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Daniel Goldman

Democrat · Incumbent

U.S. Representative for New York-10 (since January 2023)

Non-Incumbent · Public Record
PIP Political Integrity Pledge · Political Integrity PAC
  • No Corporate PAC Money
  • Stock Trading Ban
  • Lobbying Ban for Former Members
  • Overturn Citizens United

Primary: June 2026 Last updated 2026-05-06

T Transparency
64.7%
+0.5 from Political Integrity Pledge

Top positive drivers

  • T7 Highly press-accessible; emergency press conference June 2025 confronting masked ICE agents at 290 Broadway; routine local and national media; SNAP rallies with reporters. 3.50/4
  • T1 In-person constituent town halls (Section 8 and 9 town hall at Grand St. Settlement; September 2025 Trump-impacts town hall) and virtual townhalls; emergency press conferences in district. Confirm-attendance gating documented. 3.13/4
  • T3 Pledged blind trust day one (January 2023) but made nearly 500 individual stock trades over two years; finalized blind trust and divested individual holdings April 2025; publicly champions a stock trading ban and signed discharge petition. Real but delayed action. 3.13/4

Top negative drivers

  • T5 Took corporate PAC money including Goldman Sachs PAC ($58K to Victory Fund, 2024) and AIPAC ($45,400). $668K+ in PAC contributions in 2024 cycle. Refused People's Pledge. 0/4
  • T15 No AI transparency platform documented. 0/4
  • T13 No specific consumer cost transparency mechanism (price tags, fee disclosure, junk-fee rule) documented. 1/4
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  • T1 In-person constituent town halls (Section 8 and 9 town hall at Grand St. Settlement; September 2025 Trump-impacts town hall) and virtual townhalls; emergency press conferences in district. Confirm-attendance gating documented. 3.13/4
  • T2 Files required disclosures including a $64M to $253M asset range across 1,700+ assets, but Raw Story April 2023 investigation flagged 480+ stock trades after his blind-trust pledge. No proactive transparency above legal minimums. 2/4
  • T3 Pledged blind trust day one (January 2023) but made nearly 500 individual stock trades over two years; finalized blind trust and divested individual holdings April 2025; publicly champions a stock trading ban and signed discharge petition. Real but delayed action. 3.13/4
  • T4 FEC compliant; Dan Goldman Victory Fund discloses (Goldman Sachs $58K top donor 2024 cycle); refused Brad Lander's 2026 People's Pledge against super PAC spending. Took $4M+ in family loans and self-funding. 2.25/4
  • T5 Took corporate PAC money including Goldman Sachs PAC ($58K to Victory Fund, 2024) and AIPAC ($45,400). $668K+ in PAC contributions in 2024 cycle. Refused People's Pledge. 0/4
  • T6 House.gov press releases on most major votes; routine cable TV interviews; floor speeches; J Street endorsement, AIPAC endorsement. Standard incumbent communication. 3.13/4
  • T7 Highly press-accessible; emergency press conference June 2025 confronting masked ICE agents at 290 Broadway; routine local and national media; SNAP rallies with reporters. 3.50/4
  • T8 Voting Rights Caucus, Court Reform Now Task Force, Stop Project 2025 Task Force, Mental Health Caucus, Bipartisan Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force, Vice Chair of Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, Labor Caucus. 3.13/4
