The campaign biography begins: “Andre Easton was born to Jamaican immigrants in the Bronx, who taught him the importance of healthy, strong communities.”

About — Andre for The Bronx

The campaign biography states: “After graduating as a student athlete from Delaware State University with a BA in Psychology and a minor in English, Andre began working with youth in after school programs in the Bronx and Queens.”

The campaign biography states: “An active father, Andre is raising three boys with his wife, Angelica, who is also a public school educator in the Bronx.”

Andre Easton is from the Bronx. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology, with a minor in English, from Delaware State University. He is raising three boys with his wife, Angelica.

The campaign biography states: “He returned to school to study to become a Special Education teacher and has spent 12 of the last 14 years teaching English in Bronx public schools.”

The campaign biography states: “After graduating as a student athlete from Delaware State University with a BA in Psychology and a minor in English, Andre began working with youth in after school programs in the Bronx and Queens. He returned to school to study to become a Special Education teacher and has spent 12 of the last 14 years teaching English in Bronx public schools.”

Andre Easton works as an English teacher in Bronx public schools. He previously worked with youth in after-school programs in the Bronx and Queens.

Andre works as an English teacher in Bronx public schools. He previously worked with youth in after-school programs in the Bronx and Queens.

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The campaign platform’s wage section states: “No one should work full-time and still live in poverty. Yet here in NY-15, more than 30% of our neighbors live under the poverty line. That’s why on day one Andre will fight to raise the federal minimum wage to $30 an hour.”

Platform — Andre for The Bronx

The campaign platform’s housing section says: “Eight out of ten Bronx residents are renters, yet much like the rest of the country, our rents keep rising while our wages have stayed the same. It’s time for our paychecks to stop funding big real estate. Upon taking office, Andre will back a nationwide Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, in which tenants get first right to purchase a property when a landlord sells it. This bill would also seize housing from criminally negligent landlords who hike rent illegally, neglect mandatory repairs, force tenants to live in hazardous conditions, or discriminate against tenants with housing vouchers – returning this housing stock back to the tenants.”

The campaign platform says: “The only solution is to take the profit motive out of housing. Step one: repeal the ‘Faircloth Amendment,’ the federal ban that’s blocked new public housing construction for decades.”

The campaign platform says: “And for those already living in public housing, Andre will fight to accomplish what neither party has been able to do: fully fund the backlog of needed repairs – including thorough safety inspections – so no family lives in danger.”

The campaign platform says: “It’s past time for the federal government to intervene and treat high rent prices as a nationwide crisis. In Congress, Andre will fight to make this a reality, by funding rental assistance to ensure no household in America pays more than 20% of their monthly income on rent.”

The campaign platform’s wage-theft section says: “Employers steal over $15 billion annually from workers in minimum wage violations alone, which is just one form of wage theft. That’s more than the value of all robberies, burglaries, larcenies, and auto thefts in the country combined. Andre will use every tool at his disposal to fight the largest form of robbery in America. Andre will use his oversight authority as a representative to crack down on wage theft. Andre will fight for legislation in Congress to ensure that bosses pay us back – returning triple our stolen wages back so it’s never profitable for any boss to steal, no matter how wealthy or powerful.”

The campaign platform says: “It’s time to create a robust public fund for art and culture in the Bronx. Once in office, Andre will propose a Cultural Justice Tax on the corporate executives and record labels that profit the most from hip hop and other popular genres.”

The campaign platform’s reparations section says: “Andre will ensure Black families can reclaim the wealth stolen through centuries of slavery, segregation, and racism. The legacy of exploited Black labor has left a massive racial wealth gap: the typical White household owns 9.2 times as much wealth as the typical Black household. Andre will support a program of direct cash reparations to descendants of enslaved Africans, which will begin to right the historic wrongs endured by Black people in America.”

Plans to raise the federal minimum wage to $30 per hour.

Supports a national Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act giving tenants the first right to purchase when landlords sell properties.

Calls for repealing the Faircloth Amendment, which the campaign says bars new public-housing construction.

Plans to fully fund public-housing repair backlogs, including thorough safety inspections.

Plans to fund rental assistance so households pay no more than 20% of monthly income in rent.

Plans to use congressional oversight and legislation to address wage theft, including repayment of three times the stolen wages.

Proposes a Cultural Justice Tax on corporate executives and record labels to fund Bronx arts and culture.

