Jack Schlossberg
Democrat
Vogue political correspondent (since 2024); contributor to Politico, Time, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, and CNN since 2011; State Department Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs staff assistant 2016; co-chair of Climate Power Too Hot Not to Vote 2024; no prior elected office
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
T Transparency
58.6%
+1 from Political Integrity Pledge
Top positive drivers
- T6 Massive policy commentary footprint via ~2M followers across Instagram/TikTok/X, Vogue political columns since 2024, Politico bylines, MSNBC The Blueprint, NY1 Inside City Hall, and Run-Through with Vogue podcast. 3.75/4
- T4 FEC-verified rejection of corporate PACs, super PACs, AIPAC, and big AI money; supports overturning Citizens United with named mechanisms ($5K super PAC cap, anti-coordination rules, real-time disclosure); $1.2M Q1 raised but small-dollar share not quantified publicly. 3.50/4
- T10 Documented plain-language explainer style on social media; save-people-thousands-a-year framing on rent deduction; English-only campaign comms is a smaller gap given NY-12 demographics than in majority-immigrant districts. 3.50/4
Top negative drivers
- T13 No specific energy or utility pricing transparency platform documented. 0/4
- T18 No specific education funding transparency mechanism (per-pupil disclosure, charter financial reporting, district spending, outcome dashboards) documented. 0/4
- T24 No FOIA reform, classification reform, whistleblower protection, or open-records platform documented. 0/4
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- T1 Informal pizza-party meet-and-greets in NY-12 and West Side Rag campaign sit-down; no commitment to regular open town halls with stated frequency or geographic schedule. 2.25/4
- T2 Filed required House financial disclosures including four trust funds and Arctic Royalty LP oil/gas interest; no proactive transparency beyond legal minimums. 2.25/4
- T3 Supports a congressional stock trading ban as a stated platform position; no specific bill or named co-sponsorship pledge yet. 3/4
- T4 FEC-verified rejection of corporate PACs, super PACs, AIPAC, and big AI money; supports overturning Citizens United with named mechanisms ($5K super PAC cap, anti-coordination rules, real-time disclosure); $1.2M Q1 raised but small-dollar share not quantified publicly. 3.50/4
- T5 FEC filings public and campaign discloses the donor types it rejects; no proactive donor breakdown dashboard beyond raw FEC data. 2.25/4
- T6 Massive policy commentary footprint via ~2M followers across Instagram/TikTok/X, Vogue political columns since 2024, Politico bylines, MSNBC The Blueprint, NY1 Inside City Hall, and Run-Through with Vogue podcast. 3.75/4
- T7 Done NY1, MSNBC, City and State, West Side Rag, CBS, and Run-Through podcast appearances; pulled out of multiple Jewish community candidate forums and other forums in a district with the largest Jewish voting population in the country. 2.25/4
- T8 Public endorsement list including Nancy Pelosi; campaign discloses Mamdani endorsement and basis (first to back Mamdani); thinner organizational endorsement page than Tier-1 NIs. 3.13/4
- T9 Sustained public policy explainer practice via Instagram, TikTok, and X plus Vogue column; no formal promise-tracking dashboard committed. 3.13/4
- T10 Documented plain-language explainer style on social media; save-people-thousands-a-year framing on rent deduction; English-only campaign comms is a smaller gap given NY-12 demographics than in majority-immigrant districts. 3.50/4
- T11 No specific healthcare price transparency mechanism (PBM disclosure, surprise billing, facility fees, hospital pricing) documented beyond generic healthcare access mentions. 1/4
- T12 Housing Fairness Plan addresses NYCHA Section 9 visibility and creates a Fix-it-Now caucus targeting municipal housing-authority repair backlogs; no specific zoning, beneficial-ownership, or investor-activity transparency proposal. 2.50/4
- T13 No specific energy or utility pricing transparency platform documented. 0/4
- T14 Protect-taxpayers-from-fraud-and-waste rhetoric and Board of Piece Fund requiring Trump to reimburse NYC for NYPD security costs; no substantive named spending dashboard, earmark disclosure, or contract transparency mechanism. 2.25/4
- T15 Public stance against massive AI companies funding political races acknowledges AI influence; no specific AI disclosure, algorithmic impact assessment, or named legislation documented. 2.25/4
- T16 Ricochet Rule gun safety proposal frames illegal-gun visibility; abolish-ICE position implies enforcement transparency; no body-camera, misconduct database, or George Floyd Justice in Policing Act named. 2.25/4
