VoterLens
New York State Assembly District 149
Rochester Institute of Technology—Bachelor's in Criminal Justice; SUNY Buffalo—JD
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Adam Bojak is the Democratic nominee for New York State Assembly District 149. He is a housing and Family Court attorney who provides free legal services and advice to Western New Yorkers facing housing problems, represents tenants in landlord disputes, and serves families as assigned counsel in Family Court. He has been active in the Buffalo Democratic Socialists of America since 2017.
Committee Assignments: No committee assignments available.
Adam Bojak supports universal healthcare through the New York Health Act, along with protections for Medicaid, community health providers, gender-affirming care, and reproductive rights. His campaign frames healthcare as a public need threatened by private insurance costs, medical debt, and privatization.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Bojak supports passage of the New York Health Act to provide healthcare free at the point of service for all New Yorkers.
SourceBojak's campaign platform says he will fight for protection and state funding for Medicaid and community health providers to guard communities against healthcare privatization.
SourceBojak supports protections for gender-affirming care and reproductive rights under current healthcare systems and in the future under the New York Health Act.
SourceInvestigative Post reported that Bojak supports the New York Health Act, described as creating a statewide single-payer healthcare system.
SourceAdam Bojak frames his Economy & Jobs agenda around pro-labor policies, higher wages, universal childcare, stronger enforcement against wage theft, higher corporate taxes, and limiting employer use of AI that could displace workers. He also supports public infrastructure and utility investments intended to benefit working people rather than subsidize AI data centers or private profit.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Bojak supports the BOT Act to restrict employer monitoring tools, regulate AI and automated decision-making in hiring and promotion, and require human oversight of AI systems.
SourceBojak supports the New York Workforce Stabilization Act, requiring AI impact assessments for large businesses and imposing a 2% corporate income tax on companies that use AI to displace 15 or more employees.
SourceBojak says universal childcare is a top priority and favors raising taxes on corporations and the ultra-wealthy to help pay for it.
SourceBojak supports a new initiative to investigate and properly punish employers for wage theft, punch-clock violations, and other anti-worker acts.
SourceBojak supports raising New York's corporate tax rate from 7.25% to 9%, saying it could generate more than $1 billion in revenue and offset federal corporate tax cuts.
SourceAdam Bojak, Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly District 149, supports pro-immigrant state legislation, including immediate passage of the New York For All Act. His platform frames that bill as a first step toward abolishing ICE and calls for prosecuting federal agents who violate civil and human rights.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Bojak's campaign platform says he supports immediate passage of the New York For All Act as a first step toward ending state and local cooperation with ICE.
SourceNYIC Action endorsed Bojak in Assembly District 149 as part of a slate it described as committed to defending immigrant families, confronting anti-immigrant policies, and advancing dignity and justice for immigrant communities.
SourceA public post described Bojak, identified as a 149th Assembly District candidate, holding a January 27, 2026 press conference at ICE's Buffalo headquarters demanding lawmakers pass the New York For All Act and calling for abolition of ICE.
SourceBallotReady's candidate profile for Bojak in New York State Assembly District 149 lists his immigration position as supporting the New York For All Act, abolition of ICE, and prosecution of federal agents who violate civil and human rights.
SourceAdam Bojak supports aggressive state climate action centered on fully funding and defending New York's CLCPA, public renewable energy, and environmental protections for Western New York waterways. He also opposes environmentally harmful data centers and supports public utility ownership to curb utility rate hikes.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Bojak says the most beneficial climate policy is properly funding the CLCPA and preventing state rollbacks of the law.
SourceBojak pledges to fight for proper implementation of the Build Public Renewables Act so public renewable energy is built without obstruction from state government or private utilities.
SourceBojak says New York must prevent harmful data centers from being built as part of its climate response.
SourceAdam Bojak supports strong, well-funded public education, more K-12 tax dollars going to public schools, collective-bargaining rights for teachers and staff, and postsecondary options that do not rely on privatization or charter schools. His education platform also backs SUNY for all, Tier 6 pension changes for public educators, vocational/trades education, and state support for after-school and summer programs.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Bojak says he supports educational reforms to ensure more tax dollars support public K-12 schools and a public education system that does not rely on privatization or charter schools.
SourceBojak supports "SUNY for all" so that anyone who wants a college education can get one without financial burden.