Supports direct cash reparations for descendants of enslaved Africans.

- Plans to raise the federal minimum wage to $30 per hour.
- Supports a national Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act giving tenants the first right to purchase when landlords sell properties.
- Calls for repealing the Faircloth Amendment, which the campaign says bars new public-housing construction.
- Plans to fully fund public-housing repair backlogs, including thorough safety inspections.
- Plans to fund rental assistance so households pay no more than 20% of monthly income in rent.
- Plans to use congressional oversight and legislation to address wage theft, including repayment of three times the stolen wages.
- Proposes a Cultural Justice Tax on corporate executives and record labels to fund Bronx arts and culture.
- Supports direct cash reparations for descendants of enslaved Africans.

Economy

The campaign platform says: “Once in office, Andre will fund the solutions to violence that actually work: violence interruption programs rooted in our communities, mental health and drug treatment for all who need it, and real economic security – because poverty is the biggest threat to public safety.”

The campaign platform says: “When everyone has access to quality, fully funded care, our whole community is safer. That’s why Andre will fight to make mental health and drug treatment a guaranteed right, built into a broader plan to keep our streets safe for everyone.”

The campaign platform’s police-militarization section says: “Once in office, Andre will fight to end the militarization of our police force. Tanks and military weapons in our neighborhoods make us less safe, not more. Andre will fight to end the 1033 Program, which hands over military gear from the Pentagon to local police for free.”

The campaign platform says: “But ending militarization isn’t enough, we need accountability. Right now, police officers are rarely held responsible for violence – one of the gravest civil rights violations of our time. Congress already has the right to enforce the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Andre will fight to ensure Congress does its duty – holding police officers accountable for violations of constitutional rights.”

The campaign platform says: “Andre will also fight to secure protections for whistleblowers in uniform, so officers who speak out against violence or misconduct are not punished.”

The campaign platform says: “Andre will fight to end mass incarceration. Black Americans make up 13% of the population yet are roughly 37% of people in prison or jail. One in 22 Black adults cannot vote due to a conviction, a rate more than triple that of the rest of the country.”

The campaign platform says: “Andre will fight to end overpolicing, police violence, and cash bail.”

Plans to fund community-based violence interruption, universal mental-health and drug treatment, and economic-security programs as public-safety measures.

Plans to end the 1033 Program, which provides Pentagon military equipment to local police.

Plans to hold police officers accountable for violations of constitutional rights.

Plans to protect police officers who report violence or misconduct from punishment.

Plans to end overpolicing, police violence, and cash bail.

- Plans to fund community-based violence interruption, universal mental-health and drug treatment, and economic-security programs as public-safety measures.
- Plans to end the 1033 Program, which provides Pentagon military equipment to local police.
- Plans to hold police officers accountable for violations of constitutional rights.
- Plans to protect police officers who report violence or misconduct from punishment.
- Plans to end mass incarceration.
- Plans to end overpolicing, police violence, and cash bail.

Public Safety

The campaign platform’s maternal-health section says: “Every mother should survive childbirth. All aspects of our healthcare, including maternal health, should be free of cost – the first and urgent step to eliminating these inequalities. Maternal health as a right, not a privilege. Andre will fight to guarantee free, comprehensive care, build publicly owned birthing infrastructure in the Bronx and across the nation, eliminate racial disparities in healthcare, expand the number of Black (especially Black women) physicians serving pregnancy and birth, and tackle the deeper injustices – poverty, housing insecurity, pollution – that put our mothers at risk.”

The campaign platform’s mental-health section says: “Healthcare is a right, not a privilege, and that includes mental health. Andre will fight for a federal guarantee of free, universal mental healthcare, fully funded and available in our neighborhoods: that means no co-pays, no premiums, and no bills for therapy, psychiatric care, or medication.”

The campaign platform says: “Once in office, Andre will fight to outlaw crisis pregnancy centers, and fully fund the clinics that actually provide reproductive health services. Andre will also fight to enshrine abortion rights into law – so that our human rights are not subject to the whims of the undemocratic Supreme Court.”

The campaign platform’s LGBTQ section says: “In order to fully defend LGBTQ communities from right-wing attacks, Andre will fight to ensure that all LGBTQ people have the material security to live in dignity. This means no-cost healthcare that includes full coverage reproductive care, HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention, mental health services, and recognizing that access to gender-affirming care is a healthcare decision that should be between a person and their doctor. This also includes an end to LGBTQ youth homelessness, with fully funded shelters and permanent supportive housing.”

