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Alex Bores

Democrat

New York State Assembly Member, District 73 (Upper East Side, Murray Hill, Turtle Bay, Sutton Place, Midtown East), since January 2023

Non-Incumbent · Public Record
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Primary: June 2026 Last updated 2026-05-07

T Transparency
78.6%
+1 from Political Integrity Pledge

Top positive drivers

  • T1 Annual town hall with nearly two hours of unvetted unscreened questions; 477 plus community events in first two years; mobile office hours at libraries, parks, and subway stops across AD-73. 4/4
  • T4 Campaign accepts no corporate PAC money, only union PACs, with $0 self-funding and $2.87M raised through Q1 2026 (FEC verified). Backed by 5 plus union and reform endorsers including DC 37, NYSUT, CWA, NY Progressive Action Network. 4/4
  • T13 Enacted Assembly bills banning junk fees, raising telemarketer fines to $20,000, and cracking down on zombie subscriptions and reservation-scalping bots; campaign platform requires companies to show total cost upfront. Multiple enacted results. 4/4

Top negative drivers

  • T24 No specific FOIA reform, classification reform, or proactive open-data position documented on campaign site. 1/4
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  • T1 Annual town hall with nearly two hours of unvetted unscreened questions; 477 plus community events in first two years; mobile office hours at libraries, parks, and subway stops across AD-73. 4/4
  • T2 Standard FEC and NY Assembly disclosures filed; no proactive tax-return release documented. 1.50/4
  • T3 Explicit campaign platform commitment to ban members and their spouses from trading individual stocks or betting on prediction markets; supports strict ban on outside income for the President. 3.13/4
  • T4 Campaign accepts no corporate PAC money, only union PACs, with $0 self-funding and $2.87M raised through Q1 2026 (FEC verified). Backed by 5 plus union and reform endorsers including DC 37, NYSUT, CWA, NY Progressive Action Network. 4/4
  • T5 FEC filings public; large itemized share with disclosed individual donors. No proactive donor-breakdown dashboard or small-dollar quantification on campaign site. 3.13/4
  • T6 Three full platform pages on alexbores.nyc (A New York We Can Afford, A Democracy That Works, AI Policy Framework), plus separate AI dividend and LGBTQ frameworks. Long-form interviews with NBC News, City and State, Cornell Daily Sun, WIRED. 3.75/4
  • T7 NBC News, CNBC, Politico, NOTUS, Axios, City and State, WIRED, West Side Rag, Cornell Daily Sun, TechCrunch coverage. Engaged with hostile $2.3M plus super PAC attack rather than retreating. 5 plus non-aligned media engagements. 3.75/4
  • T8 Public endorsements page lists 9 unions, 9 Assembly colleagues, 2 former members of Congress (Maloney, Israel), multiple NYC Council members, and 14 named district leaders. 3.75/4
  • T9 Active campaign site, X, Facebook, Instagram with policy-driven content; AI Policy Framework PDF posted. Substantive policy share documented. 3.13/4
  • T10 Clear plain-language platform pages and consistent campaign framing. English-only website is a meaningful gap given NY-12 Spanish-speaking populations. 2.25/4
  • T11 Enacted Assembly law eliminating excess healthcare charges and banning insurance junk fees; New York Health Act cosponsor. No specific PBM disclosure or facility-fee transparency mechanism named at the federal level. 2.50/4
  • T12 Land Value Tax proposal as named housing-supply mechanism; supports Good Cause Eviction. No specific beneficial-ownership transparency proposal documented. 2.50/4
  • T13 Enacted Assembly bills banning junk fees, raising telemarketer fines to $20,000, and cracking down on zombie subscriptions and reservation-scalping bots; campaign platform requires companies to show total cost upfront. Multiple enacted results. 4/4
  • T14 IRS funding to crack down on high-level tax cheats; supports DOJ independence and statutory protections for Inspectors General. No specific federal spending-disclosure platform. 2.50/4
  • T15 Lead Assembly sponsor of the RAISE Act (A6453B) signed into law December 19, 2025, requiring frontier AI developers to publish safety plans, report critical incidents within 72 hours, and pay fees up to $3M for repeat violations. Also Training Data Transparency Act with SAG-AFTRA and the PAID Act on AI in campaign materials. Time 100 AI 2025 honoree. 4/4
  • T16 Cosponsored Earned Time Act (A01128), Elder Parole (A2035), Eliminate Mandatory Minimums, Second Look Act; supports John Lewis Voting Rights Act and ending solitary confinement. Backed by 5 plus orgs. 2.88/4
  • T17 Calls for abolishing ICE; supports pathway to citizenship. Palantir tenure (2014 to 2019) is a transparency caveat; campaign maintains he declined ICE-related work. 2.25/4
  • T18 Universal school meals; Child Care for Working Families Act capping cost at 7 percent of income; six months paid family leave. No specific education-finance transparency mechanism. 2/4
  • T19 Constitutional amendment to outlaw super PACs and end dark money; John Lewis VRA; Election Day federal holiday; SCOTUS 18-year term limits and enforceable code of ethics; pardon-power constitutional amendment. 3.75/4
  • T20 DOJ independence legislation; statutory protections for Inspectors General; congressional stock trading ban; SCOTUS ethics; pardon-power amendment. Comprehensive accountability package. 3.75/4
  • T21 Engaged with hostile $2.3M plus super PAC attack rather than retreating; sat for critical Politico, Axios, NOTUS, City and State coverage; defended Palantir tenure publicly. 5 plus accountable engagements. 3.75/4
  • T22 Default 2/4 baseline. No documented fact-checker findings of false claims; Palantir narrative contested but not characterized as factually false. Campaign maintains a fact-check site (boresfactcheck.com) responding to super PAC ads. 2/4
  • T23 Explicit platform commitment to pass legislation creating statutory protections for Inspectors General; supports DOJ independence. Backed by 5 plus reform-aligned endorsers. 3.13/4
  • T24 No specific FOIA reform, classification reform, or proactive open-data position documented on campaign site. 1/4
  • T25 RAISE Act enacted matches AI safety platform; junk fees ban matches affordability framing; union endorsements (DC 37, NYSUT, CWA) match labor commitments; Palantir history disclosed and engaged. 3 plus verifiable matches. 3.13/4
E Efficiency
78%

