Illapa Sairitupac
D · New York State Assembly, District 65 · Tier 5/6
Tier 5/6, between “Critical on most positions” and “Most critical of Israel / supports Palestine”
AD-65 (Lower East Side/Chinatown); DSA-endorsed, served on NYC-DSA's Anti-War Working Group. His campaign platform endorses 'Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions on Israel' by name and pledges to sign the Not on Our Dime Act (S606/A11289, the 2026 Assembly version) to block NY nonprofit funding of illegal Israeli settlements; runs as an anti-war candidate to 'cut off funding for war, displacement, and weapons.' Won the June 23, 2026 primary. He was arrested at the Sep 24, 2026 JVP sit-in outside the UN, held as Netanyahu arrived.
Held at 5/6: BDS by name (a position questioning Israel’s legitimacy as a Jewish state), but a lone platform plank, with anti-war organizing and a September 2026 arrest at the JVP sit-in outside the UN behind it and no repeated BDS advocacy on record. The closest 5/6 to a clean 6; documented, repeated BDS advocacy or an anti-Zionist self-ID would carry him there.
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