Alex Bores is from New York City. He has a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a master's degree in computer science from Georgia Tech. He and his wife, Darya, have a son.

Alex Bores - Assembly District 73

Alex Bores has a bachelor's degree in economics from Cornell University and a master's degree in computer science from Georgia Tech. He is a married father of one.

Before being elected to the Assembly, Alex worked as an engineer. His work included assisting the Department of Justice and two Manhattan District attorneys to solve violent crimes in New York City, and building software for local governments' Covid relief programs that helped 50,000 families keep their homes warm and their water running. He also resigned from a job in protest when the company tried to use its technology to target immigrants for deportation. 

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Alex previously worked as an engineer for cybersecurity firms and for companies that developed software for the U.S. government.

Alex is currently a member of the New York State Assembly. He was first elected in 2022 and is currently serving his second term.

Alex is currently a member of the New York State Assembly. He was first elected in 2022 and is serving his second term.

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Working Families

Supports closing tax loopholes for the ultra-rich, including the carried interest loophole, and advocates for the Ultra-Millionaires Tax Act and increased IRS funding to ensure tax compliance.

Supports closing tax loopholes for the wealthy.

Supports increased investment in temporary and permanent low-and-middle income housing, and has never opposed new homeless shelters or asylum seeker facilities in the district.

Wants increased investment in temporary and permanent low-and-middle income housing.

Supports office-to-residential conversions to increase housing availability, including affordable units.

Advocates for office-to-residential conversions to increase housing availability, including affordable units.

- Supports closing tax loopholes for the wealthy.
- Wants increased investment in temporary and permanent low-and-middle income housing.
- Advocates for office-to-residential conversions to increase housing availability, including affordable units.

Economy

Supports legislation to investigate the viability of smart guns to reduce gun deaths, enhance police safety, and limit the effectiveness of trafficked firearms.

Supports outlawing solitary confinement and expanding similar protections to juvenile correctional facilities.

Believes in outlawing solitary confinement and expanding similar protections to juvenile correctional facilities.

Supports clemency efforts and has engaged with incarcerated individuals, emphasizing rehabilitation.

Committed to clemency efforts and has engaged with incarcerated individuals, emphasizing rehabilitation.

Plans to enforce anti-trafficking laws while providing strong harm-reduction services.

- Supports legislation to investigate the viability of smart guns to reduce gun deaths, enhance police safety, and limit the effectiveness of trafficked firearms.
- Believes in outlawing solitary confinement and expanding similar protections to juvenile correctional facilities.
- Committed to clemency efforts and has engaged with incarcerated individuals, emphasizing rehabilitation.
- Plans to enforce anti-trafficking laws while providing strong harm-reduction services.

Public Safety

Believes in implementing a implement a universal, single-payer healthcare system.

Supports New York becoming a Transgender Sanctuary State.

Promises to fight to reverse the Trump Administration's cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ensure America "remains the global leader in biotech and vaccine research."

- Believes in implementing a implement a universal, single-payer healthcare system.
- Wants to lower drug prices.
- Supports New York becoming a Transgender Sanctuary State.
- Aims to protect abortion access.
- Promises to fight to reverse the Trump Administration's cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ensure America "remains the global leader in biotech and vaccine research."

Healthcare

Prioritizes climate change in campaign focus.

Energy & the Environment

Supports abolishing ICE, prosecuting agents who violate the law, and restricting funding for mass deportation efforts while restoring due process and the right to counsel for individuals facing immigration cases.

Supports abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, prosecuting agents who violate the law, and restricting funding for mass deportation efforts while "restoring due process and the right to counsel" for individuals facing immigration cases.

- Supports abolishing the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency, prosecuting agents who violate the law, and restricting funding for mass deportation efforts while "restoring due process and the right to counsel" for individuals facing immigration cases.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports a constitutional amendment to outlaw super PACs.

Wants to make election day a federal holiday.

Seeks to pass laws that expand voter access.

Believes in ending "racist" gerrymandering.

- Supports a constitutional amendment to outlaw super PACs.
- Wants to make election day a federal holiday.
- Seeks to pass laws that expand voter access.
- Believes in ending "racist" gerrymandering.

Voting & Elections

Promises to fight to pass federal legislation to increase teacher compensation, expand student loan forgiveness for educators who commit to public schools, and fund programs that recruit and retain "diverse, highly qualified teachers in our classrooms."

Committed to trying to pass legislation prohibiting the retaliatory withholding of federal research grants and financial aid and championing robust federal investment in higher education and basic research.

Wants to protect and expand income-driven repayment plans and Public Service Loan Forgiveness, double the Pell Grant, and work toward making public college tuition-free for families earning under $125,000.

- Promises to fight to pass federal legislation to increase teacher compensation, expand student loan forgiveness for educators who commit to public schools, and fund programs that recruit and retain "diverse, highly qualified teachers in our classrooms."
- Committed to trying to pass legislation prohibiting the retaliatory withholding of federal research grants and financial aid and championing robust federal investment in higher education and basic research.
- Wants to protect and expand income-driven repayment plans and Public Service Loan Forgiveness, double the Pell Grant, and work toward making public college tuition-free for families earning under $125,000.

Education

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Alex Bores

Advocates for higher taxes on ultra-millionaires

Believes the federal government's attitude towards DC is outdated and views the current system as "taxation without representation."

For Candidate Alex Bores on Issue healthcare: Supports making certain inhumane practices illegal at the federal level, following New York's lead.

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