Top positive drivers

  • E5 Enacted bill encouraging state agencies to adopt cloud computing; software-industry career at Palantir, Merlon, and Promise; RAISE Act creates dedicated DFS office for AI enforcement. Exceptional tech-modernization fluency. 4/4
  • E6 Won open NY-AD-73 seat 2022 with strong organization; built $2.87M federal campaign with $2.38M cash on hand by end of Q1 2026; CEL most effective new NYC legislator. Documented operational excellence. 4/4
  • E9 RAISE Act signed December 19, 2025; junk fees ban; telemarketer fine increase; employee IP protection; cloud computing adoption; $50.1M district funding; Time 100 AI; Future Caucus Rising Star 2024; CEL most-effective ranking. Multiple corroborated achievements. 4/4
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  • E1 Six bills enacted in first Assembly term and 30 passed Assembly; RAISE Act signed; $50.1M secured for district organizations in 2025; 325 constituent cases resolved. Multiple measurable outcomes from prior role. 3.75/4
  • E2 Cornell ILR plus Georgia Tech CS data-scientist background; cites European AI rules and OECD frameworks in RAISE Act advocacy; Time 100 AI 2025. Documented evidence-based methodology. 3.75/4
  • E3 Cloud computing adoption bill for state agencies; smart-guns viability study legislation; began process to overturn 1846 constitutional cap on judicial seats. CEL named him most effective new NYC legislator. 3.13/4
  • E4 Started career as constituent services rep for City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin (2008 to 2009); built software at Promise helping 50,000 families keep heat and water during COVID; 477 plus community events as Assembly Member. 3.75/4
  • E5 Enacted bill encouraging state agencies to adopt cloud computing; software-industry career at Palantir, Merlon, and Promise; RAISE Act creates dedicated DFS office for AI enforcement. Exceptional tech-modernization fluency. 4/4
  • E6 Won open NY-AD-73 seat 2022 with strong organization; built $2.87M federal campaign with $2.38M cash on hand by end of Q1 2026; CEL most effective new NYC legislator. Documented operational excellence. 4/4
  • E7 Future Caucus NY chapter co-chair with Republican Ed Ra; bipartisan telemarketer bill with Sen. Griffo (R); SAG-AFTRA, AFL-CIO, PEF, CSEA on workforce bills; Anthropic-funded Build American AI Coalition backing him. Multi-sector, cross-party coalitions. 3.75/4
  • E8 Six enacted Assembly bills in first term across consumer protection, labor, telecom, and tech-modernization; RAISE Act creates new DFS enforcement office with named authority and fee structure. 3.75/4
  • E9 RAISE Act signed December 19, 2025; junk fees ban; telemarketer fine increase; employee IP protection; cloud computing adoption; $50.1M district funding; Time 100 AI; Future Caucus Rising Star 2024; CEL most-effective ranking. Multiple corroborated achievements. 4/4
  • E10 DOJ independence; statutory IG protections; SCOTUS term limits; pardon-power amendment; congressional stock trading ban. Multiple structural reform items but no filibuster or committee restructuring position. 2.50/4
  • E11 Enacted NY law eliminating excess healthcare charges and banning insurance junk fees; cosponsor of New York Health Act; supports federal universal healthcare framework. Backed by 5 plus orgs. 3.13/4
  • E12 Land Value Tax proposal to spur housing development; supports Good Cause Eviction; backs subsidies, regulation, and growing housing supply. Named mechanism with prior-role advocacy. 3.13/4
