Dustin Ginsberg, Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly District...

Dustin Ginsberg, Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly District 14, poses for a portrait at his home on Monday, July 18, 2022. -- slVOTE -- Credit: James Escher

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  • Ginsberg, 27, of Merrick, has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa and a master’s degree in public administration from Baruch College in Manhattan.
  • During his undergraduate years, he interned as a constituent liaison for Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Charles Schumer.
  • In 2019, he interned as a legal assistant in the New York State Supreme Court in Jamaica, Queens.
  • Ginsberg said that if elected he would be the youngest openly gay Assembly member.
  • Ginsberg said he will advocate for the protection of LGBTQ+ youth in the schools and for the community’s efforts to gain full equality under the law.
  • He said he would “protect the reproductive rights of women.”
  • He said he would work to lower property taxes “so that Long Island is affordable for the next generation.”
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