  • T9 House.gov, social media, regular press releases, district office presence at 290 Broadway. Multiple visible channels. 3.13/4
  • T10 NY-10 includes Chinatown, Sunset Park, and other multilingual neighborhoods; surfaced campaign and official content is largely English. Plain-language explanations of votes documented. 2.25/4
  • T11 Medicare for All Act cosponsor (shift from 2022 campaign public-option position); Oversight Democrats lower-cost prescription drugs and PBM accountability work. 2.88/4
  • T12 Public Housing Emergency Response Act ($70B with $32B to NYCHA) introduced with Velazquez; Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act cosponsor; Green New Deal for Public Housing. 2.88/4
  • T13 No specific consumer cost transparency mechanism (price tags, fee disclosure, junk-fee rule) documented. 1/4
  • T14 Oversight Committee member; itemized Community Project Funding disclosures (15 projects in FY26, totals public). No specific federal spending dashboard mechanism documented. 2.25/4
  • T15 No AI transparency platform documented. 0/4
  • T16 Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2023 cosponsor; Vice Chair Gun Violence Prevention Task Force; suspicious purchase detection bill. No specific use-of-force database or body-camera transparency mechanism documented. 2.25/4
  • T17 Real Courts, Rule of Law Act (independent immigration judiciary); successful federal lawsuit reopening ICE facility oversight access; published reports on 26 Federal Plaza and MDC Brooklyn detention conditions. 3.13/4
  • T18 Codifying SAVE Plan Act (December 2023, with Jacobs); GRADUATE Act expanding Student Loan Interest Deduction to $10K; volunteer firefighter and first responder PSLF expansion bill. 2.88/4
  • T19 Early Voting Act (his first bill, February 2023, 14-day in-person early voting requirement); John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act cosponsor; Democracy Restoration Act of 2023; led 47 Democrats to bar DHS from seizing voting machines (FY27 appropriations language). 3.13/4
  • T20 Lead House Democratic counsel for first Trump impeachment; April 2025 letter demanding DOJ IG investigations into Acting Deputy AG Bove and Interim US Attorney Martin; Stop Project 2025 Task Force; Court Reform Now Task Force. 3.13/4
  • T21 District office at 290 Broadway with documented in-district press conferences; physically confronted ICE agents at his own office June 2025; regular local press engagement across Manhattan and Brooklyn. 3.13/4
  • T22 No fact-check controversies surfaced; prosecutorial reputation for factual rigor. Some criticism over the gap between his blind-trust rhetoric and two-year delay in completion. 2.88/4
  • T23 Joined Senate Judiciary on Erez Reuveni protected whistleblower disclosure (June 2025); IG investigation letters. No dedicated whistleblower protection bill documented. 2.25/4
  • T24 Oversight Committee FOIA-style demands on ICE detention conditions and Palantir surveillance contracts (April 2026 letter). No standalone FOIA reform bill documented. 2.25/4
  • T25 Action-rhetoric contradiction: pledged blind trust on day one but made hundreds of stock trades for two years before completing it April 2025; cosponsors Citizens United amendment while taking Goldman Sachs and AIPAC corporate PAC money; refused Lander's People's Pledge. 2/4
E Efficiency
71.7%

