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Harvey Epstein
Harvey Epstein (Democratic Party) is a member of the New York City Council, representing District 2. He assumed office on December 4, 2025. His current term ends on January 1, 2030.
Epstein (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for election to the New York City Council to represent District 2. He won in the general election on November 4, 2025. He advanced from the Democratic primary on June 24, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in New York, New York (2025)
General election
General election for New York City Council District 2
Harvey Epstein defeated Jason Murillo, Allie Ryan, and Gail Schargel in the general election for New York City Council District 2 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Harvey Epstein (D / Working Families Party) | 78.3 | 40,267 |
Jason Murillo (R / Conservative Party)  | 16.4 | 8,419 | ||
 | Allie Ryan (Unity Party) | 3.2 | 1,630 | |
| Gail Schargel (CleanSafeStreet Party) | 2.1 | 1,104 | ||
| Total votes: 51,420 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic Primary for New York City Council District 2
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Harvey Epstein in round 4 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 30,257 |
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Republican primary election
Republican Primary for New York City Council District 2
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Jason Murillo in round 1 .
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Conservative Party primary election
Conservative Primary for New York City Council District 2
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Jason Murillo in round 1 .
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Working Families Party primary election
Working Families Primary for New York City Council District 2
The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Harvey Epstein in round 1 .
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Epstein in this election.
2024
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2024
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 74
Incumbent Harvey Epstein won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 74 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Harvey Epstein (D / Working Families Party) | 99.0 | 42,651 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 445 | ||
| Total votes: 43,096 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Harvey Epstein advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 74.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Harvey Epstein advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 74.
Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Epstein in this election.
2022
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 74
Incumbent Harvey Epstein defeated Bryan Cooper in the general election for New York State Assembly District 74 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Harvey Epstein (D / Working Families Party) | 79.0 | 30,173 |
| Bryan Cooper (R) | 20.8 | 7,953 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 66 | ||
| Total votes: 38,192 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Harvey Epstein advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 74.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Bryan Cooper advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 74.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Harvey Epstein advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 74.
2020
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 74
Incumbent Harvey Epstein won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 74 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Harvey Epstein (D / Working Families Party) | 99.2 | 46,749 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 362 | ||
| Total votes: 47,111 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Harvey Epstein advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 74.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Sheryl DiBranco (D)
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Harvey Epstein advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 74.
2018
Regular election
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2018
Epstein also ran in the 2018 election as a Working Families Party candidate.
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 74
Incumbent Harvey Epstein defeated Bryan Cooper and Juan Pagan in the general election for New York State Assembly District 74 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Harvey Epstein (D) | 87.3 | 36,535 |
| Bryan Cooper (R) | 11.2 | 4,694 | ||
 | Juan Pagan (Reform Party) | 1.4 | 586 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 43 | ||
| Total votes: 41,858 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 74
Incumbent Harvey Epstein defeated Akshay Vaishampayan and Juan Pagan in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 74 on September 13, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Harvey Epstein | 63.0 | 10,517 |
 | Akshay Vaishampayan | 19.2 | 3,202 | |
| Juan Pagan | 17.9 | 2,983 | |
| Total votes: 16,702 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 74
Bryan Cooper advanced from the Republican primary for New York State Assembly District 74 on September 13, 2018.
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Reform Party primary election
Reform Party primary for New York State Assembly District 74
Juan Pagan advanced from the Reform Party primary for New York State Assembly District 74 on September 13, 2018.
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Special elections
A special election for the position of New York State Assembly District 74 was held on April 24, 2018.
The seat was left vacant after the resignation of Brian Kavanagh (D). Kavanagh resigned after winning election to District 26 of the New York State Senate in a special election on November 7, 2017.
Harvey Epstein (D) defeated Bryan Cooper (R), Adrienne Craig-Williams (G), and Juan Pagan (Reform) in the special election.
| New York State Assembly, District 74 Special Election, 2018 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Harvey Epstein |
90.9% | 3,900 | |
| Republican | Bryan Cooper | 4.7% | 202 | |
| Reform | Juan Pagan | 2.3% | 97 | |
| Green | Adrienne Craig-Williams | 2.2% | 93 | |
| Total Votes | 4,292 | |||
| Source: New York State Board of Elections (104 of 107 precincts reported) | ||||
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Harvey Epstein did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2024
Harvey Epstein did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2022
Harvey Epstein did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Harvey Epstein did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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State legislative tenure
Committee assignments
2025-2026
Epstein was assigned to the following committees:
- Correction Committee
- Codes Committee
- Environmental Conservation Committee
- Housing Committee
- People with Disabilities Committee
- Ways and Means Committee
2023-2024
Epstein was assigned to the following committees:
- Codes Committee
- Correction Committee
- Environmental Conservation Committee
- Higher Education Committee
- Housing Committee
- People with Disabilities Committee
2021-2022
Epstein was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture Committee
- Environmental Conservation Committee
- Governmental Operations Committee
- Higher Education Committee
- Housing Committee
- People with Disabilities Committee
2019-2020
Epstein was assigned to the following committees:
- Agriculture Committee
- Governmental Operations Committee
- Housing Committee
- Environmental Conservation Committee
- Higher Education Committee
- Small Business Committee
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
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2024
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In 2024, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 3 to June 8.
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2023
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In 2023, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 4 to June 21.
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2022
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In 2022, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 5 to June 4.
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2021
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In 2021, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 6 to June 10.
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2020
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In 2020, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 8 to December 31.
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2019
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In 2019, the New York State Legislature was in session from January 9 through January 8, 2020.
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2018
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In 2018, the 202nd New York State Legislature, second annual session, was in session from January 3 through June 20.
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See also
2025 Elections
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by Carlina Rivera (D) |
New York City Council District 2 2025-Present |
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| Preceded by - |
New York State Assembly District 74 2018-2025 |
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