Yuh-Line Niou
Yuh-Line Niou (Democratic Party) was a member of the New York State Assembly, representing District 65. She assumed office in 2017. She left office on January 1, 2023.
Niou (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New York's 10th Congressional District. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 23, 2022.
Niou also ran for election to the New York State Senate to represent District 29. She did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on August 23, 2022.
Biography
Niou received a bachelor’s degree in social policy from Evergreen State College and a master’s degree in public administration from Baruch College. Before her election to public office, she had worked as a legislative assistant, a special assistant in the Environmental Protection Agency, and as chief of staff to New York State Rep. Ron Kim (D).[1]
Committee assignments
2021-2022
Niou was assigned to the following committees:
- Banks Committee
- Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee
- Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee
- Housing Committee
- Insurance Committee
- Libraries and Education Technology Committee
2019-2020
Niou was assigned to the following committees:
- Banks Committee
- Corporations, Authorities and Commissions Committee
- Consumer Affairs and Protection Committee
- Housing Committee
- Libraries and Education Technology Committee
- Insurance Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| New York committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Banks |
| • Consumer Affairs and Protection |
| • Housing |
| • Insurance |
| • Libraries and Education Technology |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
U.S. House New York District 10
See also: New York's 10th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House New York District 10
Daniel Goldman defeated Benine Hamdan and Steve Speer in the general election for U.S. House New York District 10 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Daniel Goldman (D) | 83.5 | 160,582 |
 | Benine Hamdan (R / Conservative Party)  | 15.1 | 29,058 | |
 | Steve Speer (Medical Freedom Party) | 0.8 | 1,447 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 1,260 | ||
| Total votes: 192,347 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mondaire Jones (Working Families Party)
- Matthew Goldstein (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 10
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House New York District 10 on August 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Goldman | 25.9 | 18,505 |
 | Yuh-Line Niou | 23.6 | 16,826 | |
 | Mondaire Jones | 18.1 | 12,933 | |
 | Carlina Rivera | 16.5 | 11,810 | |
 | Jo Anne Simon | 6.1 | 4,389 | |
 | Elizabeth Holtzman | 4.4 | 3,140 | |
 | Jimmy Jiang Li | 1.6 | 1,170 | |
 | Yan Xiong | 1.0 | 742 | |
 | Maud Maron | 0.9 | 625 | |
 | Bill de Blasio (Unofficially withdrew) | 0.7 | 519 | |
 | Brian Robinson | 0.5 | 341 | |
| Peter Gleason | 0.2 | 162 | |
 | Quanda Francis | 0.2 | 129 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 100 | ||
| Total votes: 71,391 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Herron (D)
- Patrick Dooley (D)
- Ian Medina (D)
- David Yassky (D)
- Elizabeth Kim (D)
- Brad Hoylman (D)
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Benine Hamdan advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House New York District 10.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Helen Qiu (R)
- Michael Ragusa (R)
Conservative Party primary election
The Conservative Party primary election was canceled. Benine Hamdan advanced from the Conservative Party primary for U.S. House New York District 10.
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Mondaire Jones advanced from the Working Families Party primary for U.S. House New York District 10.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Herron (Working Families Party)
New York State Senate District 29
See also: New York State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for New York State Senate District 29
Incumbent Jose M. Serrano won election in the general election for New York State Senate District 29 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jose M. Serrano (D / Working Families Party) | 99.5 | 40,546 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 203 | ||
| Total votes: 40,749 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jose M. Serrano advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Senate District 29.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Yuh-Line Niou (D)
Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jose M. Serrano advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Senate District 29.
2020
See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2020
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 65
Incumbent Yuh-Line Niou won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 65 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Yuh-Line Niou (D / Working Families Party) | 99.1 | 40,554 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 373 | ||
| Total votes: 40,927 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 65
Incumbent Yuh-Line Niou defeated Grace Lee in the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 65 on June 23, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Yuh-Line Niou | 64.0 | 8,749 |
 | Grace Lee | 35.7 | 4,877 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 50 | ||
| Total votes: 13,676 | |||
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Working Families Party primary election
The Working Families Party primary election was canceled. Incumbent Yuh-Line Niou advanced from the Working Families Party primary for New York State Assembly District 65.
2018
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2018
Niou also ran in the 2018 election as a Working Families Party candidate.
General election
General election for New York State Assembly District 65
Incumbent Yuh-Line Niou won election in the general election for New York State Assembly District 65 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Yuh-Line Niou (D) | 99.2 | 30,961 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 264 | ||
| Total votes: 31,225 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 65
Incumbent Yuh-Line Niou advanced from the Democratic primary for New York State Assembly District 65 on September 13, 2018.