Top positive drivers

  • E25 Trump impeachment lead counsel; Oversight Committee; Judiciary Committee; Homeland Security Committee; ICE oversight lawsuit win; Palantir contracts oversight; Bove/Martin IG demand letter. Core strength. 3.50/4
  • E4 District office at 290 Broadway provides standard congressional casework on immigration, federal benefits, NYCHA issues; documented Section 8 and 9 town hall casework follow-up. 3.13/4
  • E6 Re-elected 2024 (defeated Dodenhoff and Briscoe in general); high fundraising ($2M+ raised in 2024 cycle); active legislative office; no major operational scandals beyond the stock-trading episode. 3.13/4

Top negative drivers

  • E21 No specific government processing time targets or service-level commitments documented. 1/4
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  • E1 ROBINHOOD Act has explicit revenue projection ($276B over 10 years) and detailed scope (loans backed by stocks, bonds, private equity, collectibles, real estate, digital assets above $400K filer threshold). 2.88/4
  • E2 Cites CBO and agency data in press releases; SNAP cybersecurity bill cites documented theft figures; ROBINHOOD Act cites ProPublica IRS reporting on billionaire effective rates. 2.88/4
  • E3 Oversight Committee member; led congressional ICE oversight that produced documented agency response (Trump administration relented after lawsuit win); Palantir surveillance contracts oversight (April 2026 letter). 2.88/4
  • E4 District office at 290 Broadway provides standard congressional casework on immigration, federal benefits, NYCHA issues; documented Section 8 and 9 town hall casework follow-up. 3.13/4
  • E5 Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act addresses electronic benefit card modernization; MEALS Act for EBT skimming reimbursement. Targeted IT modernization mechanism. 2.88/4
  • E6 Re-elected 2024 (defeated Dodenhoff and Briscoe in general); high fundraising ($2M+ raised in 2024 cycle); active legislative office; no major operational scandals beyond the stock-trading episode. 3.13/4
  • E7 Bipartisan Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force; Bipartisan Background Checks Act; some bipartisan SNAP work. Generally a fierce Trump critic and rule-of-law adversary which limits cross-aisle reach. 2.25/4
  • E8 ROBINHOOD Act includes detailed exemption schedule (home mortgages, home equity, margin loans, farmland) and joint-filer thresholds; SAVE Plan codification specifies regulatory protection mechanism. 2.88/4
  • E9 GovTrack: cosponsored 5th most bills among 118th Congress freshmen; sponsors primarily on crime/law enforcement (20%), immigration (17%), government operations (14%), health (11%), education (11%). 3.13/4
  • E10 Real Courts, Rule of Law Act would transition immigration courts into an independent Article I judiciary, removing them from DOJ. Specific federal process reform. 2.88/4
  • E11 Medicare for All Act cosponsor; Michelle Alyssa Go Act expands federal Medicaid-eligible inpatient psychiatric beds; Oversight Democrats PBM cost work. 2.88/4
  • E12 Public Housing Emergency Response Act ($70B); Green New Deal for Public Housing Act of 2024 ($234B over ten years across one million units); AHCIA cosponsor. 2.88/4
  • E13 No major sponsored or cosponsored climate or energy efficiency bill documented; entered Congress January 2023 after IRA passage in August 2022. 1.25/4
  • E14 Real Courts Rule of Law Act for independent immigration judiciary; ICE oversight win in DC District Court; published detention conditions findings at MDC Brooklyn and 26 Federal Plaza. 3.13/4
  • E15 Codifying SAVE Plan Act; GRADUATE Act ($10K Student Loan Interest Deduction expansion); volunteer firefighter PSLF expansion. Targeted system efficiency mechanisms. 2.88/4
  • E16 Vice Chair of House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force; Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2023 cosponsor; suspicious purchase detection bill; Don't STEAL Act on wage theft. 3.13/4
  • E17 PRO Act cosponsor; Living Wage for All Act ($25/hr cosponsor); LET'S Protect Workers Act cosponsor; Don't STEAL Act federal felony for wage theft; End Corporate Handouts for Union-Busting Companies bill. 3.13/4
  • E18 Oversight Committee member; itemized $13.76M FY26 Community Project Funding across 15 projects with public dollar amounts; ICE detention spending oversight. 2.88/4
  • E19 $15M RAISE grant for MTA Interborough Express delivered; $5.6M Reconnecting Communities grant for BQE; $1.99M for Financial District-Seaport Flood Mitigation; $1.3M for Red Hook East NYCHA Sandy repairs; $1.71M for Hamilton-Madison House childcare. 3.13/4
  • E20 Homeland Security Counterterrorism and Intelligence subcommittee; supports Israel security aid; Palantir surveillance contracts oversight letter April 2026. 2.88/4
  • E21 No specific government processing time targets or service-level commitments documented. 1/4
  • E22 ROBINHOOD Act projects $276B over 10 years from ultra-wealthy asset-backed lending; Billionaire Minimum Income Tax cosponsor (~$361B over 10 years). 2.88/4
  • E23 Multiple letters demanding DOJ IG investigations (Bove, Martin); Oversight Committee work on agency accountability; Reuveni whistleblower disclosure follow-up. 2.88/4
  • E24 Real Courts Rule of Law Act addresses chronic immigration court failure; SNAP cybersecurity bill addresses documented EBT theft program failure. 2.88/4
  • E25 Trump impeachment lead counsel; Oversight Committee; Judiciary Committee; Homeland Security Committee; ICE oversight lawsuit win; Palantir contracts oversight; Bove/Martin IG demand letter. Core strength. 3.50/4
A Affordability
69.3%
+0.5 from Political Integrity Pledge

