Nickie Kane

Democrat

Community advocate, web designer (Kane Web Designs), and paralegal student at NYC College of Technology; prior NYC Council District 39 candidate (2025 Democratic primary, 3% / 1,545 votes; 2023 run removed from ballot for petition formatting error)

Non-Incumbent · Public Record

Score reflects very thin public footprint as of May 2026.

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Primary: June 2026 Last updated 2026-05-06

22.4%

Top negative drivers

T2 No proactive financial disclosure beyond legal minimums; no tax returns released. 0/4
T3 No congressional stock-trading ban or blind-trust position documented. 0/4
T8 No documented endorsements as of May 2026; Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey not completed. 0/4

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T1 Active multi-platform social presence (Instagram, X, TikTok, Facebook, Linktree); mobilize.us petition events; one PIX11 interview March 2026. No documented town hall schedule or in-person constituent forum cadence. 1.25/4
T2 No proactive financial disclosure beyond legal minimums; no tax returns released. 0/4
T3 No congressional stock-trading ban or blind-trust position documented. 0/4
T4 GoodParty.org generic people-powered fundraising and anti-corruption stance documented; no formal No Corporate PAC Money or Political Integrity Pledge signature found; no FEC fundraising visibility through standard search. 1.25/4
T5 NYC CFB shows $10 in receipts from 1 donor for her 2025 Council run; no FEC congressional committee filings surfaced. Limited donor visibility. 1/4
T6 Campaign issues page on nickiekane.com states basic positions (housing, healthcare, climate, taxation, public safety); short and high-level rather than substantive policy reasoning. Bio page elaborates her personal story. 1.25/4
T7 PIX11 PIX on Politics Daily interview March 4 2026; brief Yahoo News announcement piece. Limited mainstream press scrutiny relative to NY-10 incumbent and Lander. 1.25/4
T8 No documented endorsements as of May 2026; Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey not completed. 0/4
T9 Active Instagram, X, TikTok, Facebook with policy framing; Linktree consolidation; consistent platform messaging across handles. Substantive policy share documented though shallow. 2.25/4
T10 Plain populist framing on the campaign site. English-only outreach is a meaningful gap given NY-10 includes Manhattan Chinatown, Sunset Park, and other heavily Chinese-, Spanish-, and Bengali-speaking neighborhoods. 1.25/4
T11 Healthcare access independent of employment, income, or immigration status framing; no specific pricing or transparency mechanism (PBM disclosure, surprise billing, facility fees, M4A details). 1/4
T12 Tenant protections and rent stabilization advocated; no specific zoning, beneficial-ownership, or LIHTC transparency mechanism. 1/4
T13 No specific consumer cost transparency mechanism documented. 0/4
T14 No government spending transparency mechanism documented. 0/4
T15 No AI transparency platform documented. 0/4
T16 Safety means housing, healthcare, and opportunity, not mass incarceration framing; no specific accountability mechanism (use-of-force database, body cameras, civilian review). 1.25/4
T17 Healthcare regardless of immigration status implied as immigrant protection; no specific named mechanism (TPS, DACA, asylum process reform). 1.25/4
T18 Opposes federal Department of Education defunding; no specific transparency mechanism documented for funding or outcomes. 0/4
T19 Founded loose Independent Voters Alliance for non-major-party voter representation; no specific named legislation (For the People Act, John Lewis VRA, ranked-choice federal expansion). 1.25/4
T20 GoodParty.org generic anti-corruption pledge; represent the people, not the political machine rhetoric; no specific reform package (term limits, lobbying ban, audit framework). 1/4
T21 PIX11 interview and modest social-media engagement; limited press accountability exposure relative to better-funded NY-10 candidates. 1.25/4
T22 Default 2/4 baseline for limited fact-checker coverage. No documented false claims found. 2/4
T23 No whistleblower protection or IG independence position documented. 0/4
T24 No FOIA reform, classification reform, or proactive open-data position documented. 0/4
T25 Working-class biography (Gap, banks, Disney HR, Publicis) and three campaign attempts match grassroots-organizer self-description; modest match without contradictions but no enacted record to corroborate impact. 2/4