  • E13 Fought to cap utility rate increases and bring affordable solar online to modernize the grid as Assembly campaign issue; national parametric reinsurance stabilization fund proposal. Backed by 5 plus orgs. 3.13/4
  • E14 Calls for abolishing ICE and pathway to citizenship; Palantir tenure complicates record though campaign maintains he declined ICE work. Position with specifics. 2.50/4
  • E15 Child Care for Working Families Act capping costs at 7 percent of family income; universal school meals; six months protected paid family leave. Specific federal mechanisms with quantified targets. 2.88/4
  • E16 Worked with DOJ and Manhattan DAs on violent-crime analytics software; smart-guns viability study legislation; cosponsor of Earned Time Act, Elder Parole, Second Look Act. Documented prior-role public-safety mechanisms. 2.88/4
  • E17 Enacted employee IP rights bill with broad labor support; Training Data Transparency Act with SAG-AFTRA backing; civil-service exit-interview bill backed by PEF, AFL-CIO, CSEA. DC 37, NYSUT, CWA, RWDSU, TWU 100, PSC-CUNY endorsements. 3.75/4
  • E18 IRS enforcement funding to recover lost revenue from high-level tax cheats; cloud computing adoption to reduce state IT costs; junk fee enforcement reduces consumer waste. 2.50/4
  • E19 Trump-proof legislation for Gateway Tunnel, Penn Station, and Second Avenue Subway with permanent funding streams; modernize Amtrak for faster, cheaper travel. Named federal infrastructure delivery mechanism. 2.88/4
  • E20 Measured Israel-Gaza position supporting sustainable ceasefire conditional on hostage return; opposes Israeli reoccupation; supports existing aid-conditioning law. Position with limited specifics on cost-of-conflict framework. 2/4
  • E21 Civil-service exit-interview bill implies workforce-improvement awareness; 325 constituent cases resolved demonstrates casework throughput. No specific federal processing-time target documented. 1.50/4
  • E22 IRS enforcement for revenue recovery; closing tax loopholes for high earners; Land Value Tax as revenue-neutral reform. No comprehensive deficit or pay-for framework. 2.50/4
  • E23 Statutory IG protections platform plank; cites European AI Office model in RAISE Act advocacy. No specific GAO citation documented. 2/4
  • E24 RAISE Act replaces ad-hoc AI oversight with statutory framework; junk fees ban replaces surprise pricing; Land Value Tax as alternative to current property tax structure. Backed by 5 plus orgs. 2.88/4
  • E25 RAISE Act creates new DFS office with rulemaking, fee assessment, and annual reporting authority over frontier AI developers; DOJ independence and IG protection platform planks. Named federal oversight framework. 2.88/4
A Affordability
80.7%
+0.5 from Political Integrity Pledge

Top positive drivers

  • A15 Enacted Assembly bills banning junk fees, raising telemarketer fines to $20,000, eliminating excess healthcare charges, and cracking down on zombie subscriptions and reservation-scalping bots; platform outlaws hotel resort fees and ticket convenience fees. Multiple enacted consumer-protection results. 4/4
  • A2 Annual unscreened town halls; 477 plus community events in first two years; mobile office hours at libraries, parks, and subway stops; $50.1M secured for district organizations in 2025. Documented prior-role engagement. 3.75/4
  • A4 325 constituent cases resolved in first two Assembly years; built software at Promise helping 50,000 families with COVID utility relief; constituent services background under Lappin. 3 plus documented categories. 3.75/4