Top positive drivers

  • A12 Public Housing Emergency Response Act ($70B with $32B to NYCHA) was among his first acts in office; Green New Deal for Public Housing Act of 2024 with Sanders/AOC; AHCIA cosponsor; Housing Is a Human Right Act cosponsor; sustained NYCHA Section 8 advocacy. 3.50/4
  • A14 ROBINHOOD Act (December 2025): 20% excise on asset-backed loans for filers above $400K, projected $276B over 10 years. Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act cosponsor (~$361B over 10 years). 3.50/4
  • A2 Section 8 and 9 housing town hall at Grand St. Settlement; SNAP rally with impacted New Yorkers against Trump SNAP withholding; sustained NYCHA tenant engagement including Washington trip with NYCHA tenant leaders. 3.13/4

Top negative drivers

  • A18 No specific utility or energy affordability bill or platform documented. 0/4
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  • A1 Files required disclosures showing $64M to $253M wealth range; blind trust completed April 2025 after two-year delay. Real conflict-of-interest exposure given Levi Strauss/Haas family wealth. 2/4
  • A2 Section 8 and 9 housing town hall at Grand St. Settlement; SNAP rally with impacted New Yorkers against Trump SNAP withholding; sustained NYCHA tenant engagement including Washington trip with NYCHA tenant leaders. 3.13/4
  • A3 Cites NY-10 specific NYCHA figures, Section 8 Brooklyn data, ICE detainee counts at MDC Brooklyn (191+); FY26 CPF disclosures itemize 15 NY-10 projects with specific dollar amounts. 2.88/4
  • A4 District office at 290 Broadway handles housing, immigration, and federal benefits casework; ICE oversight casework producing court wins; Section 8 town hall follow-up. 3.13/4
  • A5 Living Wage for All Act ($25/hr) cosponsor; PRO Act; SNAP advocacy for low-income families; visible at worker rallies and tenant rallies. 2.88/4
  • A6 ROBINHOOD Act revenue framing ($276B over 10 years); honest about asset-backed loan loophole; specific filer thresholds. Communicates trade-offs clearly. 2.88/4
  • A7 ROBINHOOD Act provides revenue projections; Public Housing Emergency Response Act specifies $70B with $32B for NYCHA; Green New Deal for Public Housing $234B over ten years. 2.88/4
  • A8 Oversight Committee work on Bove/Martin ethics; Palantir surveillance contracts oversight; ICE detention spending scrutiny; Trump SNAP withholding rally. 2.88/4
  • A9 Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force; Bipartisan Background Checks Act. Less surfaced GOP collaboration on tax/affordability issues. 2.25/4
  • A10 Discloses outside advisors via FD; family wealth disclosed publicly (Levi Strauss heir, Haas family). Personal trading record was opaque until April 2025 blind trust. 2.25/4
  • A11 Medicare for All Act cosponsor; Michelle Alyssa Go Act for psychiatric beds; Oversight Democrats PBM cost reduction work. 2.88/4
  • A12 Public Housing Emergency Response Act ($70B with $32B to NYCHA) was among his first acts in office; Green New Deal for Public Housing Act of 2024 with Sanders/AOC; AHCIA cosponsor; Housing Is a Human Right Act cosponsor; sustained NYCHA Section 8 advocacy. 3.50/4
  • A13 GRADUATE Act ($10K Student Loan Interest Deduction with principal coverage); Codifying SAVE Plan Act (December 2023); volunteer firefighter and first responder PSLF expansion. 3.13/4
  • A14 ROBINHOOD Act (December 2025): 20% excise on asset-backed loans for filers above $400K, projected $276B over 10 years. Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act cosponsor (~$361B over 10 years). 3.50/4
  • A15 No dedicated CFPB defense, predatory lending, or junk-fee bill surfaced; consumer protection footprint is light. 1.25/4
  • A16 Living Wage for All Act ($25/hr phased) cosponsor; PRO Act cosponsor; Don't STEAL Act federal felony for wage theft; member of Labor Caucus. 3.13/4
  • A17 Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act; SNAP hot-foods expansion bill; MEALS Act on summer EBT theft reimbursement; SNAP EBT theft protections secured in FY26 appropriations; Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Act cosponsor. 3.13/4
  • A18 No specific utility or energy affordability bill or platform documented. 0/4
  • A19 $15M MTA RAISE grant for Interborough Express delivered; Amtrak Northeast Corridor protection advocacy; $5.6M Reconnecting Communities grant for BQE. 3.13/4
  • A20 Combined billionaire taxation (ROBINHOOD + minimum tax), public housing investment, $25/hr wage, PRO Act, M4A, and SNAP work form a coherent affordability framework. 2.88/4
  • A21 Section 8 and 9 housing town hall; in-district SNAP rally; NYCHA tenant Washington trip; ICE detention oversight in district. Specific NY-10 affordability action. 3.13/4
  • A22 NY-10 is purely urban (Lower Manhattan and Brownstone Brooklyn); no rural affordability platform documented. 1.25/4
  • A23 NYCHA-focused public housing investment reaches Black and brown families; immigrant detention/TPS work; M4A universal coverage; Don't STEAL Act protects low-wage workers. 2.88/4
  • A24 $32B for NYCHA reaches highest-need public housing residents; ROBINHOOD Act revenue narrowly targets ultra-rich; Living Wage for All Act broad worker reach. 2.88/4
  • A25 Teamsters Local 202 endorsement (2022); J Street endorsement; AIPAC endorsement (2024 and 2026). UAW Region 9A chose Brad Lander over Goldman in 2026 despite Goldman's pro-labor voting record. 2.25/4