- T17 Abolish-ICE proposal explicitly targets the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency violating civil rights with virtually no accountability; civil-rights accountability framing for immigration enforcement. 3.13/4
- T18 No specific education funding transparency mechanism (per-pupil disclosure, charter financial reporting, district spending, outcome dashboards) documented. 0/4
- T19 Generic anti-Trump-tariff rhetoric in commentary; no specific tariff cost-to-consumer labeling or trade impact transparency mechanism documented. 1/4
- T20 Supports Sanders resolution blocking offensive arms transfers to Netanyahu government; pledged co-sponsor of Betty McCollum bill restricting Israel military aid for occupation uses; no broader defense audit, Pentagon spending transparency, or arms-sale disclosure platform. 2.25/4
- T21 Engaged with Jewish Insider critical coverage, City and State scrutiny on inherited oil holdings, Free Beacon trust-fund reporting, and Fox News pieces about RFK Jr. feud; takes critical questions in NY1 and MSNBC long-form sit-downs. 3.13/4
- T22 Default 2/4 baseline for limited fact-checker coverage; no documented PolitiFact pattern of repeated false claims; commentary is largely opinion rather than fact-checkable assertion. 2/4
- T23 Held public meet-and-greets and pizza parties; campaign emphasizes accessibility; pulled out of multiple candidate forums including Jewish community forums in a district with the largest Jewish voting population in the country, capping the score. 2.25/4
- T24 No FOIA reform, classification reform, whistleblower protection, or open-records platform documented. 0/4
- T25 Stated positions match commentary record on RFK Jr., Trump, super PAC rejection, and Mamdani endorsement; meaningful tension between his environmental advocacy and inherited oil/gas trust holdings via Arctic Royalty LP that he has not divested. 2.25/4
E Efficiency
32.4%
Top positive drivers
- E20 Only candidate to oppose Iran war on substantive grounds; supports Sanders resolution blocking offensive arms transfers to Netanyahu government; pledged co-sponsor of Betty McCollum bill ending US military aid for Israeli occupation uses; comprehensive cost/conflict framework on multiple fronts. 3.13/4
- E12 Jack's Housing Fairness Plan with three named pillars (renters: rent deduction; owners: SALT cap repeal; public housing: Section 9 full funding plus Fix-it-Now caucus for NYCHA repair backlog); specific federal mechanisms with named tax instrument, no quantified unit-creation target. 3/4
Top negative drivers
- E3 No regulatory performance review, OIRA reform, or retrospective regulatory review platform documented. 0/4
- E5 No government IT modernization, digital-services, or legacy-replacement platform documented. 0/4
- E10 No federal process reform mechanism (filibuster, committee restructuring, procurement, permitting) documented. 0/4
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- E1 No legislation with sunset clauses, performance benchmarks, or quantified outcome targets named; Fix-it-Now caucus implies a results focus without measurable triggers. 1.25/4
- E2 References NYCHA repair backlog and Manhattan rent burden in commentary; no named CBO, Brookings, Urban Institute, or research-institution partnerships in proposals. 1.25/4
- E3 No regulatory performance review, OIRA reform, or retrospective regulatory review platform documented. 0/4
- E4 Co-founded ReLight New York in 8th grade installing energy-efficient lighting in low-income housing; co-chair of Climate Power Too Hot Not to Vote 2024; State Department staff-assistant role 2016; light recent NY-12 community-service portfolio. 2.50/4
- E5 No government IT modernization, digital-services, or legacy-replacement platform documented. 0/4
- E6 Harvard JD/MBA, NY bar passed 2023, $1.2M Q1 raised, $606K cash on hand, and professional campaign infrastructure; zero prior elected office, zero legislative experience, and no governing track record are the operational counterweights. 2.50/4
- E7 Endorsed Mamdani; aligned with Sanders progressive bloc on Israel arms; Pelosi endorsement crosses generational and ideological lines; light cross-sector coalition relative to incumbents. 2.25/4
- E8 Generic fix-housing and abolish-ICE framing without naming agency authorities, phasing, or what has been tried; no documented implementation pathway analysis. 1/4
- E9 ReLight NY installations corroborated; Vogue political-correspondent role (Vogue's first); $1.2M raised (FEC); DNC speeches 2020 and 2024; Climate Power campaign role; achievements are commentary and family-platform driven rather than policy delivery. 2.25/4
- E10 No federal process reform mechanism (filibuster, committee restructuring, procurement, permitting) documented. 0/4
- E11 Generic expanded-healthcare-access pledge; no Medicare for All, public option, drug-negotiation expansion, or admin-simplification mechanism named. 1/4
