Announcing our 2026 Voter Guide

The 2026 Voter Guide is here. Today we’re launching the Abundance New York Voter Guide for the 2026 Democratic primaries. Read it here ahead of Election Day on June 23.

Last year showed us what New Yorkers want. When we launched our municipal voter guide in 2025, we didn’t anticipate that it would be viewed over 400,000 times. New Yorkers were clearly hungry for clear, reliable information about local candidates, focused on the issues that matter most to making New York affordable, welcoming, and safe.

This year, the stakes are higher and the opening is bigger. In just four weeks, New Yorkers will be voting in critical elections at multiple levels of the ballot:

• In the State Assembly and State Senate, a record number of open seats means a large freshman class will be seated next session—the kind of turnover that can meaningfully shift what the legislature is willing to pass.

• The State Comptroller’s race is competitive for the first time in two decades, opening up an office with enormous power and a real bully pulpit.

• Several Congressional races on the ballot give us a chance to elect a House delegation that will help shape federal incentives for the infrastructure, housing, and energy projects we need.

Cycles like this are rare—and yet, in these low-turnout primaries, many potential voters don’t have information about the stakes, competitive dynamics, or candidates’ positions on key issues.

So we did the work. We identified the most competitive races across New York City, reviewed candidates’ records and public platforms, invited candidates to complete our questionnaire, conducted interviews, and hosted two candidate forums. The result is a guide designed to cut through the noise and give voters clear, useful information about who’s running and what they plan to do.

The candidates we’ve recommended understand what’s broken and are serious about fixing it. They believe, as we do, that a more affordable and livable New York is within reach—if we elect the people willing to build it.

Read the full guide here.

You probably know the moment: a friend texts from the polling place asking how to vote in the down-ballot races. Word of mouth matters tremendously in low-information primaries like this one. All the research in the world doesn’t help if it doesn’t reach voters—and trusted messengers like you are how it gets there.

So share the guide. Circulate our posts on X and Instagram, forward it to your group chats, and send it to anyone you know voting on June 23. And if you want to go further, sign up for our relational organizing program to identify who in your contacts is registered to vote in New York—and reach them directly.

Thank you for reading, sharing, and being part of this work.