SourceAdam Bojak frames public safety around community investment, alternatives to incarceration, immigrant protections, youth services, and safer streets rather than expanded policing or imprisonment. His stated 2026 platform supports treatment courts, youth arrest-prevention funding, the New York For All Act, and transportation/street-safety improvements in Assembly District 149.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Bojak supports expanding access to drug and mental health courts statewide as a judicial alternative to incarceration intended to reduce recidivism and support rehabilitation.
SourceBojak praised Clean Slate legislation as transformative for formerly incarcerated residents transitioning back into communities with dignity through improved access to housing and opportunity.
SourceBojak said the state should pass the New York For All Act to prevent law enforcement at all levels from cooperating with federal immigration agents, arguing New York must go further than partial budget protections.
SourceBojak supports reintroducing legislation to fund community-based youth development programs aimed at preventing youth arrest and incarceration.
SourceBojak supports major improvements to Buffalo cycling infrastructure and increased funding for NFTA-Metro as part of a safer-streets agenda.
SourceAdam Bojak for NYS Assembly
https://www.bojakforassembly.com/meet-adam-bojakFetched: biography, hometown, education, professional background
BallotReady
https://www.ballotready.org/people/adam-l-bojakFetched: biography, education, professional background
Investigative Post
https://investigativepost.org/2026/06/04/three-democrats-vie-for-149th-assembly-seat/Fetched: age, biography, professional background
New York State Board of Elections Public Reporting System
https://publicreporting.elections.ny.gov/Fetched: campaignFinance
Public Campaign Finance Board Commissioner Report for the Approval to Disburse Public Matching Funds 05/19/2026
https://pcfb.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2026/05/commissioner-report-for-the-approval-to-disburse-public-matching-funds-05.19.2026.pdfFetched: campaignFinance
Adam Bojak for NYS Assembly - Campaign Endorsements
https://www.bojakforassembly.com/endorsementsFetched: endorsements
NYSUT Endorsements
https://www.nysut.org/resources/special-resources-sites/voter-guide/endorsementsFetched: endorsements
DSA National Electoral Commission
https://electoral.dsausa.org/endorsement-adam-bojak/Fetched: endorsements
Buffalo DSA
https://buffalodsa.org/statements/buffalo-dsa-endorses-adam-bojak-for-assembly-district-149/Fetched: endorsements
Elections Simplified
https://electionssimplified.com/candidates/deaae217-454e-47cd-a604-7c6a8c82d4ceFetched: endorsements
New York State Tenant Bloc
https://tenantbloc.org/statewide-tenant-movement-endorses-upstate-tenant-champions-to-expand-rent-stabilization/Fetched: endorsements
Communications Workers of America District 1 Western New York Council
https://cwad1.org/western-new-york-council/political-endorsements-0Fetched: endorsements
Adam Bojak for Assembly campaign platform
https://www.bojakforassembly.com/platform-policyFetched: issuePositions
Spectrum News NY1
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2026/06/05/meet-the-candidates--the-battle-for-ny-s-149th-assembly-districtFetched: issuePositions
NYIC Action endorsement press release via News24USA
https://news24usa.com/2026/06/01/nyic-action-endorses-immigrant-champions-and-new-voices-for-nys-legislature/Fetched: issuePositions
Reddit r/Buffalo public event post
https://www.reddit.com/r/Buffalo/comments/1qoaxzn/149th_assembly_district_candidate_adam_bojak/Fetched: issuePositions
VOTE411 Voter Guide
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/candidate-detail.do?id=73189669Fetched: issuePositions
Adam Bojak for Assembly Platform
https://www.bojakforassembly.com/platform-policyFetched: issuePositions
VOTE411 Voter Guide Mobile
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/m/candidate-detail.do?id=73189669Fetched: issuePositions
Adam Bojak for Assembly - Platform
https://www.bojakforassembly.com/platform-policyFetched: issuePositions
Partnership for the Public Good
https://ppgbuffalo.org/news-and-events/news/article:10-06-2021-12-00am-buffalo-common-council-passes-clean-slate-resolution/Fetched: issuePositions
City & State New York
https://www.cityandstateny.com/personality/2026/06/adam-bojak-wants-give-dsa-foothold-western-ny/413987/Fetched: issuePositions