Currently holds the office of New York State Assembly - District 57 until January 6, 2027.
Candidate for New York State Assembly - District 57 in 2026 New York Primary Election.
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Get StartedPhara is championing the Treatment Court Expansion Act in the Assembly to ensure that treatment, not jail, is the first option for someone facing a mental health crisis. Learn more
Phara strongly believes in the necessity of expanding funding and resources for public education, and has been a champion of the New Deal for CUNY. She has also introduced the New Deal for SUNY, because she believes that higher education must be available, at no cost, to all New Yorkers regardless of income. Learn more
In order to ensure that all New Yorkers have the dignity of being able to seek medical treatment, we must pass the New York Health Act which would create a single-payer healthcare system here in New York. Phara has also championed funding for safety net hospitals, rate increases for Medicaid, and state support for people impacted by the Trump administration’s cuts to healthcare coverage. Learn more
Phara believes that we must transform housing from a vehicle for individual profit into a collective, socially controlled good, by creating a Social Housing Development Authority. Learn more
She is fighting to build tenant power by passing the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act and the REST Act. Phara unequivocally believes all tenants should live without the fear of eviction when their lease comes up for renewal. She also supports a deed theft eviction moratorium to prevent the displacement of residents who are fighting to preserve their family homes. Learn more
Phara will never abandon our immigrant neighbors. That is why she is fighting to end all collusion between New York State and ICE by passing New York for All. Learn more
In a city with 400,000 millionaires and over 60 billionaires, a budget deficit this severe is the result of a lack of political will, not a lack of funds. We know that the money is here, we just need politicians who are willing to stand up to the oligarchs and deliver for working people-like Phara Phara believes we need politicians who are willing to make the wealthiest pay their fare share. It is time to Tax the Rich. Learn more
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