- E12 Jack's Housing Fairness Plan with three named pillars (renters: rent deduction; owners: SALT cap repeal; public housing: Section 9 full funding plus Fix-it-Now caucus for NYCHA repair backlog); specific federal mechanisms with named tax instrument, no quantified unit-creation target. 3/4
- E13 Co-chaired Climate Power Too Hot Not to Vote 2024; identifies environment as top personal issue; League of Conservation Voters forum participant; no specific federal climate mechanism, IRA build-out target, or named climate legislation documented. 1.50/4
- E14 Abolish ICE with rationale tied to civil-rights accountability and budget critique; supports broader immigration reform; no specific USCIS modernization, processing-time target, or named legislation. 2.50/4
- E15 Generic school-improvement-and-youth-investment framing; no specific federal education mechanism, ESSA reform, or quantified target. 1/4
- E16 Ricochet Rule gun-safety proposal targeting illegal-gun flow into the district; light on specific evidence-based violence-intervention or mental-health response mechanism. 1.50/4
- E17 No specific workforce, jobs, or labor mechanism (PRO Act, apprenticeship expansion, minimum wage figure) documented. 0/4
- E18 Board of Piece Fund requiring Trump to reimburse NYC for NYPD security costs is a named source-and-destination redirect; protect-taxpayers-from-fraud-and-waste rhetoric; thin on broader spending efficiency mechanism. 2.25/4
- E19 Commits to securing federal funding for Second Avenue subway expansion; no specific permitting reform, NEPA modernization, or infrastructure delivery mechanism beyond earmark-style support. 1/4
- E20 Only candidate to oppose Iran war on substantive grounds; supports Sanders resolution blocking offensive arms transfers to Netanyahu government; pledged co-sponsor of Betty McCollum bill ending US military aid for Israeli occupation uses; comprehensive cost/conflict framework on multiple fronts. 3.13/4
- E21 No specific government processing time targets, backlog reduction, or staffing proposal documented. 0/4
- E22 No specific deficit, debt, or pay-for framework documented. 0/4
- E23 No specific GAO/IG report citation or audit-derived recommendation documented. 0/4
- E24 Fix-it-Now caucus implies reform of failing public-housing repair systems; abolish-ICE proposal implies replacing rather than fixing; light overall on documented program-replacement frameworks. 1.25/4
- E25 No specific federal agency oversight platform documented. 0/4
A Affordability
38%
+0.5 from Political Integrity Pledge
Top positive drivers
- A12 Jack's Housing Fairness Plan: rent deduction (renters), SALT cap repeal (owners), Section 9 full funding plus Fix-it-Now caucus for NYCHA repair backlog; specific federal mechanisms; no quantified unit-creation target. 3/4
Top negative drivers
- A4 No antitrust or pro-competitive enforcement position documented. 0/4
- A15 No specific consumer protection mechanism (CFPB, junk fee bans, predatory lending) documented. 0/4
- A16 No specific minimum wage figure, PRO Act endorsement, jobs guarantee, or workforce affordability mechanism documented. 0/4
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- A1 Frames campaign around affordability rhetorically and references rent burden in Manhattan; personal context is $10M to $30M net worth across four trust funds and a Martha's Vineyard estate, with zero documented lived experience of cost pressure. 1/4
- A2 References NYCHA repair backlog, SALT cap impact on blue states, and Manhattan rent burden in commentary; light on formal CBO/Urban Institute scoring of named proposals. 2.25/4
- A3 ReLight NY in 8th grade; Climate Power Too Hot Not to Vote 2024 co-chair; State Department staff-assistant role 2016; pizza-party meet-and-greets in 2026; thin recent NY-12 community-service portfolio. 2/4
- A4 No antitrust or pro-competitive enforcement position documented. 0/4
- A5 Rent deduction saves people thousands a year framing; SALT cap repeal household impact framing; no comprehensive quantified family-impact analysis across affordability categories. 2.25/4
- A6 No prior-role response to a specific cost spike documented; commentary on Trump-era prices in Vogue and Politico columns but no operational delivery role. 1/4
- A7 Board of Piece Fund redirects Trump security costs from NYC to Trump; SALT cap repeal redirects federal tax burden; thin on additional source-and-destination redirects. 2.25/4
- A8 Public criticism of billionaires and massive AI companies spending in races and corporate-PAC influence rhetoric; no specific named-company accountability mechanism beyond Trump security reimbursement. 2.25/4
