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Eon’s opponent has the support of the real estate lobby and other special interests. Eon’s campaign has US! This campaign is about people power, and that’s not just a buzzword — it’s how we bring about political change.
About Eon Huntley
Eon is a father, retail worker, lifelong Brooklynite, democratic socialist and three-term PTA president. He’s running for State Assembly to win universal childcare, freeze the rent, and build a New York City every family can afford.
Eon has always been a tenant, growing up in East New York and in NYCHA’s Pink Houses. His father immigrated from Guyana while his mother is a second-generation Brooklynite. He attended New York City public schools and the Parsons School of Design before working as a fashion designer and clothing salesman. As a member of the bargaining committee for Workers United Local 340, Eon fought for and won crucial healthcare coverage for his fellow workers.
Eon guided his daughters’ school community through the COVID years as a three-term PTA president, co-founding a mobile food pantry that fed hundreds of Brooklynites every month. He and his wife Rebecca, a longtime public school teacher, have lived in Bedford Stuyvesant for 18 years.
Eon is running for State Assembly to fight for the affordable, beautiful Brooklyn we all deserve. He believes nobody should be priced out of basic human experiences like raising a family, pursuing higher education, growing old in our own homes, or even going to the doctor. Eon answers only to the voters and rejects all corporate donations. In Albany, you can trust him to fight for universal childcare, fully-funded public education, and freedom from Trump’s assaults on our civil liberties and our neighbors.
Our District
Assembly District 56 includes the beautiful and dynamic Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights. A rich legacy of Black power & culture permeates its iconic brownstones, tree-lined blocks and bustling streets. We gather with neighbors on stoops and in parks. We swim in community pools and frequent our local small businesses and restaurants.
Our community is beautiful, but it’s being squeezed every day by landlords, bosses, and privatizers. In District 56, we know how to look out for our neighbors and put our community first. We deserve representation that does the same.
Beautiful schools. Beautiful housing. Beautiful Brooklyn.
Eon’s Platform
See the full platform →Childcare & Education
Fund kids' futures from cradle to CUNY: Childcare for all, fully-funded public schools & free CUNY & SUNY
Housing
Freeze the rent, expand rent controls, build permanently affordable green housing, and protect NYCHA from privatization.
Immigrant Justice
Pass the NY For All Act to keep ICE off our streets and end New York's complicity in ICE detention.
Healthcare
Guarantee free healthcare & reproductive rights for all New Yorkers.
Climate Justice
Fight for a Green New Deal for New York, oppose new fossil-fuel infrastructure, and fund climate resilience.
Racial Justice
Decarcerate our society and get serious about reparations at the state level.
Labor
Stand with workers, protect union rights, and fight for a $30/hr state minimum wage.
Public Power
Fight utility rate hikes and push for full implementation of the Build Public Renewables Act.
Transit
Fix the MTA, make buses fast and free, and build protected bike lanes throughout the district.
No Genocide, No War
End US funding for genocide, vote for the Not on Our Dime Act, resist war and imperial oppression.
LGBTQI+
Stand up to Trump, defend gender-affirming care & protect at-risk youth.
AI Regulation
Stand up to Big Tech, protect kids, stop scammers & put a moratorium on data centers.
Our Endorsements
Senator
Bernie Sanders
Representative
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
State Senator
Jabari Brisport
Assembly Member
Phara Souffrant Forrest
Council Member
Chi Ossé
Fmr. Representative
Jamaal Bowman
Lieutenant Governor
Antonio Delgado
State Senator
Julia Salazar
State Senator
Kristen Gonzalez
Assembly Member
Emily Gallagher
Assembly Member
Claire Valdez
Assembly Member
Marcela Mitaynes
Council Member
Alexa Avilés
Council Member
Tiffany Cabán
Council Member
Shahana Hanif
Organizations
In the News
““Tonight, I see a movement that can overcome billionaire money, transcend the lines they try to draw between us, deliver childcare for all and build a truly affordable future,” Huntley said.”
Brooklyn Paper
“...Eon Huntley beat three-term Assemblywoman Stefani Zinerman in Brooklyn. “We’ve been told socialists don’t represent the Black community, that socialism couldn’t win here, and what we’ve proven instead is that Black socialists are the future,” Huntley said.”
Albany Times Union
“A lot of my struggles, paying off student loans, not being able to afford a house, having to choose between rent and daycare, I internalized as personal failings. Then I discovered socialism, became a DSA member, and encountered people like Bernie Sanders... And at that moment, I realized I wasn’t alone in thinking the status quo wasn’t enough and that people deserve more.”
Interview Magazine
“When I arrive at the new headquarters for Eon Huntley’s socialist campaign for state assembly, a small crew is hard at work painting the space, a storefront on a lively block of Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Tompkins Avenue. The window is festooned with the candidate’s commitments: signs promoting universal health care, rent controls, and “ICE out of NYC.””
Jacobin
“Now is the time for new leaders to fight for working people. A more affordable New York starts with changing who represents us in Albany and passing policies that unrig our deeply inequitable tax system.”
City Limits
“Huntley, who had come from the inauguration, told Hell Gate that Mamdani's speech had "set the tone for not thinking small."”
Hell Gate
“The socialist candidate celebrated his official campaign launch at the extremely crowded Therapy Wine Bar in Bedford-Stuyvesant, with New York City Council Member Chi Ossé and state Sen. Jabari Brisport at his side.”
City and State
“Eon Tyrell Huntley's priorities are housing, health care, and fashion (in that order).”
Hell Gate
“Eon Tyrell Huntley is a worker, rent-stabilized tenant, parent and former PTA president. Now he's running for a Brooklyn State Assembly seat.”
The Indypendent
“The retail worker and father of two believes his experiences as both a renter and public school parent have prepared him to potentially unseat incumbent Stefani Zinerman in the June 25 primary election.”
City Limits
“The DSA could be looking to further expand its influence in Brooklyn, and its support of Huntley may result in a highly competitive race…”
City & State
“Democratic Socialist Eon Huntley has made housing and tenants rights a central component of his campaign, tweeting pithy campaign videos about housing horror stories while voicing his support for broadening good cause eviction protections.”
The City
Billionaires and real estate interests spend millions against NYS Assembly candidates who support tenants' rights and taxing the rich
“New York's billionaires and influential real estate industry have launched a networked effort to spend millions of dollars in a small handful of primaries to defeat candidates running on tenants' rights and taxing the rich.”
LittleSis