The campaign platform says: “Executives reaped record profits while overdose deaths soared – and places like the Bronx, still bearing the burden, saw none of that profit. Andre will fight for a tax on the profits of these pharmaceutical corporations, with every dollar funding addiction treatment and healthcare in places like the Bronx.”

Plans to guarantee free comprehensive maternal care and build publicly owned birthing infrastructure.

Plans to guarantee free, universal mental healthcare without co-pays, premiums, or bills.

Plans to outlaw crisis pregnancy centers, fund reproductive-health clinics, and establish abortion rights in federal law.

Supports no-cost healthcare covering reproductive care, HIV/AIDS services, mental healthcare, and gender-affirming care, as decided by patients and doctors.

Plans to tax pharmaceutical-corporation profits to fund addiction treatment and healthcare in places including the Bronx.

- Plans to guarantee free comprehensive maternal care and build publicly owned birthing infrastructure.
- Plans to guarantee free, universal mental healthcare without co-pays, premiums, or bills.
- Plans to outlaw crisis pregnancy centers, fund reproductive-health clinics, and establish abortion rights in federal law.
- Supports no-cost healthcare covering reproductive care, HIV/AIDS services, mental healthcare, and gender-affirming care, as decided by patients and doctors.
- Plans to tax pharmaceutical-corporation profits to fund addiction treatment and healthcare in places including the Bronx.

Healthcare

As of September 9, 2026, Andre Easton’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

The campaign platform says: “Once in office, Andre will support all efforts to impose an arms embargo on Israel and to implement a ceasefire, and introduce legislation to end all US aid to Israel – the only way to end this war.”

Supports an arms embargo and a ceasefire in Israel and plans to introduce legislation ending all U.S. aid to Israel.

- Supports an arms embargo and a ceasefire in Israel and plans to introduce legislation ending all U.S. aid to Israel.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

The campaign platform says: “Andre will fight to end overpolicing, police violence, and cash bail. Andre will support legislation to ensure that everyone has the right to vote, and to redirect billions from incarceration to housing, healthcare, schools, and jobs – the real foundations of public safety.”

The campaign platform says: “An organization like AIPAC has no place in our government. Andre will fight to take corporate lobbyists like AIPAC out of politics by banning private money in electoral races.”

Supports legislation guaranteeing voting rights for everyone and redirecting billions from incarceration to housing, healthcare, schools, and jobs.

Plans to ban private money in electoral races.

- Supports legislation guaranteeing voting rights for everyone and redirecting billions from incarceration to housing, healthcare, schools, and jobs.
- Plans to ban private money in electoral races.

Voting & Elections

The campaign platform’s higher-education section says: “Higher education should be a ladder out of poverty, not a trap that keeps people stuck. The promise of college was never meant to come with a lifetime of bills. Your dreams shouldn’t bankrupt you. Andre will cancel all student debt, and make all higher education tuition free.”

The campaign platform says: “But our youth deserve more than work – they deserve joy, fulfillment, and education. Andre will fight to fully fund no-cost after-school and summer programs available to everyone, so that young people can learn new skills, make memories, and pursue their dreams.”

Plans to cancel all student debt and make higher-education tuition free.

Plans to fully fund no-cost after-school and summer programs available to all young people.

- Plans to cancel all student debt and make higher-education tuition free.
- Plans to fully fund no-cost after-school and summer programs available to all young people.

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- Plans to end the 1033 Program, which provides Pentagon military equipment to local police.
- Plans to hold police officers accountable for violations of constitutional rights.
- Plans to protect police officers who report violence or misconduct from punishment.
- Plans to end mass incarceration.
- Plans to end overpolicing, police violence, and cash bail.

- Plans to guarantee free, universal mental healthcare without co-pays, premiums, or bills.
- Plans to outlaw crisis pregnancy centers, fund reproductive-health clinics, and establish abortion rights in federal law.
- Supports no-cost healthcare covering reproductive care, HIV/AIDS services, mental healthcare, and gender-affirming care, as decided by patients and doctors.
- Plans to tax pharmaceutical-corporation profits to fund addiction treatment and healthcare in places including the Bronx.

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