Top negative drivers

  • A22 NY-12 is fully urban Manhattan; no rural affordability framework documented in platform. 1/4
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  • A1 Standard FEC and NY Assembly financial disclosures filed; no significant affordability conflicts identified beyond general tech-industry career. Palantir tenure disclosed. 2.50/4
  • A2 Annual unscreened town halls; 477 plus community events in first two years; mobile office hours at libraries, parks, and subway stops; $50.1M secured for district organizations in 2025. Documented prior-role engagement. 3.75/4
  • A3 Cites Manhattan-specific affordability data (insurance premiums, transit costs); proposes cost-of-living tax bracket exemption tailored to high-cost states. References to district-specific costs. 3.13/4
  • A4 325 constituent cases resolved in first two Assembly years; built software at Promise helping 50,000 families with COVID utility relief; constituent services background under Lappin. 3 plus documented categories. 3.75/4
  • A5 Endorsements from DC 37, NYSUT, CWA, RWDSU, TWU 100, PSC-CUNY, NABET-CWA Local 16, Postal Mail Handlers Local 300, CWA 1180; campaign rejects corporate PAC money. Strong worker-access track record. 3.75/4
  • A6 Land Value Tax framing acknowledges revenue-neutral trade-offs; CTC/EITC and free-filing framing tied to working-family budgets. Documented honest cost framing on prior policy work. 2.88/4
  • A7 Child Care for Working Families Act explicit 7 percent of income cap; CTC and EITC expansion target lower-income families; insurance premium reduction via parametric reinsurance. Named mechanisms with quantified targets. 3.13/4
  • A8 IRS enforcement on high-level tax cheats; supports closing tax loopholes; opposes corporate dark money and super PACs. No high-profile waste fight documented. 2.88/4
  • A9 Future Caucus NY chapter co-chair with Republican Ed Ra; bipartisan telemarketer bill with Republican Sen. Griffo signed into law; bipartisan support cited for RAISE Act passage. Multiple cross-party economic actions. 3.13/4
  • A10 Cornell ILR (industrial and labor relations) and Georgia Tech computer-science credentials publicly documented; ex-data scientist; published AI Policy Framework with named contributors. Transparent expertise base. 3.13/4
  • A11 Enacted NY law eliminating excess healthcare charges and banning insurance junk fees; New York Health Act cosponsor; healthcare-as-human-right framing. Backed by 5 plus orgs. 3.13/4
  • A12 Land Value Tax to spur housing development; Good Cause Eviction support; subsidies, regulation, and growing housing supply package. Backed by 5 plus orgs. 3.13/4
  • A13 Child Care for Working Families Act capping family costs at 7 percent of income; universal school meals; six months protected paid family leave. Backed by 5 plus orgs. 3.13/4
  • A14 Expand CTC and EITC for lower-income families; cost-of-living exemption adjusting federal tax brackets for high-cost states; free federal filing option for all; IRS funding to recover from high-level tax cheats. Specific named provisions. 3.13/4
  • A15 Enacted Assembly bills banning junk fees, raising telemarketer fines to $20,000, eliminating excess healthcare charges, and cracking down on zombie subscriptions and reservation-scalping bots; platform outlaws hotel resort fees and ticket convenience fees. Multiple enacted consumer-protection results. 4/4
  • A16 Enacted employee IP rights bill with overwhelming labor support; Training Data Transparency Act with SAG-AFTRA backing; multiple union endorsements; civil-service exit-interview bill backed by PEF, AFL-CIO, CSEA. 3.13/4
  • A17 Universal school breakfast and lunch as named federal proposal; childcare cap at 7 percent. Limited SNAP or grocery-pricing detail. 2.88/4
  • A18 Fought to cap utility rate increases and bring affordable solar online; national parametric reinsurance stabilization fund to lower home insurance premiums. Backed by 5 plus orgs. 3.13/4
  • A19 Permanent funding streams for Gateway Tunnel, Penn Station, and Second Avenue Subway; modernize Amtrak for faster, cheaper travel; rebuild transit hubs. Named district transit mechanisms. 3.13/4
  • A20 A New York We Can Afford platform integrates childcare cap, paid family leave, school meals, CTC and EITC expansion, transit funding, junk-fee bans, and Land Value Tax as a coherent cost-of-living strategy. 3.75/4
  • A21 Manhattan native, Upper East Side resident; cites local insurance premiums, transit costs, and high-cost-state tax bracket framework specific to NY-12. 3 plus documented matches. 3.13/4
  • A22 NY-12 is fully urban Manhattan; no rural affordability framework documented in platform. 1/4
  • A23 Cosponsor of John Lewis VRA; criminal justice reform cosponsorships (Earned Time, Elder Parole, Second Look); permanent residents voting in local elections. Limited explicit racial equity framing for affordability policies. 2.50/4
  • A24 Universal school meals, universal childcare cap, expanded CTC/EITC, and consumer fee bans reach broad working-family base. Backed by 5 plus orgs. 3.13/4
  • A25 DC 37, NYSUT, CWA, RWDSU, TWU 100, PSC-CUNY, NABET, Postal Mail Handlers, CWA 1180, NY Progressive Action Network, Stonewall Democrats, Equality New York. Strong working-family and reform coalition. 3.75/4

