Ryder Kessler
Ryder Kessler (Democratic Party, Working Families Party) ran for election to the New York State Assembly to represent District 66. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 8, 2022. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 28, 2022.
Kessler completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Ryder Kessler was born in New York, New York.[1] He earned an undergraduate degree from Harvard.[2]
Elections
2022
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2022
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 66
Incumbent Deborah Glick won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 66 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Deborah Glick (D / Working Families Party) | 99.1 | 37,666 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 338 | ||
| Total votes: 38,004 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Ryder Kessler (Working Families Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 66
Incumbent Deborah Glick defeated Ryder Kessler in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 66 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Deborah Glick | 70.0 | 9,183 |
 | Ryder Kessler | 29.8 | 3,914 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 20 | ||
| Total votes: 13,117 | |||
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Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Ryder Kessler advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 66.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ryder Kessler completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kessler's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- New York's rental market is the most expensive in America, with median rents in Manhattan now over $4,000. The consequences of skyrocketing rents include housing insecurity, displacement, homelessness, and sprawl. First, we must build abundant housing, including increasing density in high-opportunity, high-transit areas; legalize basement and garage apartments; convert unused hotels and office buildings; and develop fully affordable units wherever possible. Second, we need maximal renter empowerment, including Good Cause Eviction and statewide Right to Counsel. Third, it’s time to end the congregate shelter response to homelessness, via more supportive housing and private shelter rooms.
- Car dominance of our streets has adverse effects on safety and sustainability. We must prioritize improvements to bus, bike, and subway infrastructure, funded by congestion pricing and payment for parking; support outdoor dining that is a lifeline to small businesses and their employees; implement containerization of trash and expanded frequency of sanitation service; and make physical changes to the streetscape to reduce the frequency and severity of traffic violence.
- The violence and quality of life issues suffered citywide are failures of the status quo. We must expand non-policing approaches to service calls like mental-health-first responders, violence interrupters, and community-led crime prevention, which are more effective and humane than conventional policing. Additionally, we must decarcerate through parole reform, clemency, and ending needless arrests, e.g. sex work decriminalization. Finally, the surest route to safe communities for all New Yorkers is through investments in universal healthcare and childcare, better-paying jobs, affordable housing, and high-quality education.
New York must do much more to be a flourishing and inclusive democracy. Our lack of same-day voter registration and no-excuse absentee voting, and the requirement that elections in New York City take place in off years, are constitutional limits that must be ended. This requires zealous pro-democracy leadership and investments currently lacking from state Democrats.
We must also pursue professionalized and patronage-free election administration, steps that have found support in the Senate but are failing in the Assembly. All of the areas in which New York is lagging on providing expansive ballot access and professional election administration are failures of democracy — failures that hit marginalized community members the hardest.
LGBTQ+ Rights:
Assembly District 66 is the queer heart of NYC and the home of the movement for queer liberation; our representatives should be leading the fight for marginalized LGBTQ+ New Yorkers. I can thrive as a proud gay man only because of those who fought for acceptance in generations past – those we must honor by keeping the fight going.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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