Scored from publicly available information. Research in progress.

Published Platform

  • Democracy & Voting Rights — Early Voting Act (14-day in-person early voting); John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act cosponsor; Democracy For All / We The People constitutional amendment cosponsor (overturn Citizens United); led 47 Democrats to bar DHS from seizing voting machines.
  • Rule of Law & Oversight — Lead House Democratic counsel for first Trump impeachment; Judiciary, Homeland Security, and Oversight committees; led federal lawsuit reopening ICE facility access; Palantir surveillance contracts oversight; demanded DOJ IG investigations into Bove and Martin.
  • Housing — Public Housing Emergency Response Act ($70B / $32B to NYCHA); Green New Deal for Public Housing Act ($234B); Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act cosponsor; sustained NYCHA Section 8 advocacy.
  • Tax Fairness — ROBINHOOD Act (20% excise on asset-backed loans for filers above $400K, projected $276B over 10 years); Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act cosponsor.
  • Healthcare — Medicare for All Act cosponsor; Michelle Alyssa Go Act for psychiatric beds; PBM cost reduction work via Oversight Democrats.
  • Gun Safety — Vice Chair of House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force; Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2023 cosponsor; assault weapons ban, universal BG checks, ghost-gun ban platform.
  • Immigration — Real Courts, Rule of Law Act (independent Article I immigration judiciary); ICE oversight at 26 Federal Plaza and MDC Brooklyn; physically confronted masked ICE agents at his 290 Broadway district office.
  • Workforce & Labor — PRO Act cosponsor; Living Wage for All Act ($25/hr); Don't STEAL Act (wage theft as federal felony); LET'S Protect Workers Act cosponsor.
  • Education — GRADUATE Act ($10K Student Loan Interest Deduction expansion); Codifying SAVE Plan Act; volunteer firefighter and first responder PSLF expansion.
  • Food Security — Enhanced Cybersecurity for SNAP Act; SNAP hot-foods expansion; MEALS Act for EBT theft reimbursement; secured SNAP EBT theft protections in FY26 appropriations.
  • Foreign Policy — Pro-Israel; AIPAC-endorsed (2024 and 2026); J Street endorsement; called for temporary Gaza ceasefire February 2024 with Nadler while opposing permanent ceasefire while Hamas remains; supports conditional ceasefire reached 2025.
  • Ethics — Completed blind trust April 2025 after two-year delay and ~500 stock trades; calls for congressional stock trading ban; took Goldman Sachs PAC ($58K) and AIPAC ($45,400) corporate PAC money; refused Brad Lander's 2026 People's Pledge against super PAC spending.

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 64.7% +0.5 65.2%
Efficiency 71.7% — 71.7%
Affordability 69.3% +0.5 69.8%
Overall TEA Average of the three axes 68.6%

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