New York State Senate District 28

Current seat holder: Liz Krueger.

Liz Krueger

Senator Krueger is a founding co-chair of the New York State Bipartisan Pro-Choice Legislative Caucus, and has led on women’s health and reproductive choice since her first term in the Senate. As a legislative leader on environmental sustainability, Senator Krueger passed the Climate Change Superfund Act and the repeal of the costly and outdated “100-ft rule” utility gas expansion subsidy. She was also central to the effort to ban fracking in New York State as well as passing the state’s plastic bag ban, and worked with State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli to implement a plan for divesting the state pension fund from fossil fuels.

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“Supports an increased Charter School cap while also increasing financial accountability and transparency of these publicly funded schools.” (Campaign theme excerpt (via Ballotpedia))
“Introduced legislation requiring corporate recipients of economic development funding to demonstrate success in creating new jobs;” (Campaign theme excerpt (via Ballotpedia))
“Worked with small business advocates to improve access to Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) programs.” (Campaign theme excerpt (via Ballotpedia))

Alina Bonsell

Republican (Block Mamdani)

Alina Bonsell earned a bachelor's degree from Hofstra University. Alina Bonsell (Republican Party, Block Mamdani Party) is running for election to the New York State Senate to represent District 28.

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“The East Side is home to world-class hospitals, cultural institutions, and some of the hardest-working people anywhere. She's running on public safety, cutting waste and fraud, fiscal responsibility, and real economic growth on both the Republican and Block Mamdani lines.” (Ballotpedia Candidate Connection (2026))
“New Yorkers deserve to feel safe in their homes, neighborhoods, and streets. Bail reform has failed!” (Ballotpedia Candidate Connection (2026))
“New York has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. The answer isn't to tax more, it's to govern better.” (Ballotpedia Candidate Connection (2026))