- A9 Save-people-thousands-a-year framing; young-at-heart generational framing; less consistent translation of policy to specific household-impact figures than candidates with delivery records. 2.25/4
- A10 Housing affordability is the central named platform plank with rent deduction as the headline; healthcare, childcare, food, and energy cost pressures receive thinner platform coverage. 2.25/4
- A11 Generic healthcare access pledge; no specific cost-reduction mechanism (M4A, public option, drug-negotiation expansion) documented. 1/4
- A12 Jack's Housing Fairness Plan: rent deduction (renters), SALT cap repeal (owners), Section 9 full funding plus Fix-it-Now caucus for NYCHA repair backlog; specific federal mechanisms; no quantified unit-creation target. 3/4
- A13 Generic school-improvement-and-youth-investment plus mention of expanded childcare; no tuition-free, Pell expansion, universal pre-K, or named education affordability mechanism. 1/4
- A14 Generic anti-billionaire and anti-corporate-PAC rhetoric; no specific EITC, CTC, capital-gains, or estate-tax provision named. 1/4
- A15 No specific consumer protection mechanism (CFPB, junk fee bans, predatory lending) documented. 0/4
- A16 No specific minimum wage figure, PRO Act endorsement, jobs guarantee, or workforce affordability mechanism documented. 0/4
- A17 No specific food, grocery, SNAP, or school-meals position documented. 0/4
- A18 No specific utility, energy-cost, or weatherization affordability mechanism documented despite environment being the top personal issue. 0/4
- A19 Commits to securing federal funding for Second Avenue subway expansion as transit-access frame; no broader EV incentive, fare reform, or gas-relief mechanism. 2.50/4
- A20 Housing plus immigration plus generational framing as the central frame; integration across affordability dimensions is thinner than candidates with multi-pillar economic-bill-of-rights platforms. 2.25/4
- A21 NYC-resident framing in commentary; campaign has not surfaced NY-12-specific or Manhattan-borough-level cost-of-living data integration; FEC small-donor share not yet disclosed. 1/4
- A22 Section 9 full funding pledge defends NYCHA against Trump-era cuts; opposing Trump administration framing across commentary; no documented explicit defense framework for SNAP, Medicaid, Pell with named threats. 2/4
- A23 Rent deduction and SALT repeal are universal-design tax instruments; Fix-it-Now caucus targets municipal-public-housing residents; less universal cross-cutting design than incumbents with M4A or Housing First frames. 2/4
- A24 Renters, NYCHA tenants, and homeowners covered by housing plan; LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities engaged via abolish-ICE position and Mamdani endorsement; no documented working-class, rural, or family-caregiver framing. 1.50/4
- A25 Pelosi and Mamdani endorsements; thin labor, tenant, or affordability-org endorsement record relative to Tier-1 candidates. 1.25/4
Scored from publicly available information. Research in progress.
Published Platform
- Housing — Jack's Housing Fairness Plan: federal income tax deduction for rent (renters); full repeal of SALT cap (owners); full Section 9 funding for NYCHA plus a Fix-it-Now caucus targeting municipal public-housing repair backlogs nationwide.
- Public Safety — Ricochet Rule gun-safety proposal targeting illegal-gun flow into the district.
- Immigration — Abolish ICE; civil-rights accountability framing for immigration enforcement.
- Foreign Policy — Only NY-12 candidate to oppose the Iran war on substantive grounds; supports Sanders resolution blocking offensive arms transfers to Netanyahu government; pledged co-sponsor of Betty McCollum legislation ending US military aid for Israeli occupation of West Bank and East Jerusalem (Iron Dome funding kept).
- Campaign Finance — Rejects corporate PACs, super PACs, AIPAC money, and big AI company money; supports overturning Citizens United with a $5K super PAC contribution cap, anti-coordination rules, and real-time donor disclosure.
- Ethics — Supports a congressional stock trading ban; personally holds individual stocks in Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Visa, Coca-Cola, and Walmart and inherited oil/gas trust interests via Arctic Royalty LP without announced divestment.
- Trump Accountability — Board of Piece Fund requiring Trump to reimburse New York City for NYPD security costs.
- Transit — Federal funding for Second Avenue subway expansion.
- Climate — Co-chaired Climate Power Too Hot Not to Vote 2024; identifies environment as top personal issue; no named federal climate mechanism on platform.
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 | 58.6% | +1 | 59.6% |
| Efficiency | 32.4% | — | 32.4% |
| Affordability | 38% | +0.5 | 38.5% |
| Overall TEA | Average of the three axes | 43% | |
Financial Breakdown
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