Who is Andrew?
Andrew is an attorney, organizer, former public servant, and proud previous union member running to make New York work for working families.
Born and raised in Floral Park, where he still lives today, Andrew grew up in a middle-class family that taught him the value of hard work and the responsibility to stand up for others.
That belief runs deep. During the Civil Rights Movement, Andrew’s grandmother traveled south as a Freedom Rider. When the first Black family moved into his grandparents’ Long Island neighborhood and faced violent harassment, his grandparents opened their home to protect them, even in the face of threats against themselves.
Courage and solidarity aren’t abstract values in Andrew’s family, they’re a tradition.
As an attorney with the New York City Department of Buildings, Andrew worked on the front lines of public service. He:
Held negligent landlords and contractors accountable
Helped craft laws to keep families safe in their homes and communities
Fought for policies that protected safety without unfairly burdening working people
As an organizer with Sunrise Movement NYC, Riders Alliance, and the Working Families Party, Andrew has:
Fought for affordable, reliable public transit
Pushed for climate resiliency to protect neighborhoods from flooding
Demanded that we tax the ultra-wealthy so we can fund universal childcare, smaller class sizes, and real crime prevention
Andrew is running on a simple belief: New York can and must do better in protecting and improving the lives of everyday people.
Why Andrew’s Running for State Senate District 11
Andrew, like so many New Yorkers, is done with the status quo in Albany and a generation of Democrats who fail to show up for our diverse communities. Through years of organizing, he has seen firsthand that people are ready for real, meaningful change—and this is the moment for someone with deep roots here to step up and deliver it.
Andrew will always stand with immigrant communities and will never hesitate to call out bigotry in any form. He is laser-focused on making New York affordable again, bringing creative and practical solutions to the challenges we face. That means making the ultra wealthy finally pay their fair share so we can invest in world-class schools, resilient infrastructure that protects us from flooding, and high-quality healthcare that saves families thousands each year.
Andrew doesn’t believe in “that’s impossible”—he believes that together, we can make New York work for all of us.
