middle-class family, he learned early that progress comes from hard work, integrity, and standing up for others.

That lesson runs deep. During the Civil Rights Movement, Andrew’s grandmother traveled south as a Freedom Rider. When the first Black family moved into his grandparents’ Long Island neighborhood and faced violent harassment, his grandparents opened their home to protect them—despite threats against themselves.

Those same values — Community, Confidence, and the Courage to stand up for others, guided his work as an attorney with the New York City Department of Buildings where he:

  • Held negligent landlords and contractors accountable;

  • Crafted laws to help keep us safe in our homes and on the streets;

  • Fought to ensure the Department’s policies would not overly burden working families.

Those values also show up in Andrew’s work as an organizer with Sunrise Movement NYC, Rider’s Alliance, and the Working Families Party, where Andrew:

  • Advocates for more affordable and reliable public transit;

  • Fights for climate resiliency measures that will keep our houses safe from increased flooding events;

  • Demands we tax the ultra-wealthy so that we can fully invest in our communities so that we can have universal childcare, smaller class sizes and crime-prevention programs.

Driven by the simple belief that New York must do better for everyone.

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Why Andrew’s Running for State Senate District 11

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Andrew, like so many New Yorkers, is done with the status quo in Albany and a generation of Democrats who fail to show up for our diverse communities. Through years of organizing, he has seen firsthand that people are ready for real, meaningful change—and this is the moment for someone with deep roots here to step up and deliver it.

Andrew will always stand with immigrant communities and will never hesitate to call out bigotry in any form. He is laser-focused on making New York affordable again, bringing creative and practical solutions to the challenges we face. That means making the ultra wealthy finally pay their fair share so we can invest in world-class schools, resilient infrastructure that protects us from flooding, and high-quality healthcare that saves families thousands each year.

Andrew doesn’t believe in “that’s impossible”—he believes that together, we can make New York work for all of us.

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