Christian Celeste Tate
D · New York State Assembly, District 54 · Tier 5
Tier 5, “Critical on most positions”
Won the June 2026 AD-54 primary (Bushwick/East New York) with 62% over six-term incumbent Erik Dilan, in the Assembly since 2015; a DSA-endorsed, Sanders-backed insurgent, effectively member-elect in the deep-blue seat. Platform names “the ongoing genocide and occupation in Palestine” as a local issue, pledges to pass the Not on Our Dime Act, end NYPD–IDF training collaborations, and back workers “taking a stand against the use of New York infrastructure to export genocidal weapons.” Refuses “pro-genocide” money. Arrested at the Sep 24, 2026 JVP sit-in outside the UN, held as Netanyahu arrived.
A 5. The platform names “the ongoing genocide and occupation in Palestine,” pledges to pass the Not on Our Dime Act and end NYPD–IDF training collaborations, and backs workers “taking a stand against the use of New York infrastructure to export genocidal weapons”; Tate was arrested at the September 2026 Jewish Voice for Peace sit-in outside the UN as Netanyahu arrived, and the campaign refuses “pro-genocide” money. No BDS, right-of-return or one-state position is on record.
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