Scored from publicly available information. Research in progress.

Published Platform

  • AI Safety — Author of New York RAISE Act (signed December 19, 2025) requiring frontier AI developers with $100M plus in training spend to publish safety plans, report critical incidents within 72 hours, and pay fees up to $3M for repeat violations. Calls for a national version of the RAISE Act.
  • Healthcare — Cosponsor of New York Health Act for single-payer universal healthcare; enacted Assembly law eliminating excess healthcare charges and banning insurance junk fees.
  • Housing — Land Value Tax to spur housing development; Good Cause Eviction protections; subsidies, regulation, and growing housing supply.
  • Childcare and Family — Child Care for Working Families Act capping family costs at 7 percent of income; six months protected paid family leave; universal school breakfast and lunch.
  • Taxes — Expand Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit for lower-income families; cost-of-living exemption adjusting federal tax brackets for high-cost states; free federal filing option; IRS funding to crack down on high-level tax cheats.
  • Transit and Infrastructure — Permanent funding streams for Gateway Tunnel, Penn Station, and Second Avenue Subway to Trump-proof projects; modernize Amtrak.
  • Climate and Insurance — Cap utility rate increases; bring affordable solar online to modernize the grid; national parametric reinsurance stabilization fund to lower home insurance premiums.
  • Consumer Protection — Enacted Assembly laws banning junk fees, raising telemarketer fines to $20,000, eliminating excess healthcare charges, and cracking down on zombie subscriptions and reservation-scalping bots; outlaw hotel resort fees and ticket convenience fees federally.
  • Democracy and Ethics — Constitutional amendment to outlaw super PACs and end dark money; ban members and spouses from trading individual stocks; John Lewis Voting Rights Act; Election Day federal holiday; SCOTUS 18-year term limits and enforceable code of ethics; pardon-power amendment; DOJ independence and statutory IG protections.
  • Labor — Enacted employee IP rights bill; Training Data Transparency Act with SAG-AFTRA; civil-service exit interviews backed by PEF, AFL-CIO, CSEA. DC 37, NYSUT, CWA, RWDSU, TWU 100, PSC-CUNY endorsements.
  • Immigration — Calls for abolishing ICE; pathway to citizenship. Departed Palantir in 2019 over ICE contract concerns; campaign maintains he declined ICE-related work.
  • Foreign Policy — Sustainable Israel-Gaza ceasefire conditional on hostage return; opposes Israeli reoccupation of Gaza; supports existing law on conditioning aid to allies.
  • Campaign Finance — No corporate PAC money (only union PACs); $0 self-funding; $2.87M raised through Q1 2026 with $2.38M cash on hand (FEC verified).

Non-Incumbent · Public Record

Scored on publicly available information only — platform statements, prior office, news coverage. Same criteria as the Questionnaire pathway, without direct candidate input.

Scoring Summary

Axis Base Pledge Bonus Final
Transparency 78.6% +1 79.6%
Efficiency 78% — 78%
Affordability 80.7% +0.5 81.2%
Overall TEA Average of the three axes 79.1%

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