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Lindsey Boylan earned her bachelor's in political theory from Wellesley College and her master's degree in business administration from the Columbua Business School. She has volunteered with the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen. She lives in the West Side. 

Lindsey is an urban planner. She ran the city’s public parks. She previously worked at I LOVE NY and the New York State tourism bureau, where she supported LGBTQ-related tourism and led state budget negotiations on housing and economic development.

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Lindsey previously worked as a campaign executive, a deputy secretary for economic development and special advisor to the governor for the State of New York, the vice president of municipal finance at RBC Capital Markets, the director of business affairs at the Byrant Park Corporation, and a trustee at Wellesley College. 

Lindsey Boylan - Ballotpedia

Lindsey previously ran for Manhattan Borough President in 2021 and for U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York, District 10 in 2020, but did not win. 

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Working Families

Supports raising the minimum wage to $30 an hour, with future increases tied to rent costs.

Supports pay equity for care workers and paraprofessionals, advocating for wages that reflect their vital contributions.

Calls for pay equity for care workers and paraprofessionals, advocating for wages that reflect their vital contributions.

Supports establishing a municipal jobs guarantee to provide stable, dignified work for all New Yorkers.

Prioritizes establishing a municipal jobs guarantee to provide stable, dignified work for all New Yorkers.

Supports passing the Delivery Protection Act to protect app-based workers from exploitation.

Advocates for the passage of the Delivery Protection Act to protect app-based workers from exploitation.

Plans to double the budget of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to ensure labor laws are upheld.

Plans to "champion a city-level EmPIRE Act to empower unions and community groups to enforce worker protections when city enforcement falls short."

Supports passing the Secure Jobs Act, ensuring a municipal jobs guarantee, and establishing a $30 minimum wage for city workers.

Supports taxing the wealthy to provide universal childcare.

Advocates for taxing the wealthy to provide universal childcare.

- Supports raising the minimum wage to $30 an hour, with future increases tied to rent costs.
- Calls for pay equity for care workers and paraprofessionals, advocating for wages that reflect their vital contributions.
- Prioritizes establishing a municipal jobs guarantee to provide stable, dignified work for all New Yorkers.
- Advocates for the passage of the Delivery Protection Act to protect app-based workers from exploitation.
- Plans to double the budget of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection to ensure labor laws are upheld.
- Plans to "champion a city-level EmPIRE Act to empower unions and community groups to enforce worker protections when city enforcement falls short."
- Supports passing the Secure Jobs Act.
- Advocates for taxing the wealthy to provide universal childcare.

Economy

Supports expanding public library service to 7 days a week.

Calls for expanding public library service to 7 days a week.

Supports fully funding and expanding access to public community and recreation centers.

Prioritizes fully funding and expanding access to public community and recreation centers.

Plans to "double our city’s park budget to maintain, improve, and grow our public green spaces."

Supports fully pedestrianizing Broadway to create more public space.

Supports expanding and maintaining curb cuts citywide to ensure safe, accessible sidewalks for seniors, disabled New Yorkers, and mobility device users.

Advocates for expanding and maintaining curb cuts citywide to ensure safe, accessible sidewalks for seniors, disabled New Yorkers, and mobility device users.

- Calls for expanding public library service to 7 days a week.
- Prioritizes fully funding and expanding access to public community and recreation centers.
- Plans to "double our city’s park budget to maintain, improve, and grow our public green spaces."
- Supports fully pedestrianizing Broadway to create more public space.
- Advocates for expanding and maintaining curb cuts citywide to ensure safe, accessible sidewalks for seniors, disabled New Yorkers, and mobility device users.

Public Services

Supports passing the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) to give tenant groups and nonprofits the first chance to buy buildings when landlords sell.

Supports providing legal support for tenants in eviction proceedings and demanding critical repairs from landlords.

Prioritzes providing legal support for tenants in eviction proceedings and demanding critical repairs from landlords.

Supports expanding "deep affordability requirements" for publicly subsidized housing.

Calls for the expansion of "deep affordability requirements" for publicly subsidized housing.

Supports prioritizing social housing development over luxury construction in public land use decisions.