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2016
General election
- See also: New York State Assembly elections, 2016
Elections for the New York State Assembly took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The filing deadline for major party candidates was July 14, 2016. The filing deadline for independent candidates was August 23, 2016.
Yuh-Line Niou defeated Bryan Jung, Manny Cavaco, and incumbent Alice Cancel in the New York State Assembly District 65 general election.[2][3]
| New York State Assembly, District 65 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Yuh-Line Niou |
76.20% | 29,716 | |
| Republican | Bryan Jung | 14.77% | 5,761 | |
| Green Party | Manny Cavaco | 3.46% | 1,348 | |
| Women's Equality | Alice Cancel Incumbent | 5.57% | 2,171 | |
| Total Votes | 38,996 | |||
| Source: New York Board of Elections | ||||
The following candidates ran in the New York State Assembly District 65 Democratic primary.[4][5]
| New York State Assembly, District 65 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Yuh-Line Niou |
31.48% | 2,790 | |
| Democratic | Gigi K. Li | 9.52% | 844 | |
| Democratic | Jenifer Rajkumar | 19.19% | 1,701 | |
| Democratic | Don Lee | 11.23% | 995 | |
| Democratic | Paul Newell | 16.08% | 1,425 | |
| Democratic | Alice Cancel Incumbent | 12.50% | 1,108 | |
| Total Votes | 8,863 | |||
Niou also ran on the Working Families Party ticket. Cancel also ran on the Women's Equality Party ticket.
Bryan Jung ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 65 Republican primary.[4][5]
| New York State Assembly, District 65 Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Bryan Jung (unopposed) | |
Jung also ran on the Reform Party ticket. Manny Cavaco ran unopposed in the New York State Assembly District 65 Green primary.[4][5]
| New York State Assembly, District 65 Green Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Green Party | Manny Cavaco (unopposed) | |
Special election
A special election for the position of New York State Assembly District 65 was called for April 19. Candidates were nominated by parties rather than chosen in primaries.[6]
The seat was vacant following Sheldon Silver's (D) conviction on November 30, 2015. He was removed from office after he was found guilty of all seven charges.[7]
Alice Cancel (D) defeated Lester Chang (R), Yuh-Line Niou (WF) and Dennis Levy (G) in the special election.[8][9]
Campaign themes
2022
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Campaign website
Niou's campaign website stated the following:
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With billionaires dominating the political dialogue, the needs of working and middle class New Yorkers are getting ignored. Yuh-Line will fight for a fair economy that works for everyone, demanding that the rich and mega corporations pay their fair share, while investing in jobs, infrastructure and mass transit, childcare, education, healthcare, and housing.
As long as our health care system is built to protect the profits of insurance companies and the medical industrial complex, we will continue to see unequal outcomes and massive bankruptcies caused by sky-high health costs. Yuh-Line will proudly fight for 100% universal, single-payer health care, rein in prescription drug costs, and demand global pandemic response.
In Albany, Yuh-Line’s leadership on climate was so well-known that local activists began calling her climate initiatives the “Green Niou Deal.” She will be a champion for GND in Congress, and fight to hold accountable the corporate executives who trashed our climate and left regular New Yorkers paying the bill for worsening storms and damaging floods.
For years, the Congress has continually failed to adequately invest in NYCHA, leaving public housing residents in grossly unsafe and unhealthy living conditions. Yuh-Line will fight for the funding our public housing deserves, as well as a new, national Mitchell-Lama style housing program that drives construction of 100% affordable housing.
As an immigrant herself, Yuh-Line knows the challenges faced by those coming here to build this country and find a better life for themselves and their children. With the republicans locking in on hateful and cruel anti-immigrant policies, Yuh-Line will lead the fight to restore the dream that has brought people here for generations. She will demand an end to unfair refugee detentions and heartless deportations, work to eliminate ICE and embrace our nation’s historic role as a haven for immigrants.