14.1%

Top negative drivers

E1 No quantified targets or built-in evaluation mechanisms documented for any platform plank. 0/4
E2 No formal CBO, GAO, Brookings, Urban Institute, or peer-reviewed citation surfaced in platform materials. 0/4
E3 No federal government effectiveness evaluation mechanism documented. 0/4

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E1 No quantified targets or built-in evaluation mechanisms documented for any platform plank. 0/4
E2 No formal CBO, GAO, Brookings, Urban Institute, or peer-reviewed citation surfaced in platform materials. 0/4
E3 No federal government effectiveness evaluation mechanism documented. 0/4
E4 Self-described lifelong New Yorker and grassroots organizer; founded Independent Voters Alliance. No documented org leadership, board service, or quantifiable community-service results. 1.25/4
E5 No government IT modernization, digital services, or legacy-replacement position documented. 0/4
E6 Built campaign website (web-design background); minimal fundraising operation ($10 / 1 donor in 2025 Council per NYC CFB; no FEC congressional committee visibility); two prior unsuccessful Council attempts (2023 removed from ballot, 2025 third-place at 3%). Operational counterweights are significant. 1/4
E7 Independent Voters Alliance is a self-founded loose vehicle; no documented multi-org coalition or cross-sector partner list. 1/4
E8 No specific federal agency authority, statutory pathway, or implementation mechanism named for any plank. 0/4
E9 Multi-employer professional record (retail, banking, advertising, Disney ABC HR, small business lending) and Kane Web Designs proprietorship documented. No major civic accomplishment with corroborated results. 1.25/4
E10 No specific federal process reform mechanism documented (filibuster, committee restructuring, procurement, permitting). 0/4
E11 Generic healthcare-access framing; no specific efficiency mechanism (M4A, public option, drug negotiation, admin simplification) named. 1/4
E12 Tenant protections + rent stabilization + opposition to displacement; no supply-side mechanism, federal LIHTC reform, or quantified housing target. 1.25/4
E13 Flooding, heat waves, infrastructure decay in NY-10 framing; no specific mitigation or adaptation mechanism (carbon pricing, IRA implementation, federal resilience funding) named. 1.25/4
E14 Healthcare regardless of immigration status implied; no specific immigration-system reform mechanism (TPS, asylum processing, USCIS funding) named. 1/4
E15 Opposes federal Department of Education defunding; supports increased public school investment; no specific federal mechanism (Title I formula, Pell, IDEA funding) named. 1.25/4
E16 Reframes safety through housing, healthcare, opportunity; no specific evidence-based mechanism (community violence intervention, mental-health response, diversion) documented. 1.25/4
E17 Worker power and economic security rhetoric; no specific mechanism (PRO Act, sectoral bargaining, federal minimum wage figure, training investment) documented. 1/4
E18 No spending efficiency mechanism (audits, IG funding, procurement reform) documented. 0/4
E19 Mentions infrastructure decay; no specific permitting reform, NEPA modernization, or delivery mechanism documented. 0/4
E20 No specific national security, defense, or foreign policy position documented. 0/4
E21 No specific government processing time targets, backlog reduction, or staffing proposal documented. 0/4
E22 Tax billionaires; close wealth-based loopholes rhetoric; no specific deficit, debt, or pay-for framework named. 1/4
E23 No specific GAO/IG report citation or audit-derived recommendation documented. 0/4
E24 No reform-of-failing-programs framework documented. 0/4
E25 No specific federal agency oversight framework documented. 0/4

25.3%

Top negative drivers

A4 Non-incumbent without prior office; no documented affordability-focused staff or casework outcomes. 0/4
A7 No CBO score, impact estimate, or quantified cost-benefit analysis on own proposals documented. 0/4
A8 No specific named-company or named-program waste opposition documented. 0/4