Advocates for social housing development over luxury construction in public land use decisions.

Supports creating a Social Housing Development Authority to build new Mitchell-Lama housing.

Plans to create a Social Housing Development Authority to build new Mitchell-Lama housing.

Supports passing a vacancy tax on landlords who keep rent-stabilized and affordable units empty.

Supports implementing a "pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes."

Prioritizes implementing a "pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes."

Supports legislation to limit bulk sales of housing to private equity and hedge funds, preventing corporate landlords from monopolizing housing stock.

Calls for legislation to limit bulk sales of housing to private equity and hedge funds, preventing corporate landlords from monopolizing housing stock.

Supports "requiring public disclosure of LLC ownership of rental property to increase transparency and stop bad actors from hiding behind shell companies."

Advocates for "requiring public disclosure of LLC ownership of rental property to increase transparency and stop bad actors from hiding behind shell companies."

Supports directing discretionary funds toward tenant organizing to empower residents to form associations.

Plans to direct discretionary funds toward tenant organizing to empower residents to form associations.

Plans to simplify the application and renewal processes for rental assistance programs.

- Supports passing the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) to give tenant groups and nonprofits the first chance to buy buildings when landlords sell.
- Prioritzes providing legal support for tenants in eviction proceedings and demanding critical repairs from landlords.
- Calls for the expansion of "deep affordability requirements" for publicly subsidized housing.
- Advocates for social housing development over luxury construction in public land use decisions.
- Plans to create a Social Housing Development Authority to build new Mitchell-Lama housing.
- Supports passing a vacancy tax on landlords who keep rent-stabilized and affordable units empty.
- Prioritizes implementing a "pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes."
- Calls for legislation to limit bulk sales of housing to private equity and hedge funds, preventing corporate landlords from monopolizing housing stock.
- Advocates for "requiring public disclosure of LLC ownership of rental property to increase transparency and stop bad actors from hiding behind shell companies."
- Supports commercial rent stabilization.
- Plans to direct discretionary funds toward tenant organizing to empower residents to form associations.
- Plans to simplify the application and renewal processes for rental assistance programs.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports establishing and funding the Department of Community Safety to handle mental health crises, quality-of-life issues, and community conflicts without police involvement.

Opposes allowing the New York Police Department (NYPD) to operate as a "pipeline to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)" and ending "broken windows policing and data-sharing practices that disproportionately target immigrants of color."

Opposes contracts and subsidies that support the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Supports closing Rikers Island jail complex.

Advocates for the closure of Rikers Island.

Supports prioritizing "care over incarceration and rehabilitation over retribution."

Prioritizes "care over incarceration and rehabilitation over retribution."

Supports increasing funding for community organizations and legal services to protect LGBTQ+ individuals in New York.

Supports providing legal aid for immigrants detained by federal immigration authorities.

Calls for legal aid for immigrants detained by federal immigration authorities.

- Supports establishing and funding the Department of Community Safety to handle mental health crises, quality-of-life issues, and community conflicts without police involvement.
- Calls for decriminalizing sex work.
- Opposes allowing the New York Police Department (NYPD) to operate as a "pipeline to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)" and ending "broken windows policing and data-sharing practices that disproportionately target immigrants of color."
- Opposes contracts and subsidies that support the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- Advocates for the closure of Rikers Island.
- Prioritizes "care over incarceration and rehabilitation over retribution."
- Supports increasing funding for community organizations and legal services to protect LGBTQ+ individuals in New York.
- Calls for legal aid for immigrants detained by federal immigration authorities.

Public Safety

Supports using the city's contract leverage over Lyft to freeze Citi Bike fares.

Calls for using the city's contract leverage over Lyft to freeze Citi Bike fares.

Supports constructing busways to speed up the slowest routes in her district, including the M42 and M34.

Supports establishing signal priority for buses to reduce delays caused by traffic congestion.

Prioritizes establishing signal priority for buses to reduce delays caused by traffic congestion.

Supports widening and protecting bike lanes to enhance safety for cyclists and pedestrians.

Advocates for widening and protecting bike lanes to enhance safety for cyclists and pedestrians.