Trust between the public, especially communities of color, and the criminal justice system has eroded due to incident after incident of police brutality and demonstrated institutional racism. Additionally, the continual underfunding of education, housing, and social services are proven underlying causes of crime in our country. In New York, Yuh-Line helped pass historic reforms to fix our broken criminal justice system. Yuh-Line worked to pass the Safer NY Act and repeal Bill 50-A. These bills expand policing transparency and accountability and remove protections for police officers that hide ongoing misconduct. Additionally, Yuh-Line has worked to reduce unnecessary arrests for non-criminal offenses and eliminate cash bail. In order to rebuild trust in our communities, Yuh-Line will work to expand funding of these social services and reduce the institutional damages of policing. [10] |
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| —Yuh-Line Niou[11] | ||
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2020
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2016
Niou's campaign website highlighted the following issues:
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HOUSING With housing costs skyrocketing, Yuh-Line will fight for tenants and homeowners to preserve and expand affordable housing and make sure that seniors can stay in the neighborhoods they’ve always known. As our Assemblymember, Yuh-Line will focus on the housing issues that matter most: Stronger rent laws: We need to strengthen our rent laws to stop the destabilization of rent-regulated apartments. Yuh-Line will fight to eliminate vacancy decontrol and close the loopholes landlords use to deregulate apartments like vacancy bonuses, unfair MCI rent increases, and the preferential rent scam. JOBS AND THE ECONOMY Increasing the Minimum Wage: Yuh-Line is a strong advocate for increasing our minimum wage to $15/hour, so workers earning the minimum wage can make enough to survive in New York City. Increasing the minimum wage will also be better for taxpayers and our local economy, as more families will be able to graduate form public assistance, and they’ll have more money to contribute back into our local small businesses. CLEANING UP ALBANY Our community has been hurt by corruption like no other, and we need an Assemblymember who has the commitment and ability to clean up Albany and give us what we need as taxpayers. Yuh-Line will rebuild the voters’ trust by working only for us, and by fighting for common sense reforms that are long overdue. Stripping pensions from corrupt politicians: It’s ridiculous that the taxpayers have to continue to pay for the pensions of the very people who stole their money. Yuh-Line will be a leader in the fight to pass a clean pension-forfeiture bill for politicians. COMMUNITY SERVICES Sheldon Silver’s conviction and removal from office means that our district will no longer have a veteran legislator with access to extensive staff and resources. Fortunately, Yuh-Line has served as a chief of Staff for a freshman legislator and knows how to create effective systems for helping constituents navigate state government to get the services they need. Yuh-Line will bring that knowledge to her office and will expand her office’s outreach to make it easier for us. She will hold weekend and evening office hours, organize town hall meetings across the district and bring her office to us by holding constituent service days throughout the community. SCHOOLS As a product of public schools, Yuh-Line knows that great schools are the key to our kids’ future. Yuh-Line has been endorsed by the UFT because she’ll be a tireless fighter for better public schools, and work with parents, teachers and administrators to give all kids the opportunities they deserve. Address schools overcrowding. Too many of our schools are just too crowded, and that needs to change. Yuh-Line will work to get the funds to bring new schools to our district, and she’ll oppose any new developments that don’t include plans for the increased demand on our schools, mass transit and infrastructure.[10] |
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| —Yuh-Line Niou[12] | ||
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Endorsements
2016
In 2016, Niou's endorsements included the following:[13]
- Comptroller Scott Stringer
- State Senator Daniel Squadron
- Assemblyman Ron Kim
- Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal
- 32BJ SEIU
- Building and Construction Trades Council
- District Council 37
- Hotel Trades Council
- Mason Tenders District Council
- Teamsters JC16
- District Council 9
- The New York Times
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2022
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2021
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2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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In 2017, the 202nd New York State Legislature, first annual session, was in session from January 4 through December 31. A recess began June 21, and there was a special session June 28-29.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate U.S. House New York District 10 New York State Senate District 29 U.S. House New York District 10 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Yuh-Line Niou," accessed July 8, 2022
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "2016 General Election Candidate List," accessed October 11, 2016
- ↑ New York State Board of Elections, "Election results, 2016," accessed December 23, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 New York State Board of Elections, "Filings received for the 2016 State/Local Primary," accessed August 29, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 New York State Board of Elections, "Election returns September 13, 2016," accessed November 6, 2016
- ↑ Governor of New York, "Special election proclamation," accessed February 1, 2016
- ↑ NY Times, "Sheldon Silver, Ex-New York Assembly Speaker, Is Found Guilty on All Counts," accessed November 30, 2015
- ↑ Associated Press, "New York - Summary Vote Results," accessed April 19, 2016
- ↑ Wall Street Journal, "Sparks Fly Early in Race for Sheldon Silver’s Old Assembly Seat," accessed February 9, 2016
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Yuh-Line Niou's campaign website, “Issues,” accessed July 6, 2022
- ↑ Niou for New York, "Issues," accessed October 14, 2016
- ↑ Niou for New York, "Endorsements," accessed October 14, 2016
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| Preceded by - |
New York State Assembly District 65 2017-2023 |
Succeeded by Grace Lee (D) |