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A1 Working-class biography (started at Gap after high school; bank teller and small business lending; Disney ABC HR clerical) credibly aligns the candidate with affordability conflicts; no relevant property or business-conflict disclosures noted. 2.25/4
A2 Names affordability as the district central crisis; mobilize.us petition events; modest engagement cadence relative to ground-game requirement. 1.25/4
A3 References district-relevant cost pressures (rent, healthcare, groceries) generically; no specific NY-10 borough-level data citation surfaced. 1/4
A4 Non-incumbent without prior office; no documented affordability-focused staff or casework outcomes. 0/4
A5 Bio includes small business lending experience; campaign references small business survival generally; no specific small-biz access mechanism documented. 1.25/4
A6 No documented honest trade-off framing or pay-for transparency on her own platform. 1/4
A7 No CBO score, impact estimate, or quantified cost-benefit analysis on own proposals documented. 0/4
A8 No specific named-company or named-program waste opposition documented. 0/4
A9 No documented cross-party economic collaboration or bipartisan affordability work. 0/4
A10 Bio page transparently lists work history (Gap, Amalgamated Bank, North Fork Bank, Capital One, Publicis Groupe, Disney ABC HR, small business lending) and education (Queensborough CC new media, City College Colin Powell School psychology, NYC College of Technology paralegal). Non-elite credentials with mechanism-level transparency. 2.25/4
A11 Healthcare access independent of employment, income, or immigration status; no specific cost mechanism (M4A, drug negotiation, ACA expansion, OOP cap). 1.25/4
A12 Tenant protections + rent stabilization + opposition to displacement + criticism of income thresholds excluding low-income residents from affordable housing lotteries; no quantified federal mechanism (Section 8 expansion, LIHTC reform, supply target) named. 1.50/4
A13 No specific student debt, Pell Grant, tuition, or childcare affordability commitment documented. 0/4
A14 Tax billionaires; close wealth-based loopholes rhetoric; no specific provision (wealth-tax rate, EITC expansion, CTC, capital gains, estate tax) named. 1.25/4
A15 No specific consumer protection mechanism (CFPB, junk fee bans, predatory lending) documented. 0/4
A16 Worker power and economic security rhetoric; no minimum wage figure, no PRO Act commitment, no overtime or sectoral bargaining proposal documented. 1/4
A17 No specific food, grocery, SNAP, or school-meals position documented. 0/4
A18 No specific utility, energy, LIHEAP, weatherization, or rate-protection mechanism documented. 0/4
A19 Pedestrian-safety concerns raised in 2025 NYC Council platform; no transit-fare relief, gas-price, or commuter-benefit federal mechanism documented. 1/4
A20 Affordability framed as district central crisis spanning rent, healthcare, groceries; loose framework rather than integrated supply-side or income-side strategy with named mechanisms. 1.50/4
A21 Working-class personal biography matches affordability framing; multi-job blue-collar background tracks represent the people, not the political machine claim. 2/4
A22 Opposes Social Security taxation; supports Social Security and disability program expansion; opposes Medicaid funding reductions; opposes federal Department of Education defunding. Multiple safety-net defense positions. 2.25/4
A23 Healthcare regardless of immigration status; opposes income thresholds excluding low-income residents from affordable housing lotteries; modest equity framing without named geographic or racial-disparity mechanism. 1.50/4
A24 Tenant protections, healthcare access, Social Security/Medicaid defense, and education funding reach renters, low-income residents, immigrants, and seniors. Aspirational breadth without enacted scale. 2/4
A25 No documented endorsements from labor, housing, healthcare, or affordability-aligned organizations as of May 2026. 0/4

Scored from publicly available information. Research in progress.

Published Platform

Healthcare — Healthcare access independent of employment, income, or immigration status; defend Medicaid against cuts.
Housing — Tenant protections and rent stabilization; oppose neighborhood displacement; criticize income thresholds excluding low-income residents from affordable housing lotteries.
Public Safety — Reframe safety through housing, healthcare, and opportunity rather than mass incarceration.
Climate — Address NY-10 flooding, heat waves, and infrastructure decay.
Wages & Economy — Worker power and economic security; tax billionaires and close wealth-based loopholes.
Seniors — Oppose taxation of Social Security benefits; expand Social Security and disability programs.
Education — Oppose federal Department of Education defunding; increase public school investment.
Democracy — Founded Independent Voters Alliance to amplify voters not affiliated with major parties.

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	22.4%	—	22.4%
Efficiency	14.1%	—	14.1%
Affordability	25.3%	—	25.3%
Overall TEA	Average of the three axes		20.6%

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Financial Breakdown

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