Supports passing universal daylighting legislation to enhance intersection visibility and safeguard pedestrians.

Prioritizes passing universal daylighting legislation to enhance intersection visibility and safeguard pedestrians.

- Calls for using the city's contract leverage over Lyft to freeze Citi Bike fares.
- Supports constructing busways to speed up the slowest routes in her district, including the M42 and M34.
- Prioritizes establishing signal priority for buses to reduce delays caused by traffic congestion.
- Advocates for widening and protecting bike lanes to enhance safety for cyclists and pedestrians.
- Prioritizes passing universal daylighting legislation to enhance intersection visibility and safeguard pedestrians.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Supports ending dependence on fossil fuels.

- Supports ending dependence on fossil fuels.

Energy & the Environment

Supports expanding neighborhood-based clinics to address urgent reproductive, sexual, and primary care needs, particularly in areas like Manhattan where key providers have closed.

Supports creating a Public Home Care Corps to provide city-funded, unionized home care jobs for older adults, aiming to support aging in place and generate thousands of quality jobs.

Advocates for the creation of a Public Home Care Corps to provide city-funded, unionized home care jobs for older adults, aiming to support aging in place and generate thousands of quality jobs.

Supports ending 24-hour shifts for care workers and ensuring they receive a living wage and dignity at work.

Prioritizes ending 24-hour shifts for care workers and ensuring they receive a living wage and dignity at work.

Supports expanding eligibility and outreach for the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) and the Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) programs.

Plans to expand eligibility and outreach for the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) and the Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) programs.

Plans to "Establish a $20 million city fund for gender affirming care."

- Supports expanding neighborhood-based clinics to address urgent reproductive, sexual, and primary care needs, particularly in areas like Manhattan where key providers have closed.
- Advocates for the creation of a Public Home Care Corps to provide city-funded, unionized home care jobs for older adults, aiming to support aging in place and generate thousands of quality jobs.
- Prioritizes ending 24-hour shifts for care workers and ensuring they receive a living wage and dignity at work.
- Plans to expand eligibility and outreach for the Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE) and the Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) programs.
- Plans to "Establish a $20 million city fund for gender affirming care."

Healthcare

As of June 18, 2026, Lindsey Boylan’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Supports providing legal support for tenants in eviction proceedings and repair requests.

Supports expanding deep affordability requirements for publicly subsidized housing development.

Supports the Safer Sanctuary Act and the NYC Trust Act, which would limit cooperation between the NYPD, Department of Corrections, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Opposes allowing the New York Police Department (NYPD) to act as a "pipeline to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)," ending "broken windows policing" and data-sharing practices that disproportionately target immigrants of color.

Supports ending all city contracts and subsidies that support the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Supports the reinstatement of the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) Anti-Crime Unit.

Calls for the reinstatement of the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) Anti-Crime Unit.

Supports both the reinstatement of a plainclothes police unit and the expansion of the police department.

Supports expanding neighborhood-based clinics to address urgent reproductive, sexual, and primary care needs.

Supports providing legal aid for immigrants who are detained by federal immigration authorities.

Supports expanding affordability requirements for publicly subsidized housing.

- Supports passing the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) to give tenant groups and nonprofits the first chance to buy buildings when landlords sell.
- Prioritzes providing legal support for tenants in eviction proceedings and demanding critical repairs from landlords.
- Calls for the expansion of "deep affordability requirements" for publicly subsidized housing.
- Advocates for social housing development over luxury construction in public land use decisions.
- Plans to create a Social Housing Development Authority to build new Mitchell-Lama housing.
- Supports passing a vacancy tax on landlords who keep rent-stabilized and affordable units empty.
- Prioritizes implementing a "pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes."
- Calls for legislation to limit bulk sales of housing to private equity and hedge funds, preventing corporate landlords from monopolizing housing stock.
- Advocates for "requiring public disclosure of LLC ownership of rental property to increase transparency and stop bad actors from hiding behind shell companies."
- Supports commercial rent stabilization.
- Plans to direct discretionary funds toward tenant organizing to empower residents to form associations.

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