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New York State Assembly District 16
College of William & Mary—BA; College of William & Mary—M.Ed.
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Kim Keiserman is a 25-year resident of Port Washington and has dedicated much of her career to education advocacy and consultancy. She began her career as a high school social studies teacher, later worked at the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, and has worked as a freelance consultant developing curricula and educational tools. She has also served in community roles including North Hempstead Housing Authority commissioner, Baxter Estates Planning Board chairwoman, and board member of the Come to Believe Network.
Committee Assignments: No committee assignments available.
Kim Keiserman, Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly District 16 in 2026, supports making health care more affordable and moving toward universal coverage, including a careful transition to a single-payer system. Her platform also emphasizes comprehensive benefits, reproductive care access, stronger health care staffing, and protections for health care workers.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Keiserman supports the goal of universal health care and says any transition to a single-payer system should be handled carefully and responsibly.
SourceKeiserman supports addressing the nursing shortage, requiring safe staffing ratios, and fixing Tier 6 retirement rules to protect health care workers.
SourceKeiserman lists lowering health care expenses among her top affordability priorities for New York Assembly District 16 voters.
SourceKeiserman says she has advocated for reproductive freedom and would fight for shared values and results for AD-16 as an Assemblymember.
SourceKim Keiserman's Economy & Jobs platform for New York State Assembly District 16 emphasizes lowering the cost of living, supporting Long Island small businesses, expanding workforce pathways, and creating good-paying jobs, including green union jobs. She supports action on childcare, elder care, utility costs, price gouging, fair wages, collective bargaining, and job training.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Keiserman supports practical policies to lower costs by expanding access to Universal Pre-K, affordable child care and elder care, reining in energy and utility bills, and taking on price gouging and unfair business practices.
SourceKeiserman supports policies intended to make it easier for Long Island small businesses to start, grow, and remain in operation.
SourceKeiserman supports expanding access to trade schools and workforce training so more New Yorkers have pathways to good-paying jobs.
SourceKeiserman launched her Assembly District 16 campaign with a focus on affordability, including the need for Albany representation attentive to household economic pressures.
SourceKim Keiserman supports pro-immigrant policies for New York Assembly District 16, emphasizing dignity, fairness, due process, and opposition to racial profiling. She supports comprehensive federal immigration reform with pathways to citizenship and state-level protection of legal and language services for immigrant families.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Keiserman states that she supports comprehensive federal immigration reform that would provide pathways to citizenship and create an orderly, humane system rooted in the rule of law.
SourceKeiserman says New York must stand for dignity, fairness, and due process as federal immigration enforcement becomes more aggressive, cruel, and unaccountable.
SourceKeiserman states that immigration enforcement should respect constitutional rights and basic human dignity and should never be based on racial profiling.
SourceKeiserman says that at the state level she will work to protect access to legal and language services and help immigrant families live and participate in their communities without fear.
SourceKim Keiserman supports a pro-climate, clean-energy agenda for New York Assembly District 16, emphasizing resilient Long Island infrastructure, drinking-water protection, lower household energy costs, and expanded renewable energy. Her stated positions include ending subsidies for new natural-gas construction, expanding clean-energy and efficiency incentives, supporting offshore wind and other green union jobs, and backing Long Island renewable projects such as offshore wind, battery storage, heat pumps, insulation upgrades, and rooftop solar.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Keiserman supports legislation shifting new construction away from natural gas and toward renewable energy sources.
SourceKeiserman supports clean-energy and efficiency programs intended to reduce pollution and help families lower energy costs.
SourceThe Sierra Club Long Island endorsement page reports that Keiserman supports responsibly sited renewable energy projects, including offshore wind and battery storage, plus incentives for energy-efficient retrofits, heat pumps, insulation upgrades, and rooftop solar.
SourceBranch's candidate profile says Keiserman supports higher clean-energy production goals and green union jobs through infrastructure projects including offshore wind.
SourceKim Keiserman supports protecting and increasing resources for District 16 public schools, including opposition to school funding cuts and support for teachers, student mental health, anti-discrimination measures, and affordable higher education. She is a 2026 Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly District 16, so the available education record consists of campaign-stated positions rather than roll-call votes or sponsored bills.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Keiserman says she will fight against cuts to District 16 schools and seek Albany resources for students, families, and teachers.
SourceIn her VOTE411 response, Keiserman lists strong public schools and affordable higher education among her priorities for investing in the future.
SourceBranch reports Keiserman plans to expand access to Universal Pre-K and affordable child care as part of her candidate platform for New York Assembly District 16.
SourceCoverage of Keiserman's Assembly District 16 campaign says her launch centered in part on public education.
SourceKim Keiserman, Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly District 16 in 2026, frames public safety as support for law enforcement, courts and prosecutors combined with violence prevention and gun-safety measures. She supports stronger gun laws including safe storage, training requirements, violence-interruption funding, action on ghost guns, and stronger enforcement of Extreme Risk Protection Orders.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Keiserman says she will work with gun-violence prevention advocacy groups to advance legislation on safe storage, increased training requirements, violence-interruption programs, and cracking down on ghost guns.
SourceKeiserman plans to look for ways in the State Assembly to strengthen Nassau County's enforcement of Extreme Risk Protection Orders, citing Suffolk County's more active use of red-flag laws.
SourceIn the VOTE411 guide for New York Assembly District 16, Keiserman lists keeping communities safe by supporting law enforcement, strengthening gun-safety measures, and investing in effective violence-prevention programs as a top priority.
SourceKeiserman is listed with the Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate distinction, which signals that a candidate has demonstrated support for stronger gun laws and safer communities if elected.
SourceBranch
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-state-representative-ny-state-house-16/candidates/kimberly-g-keisermanFetched: biography, education, location
Transparency USA
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/kim-keisermanFetched: votingRecord, campaignFinance
NYSUT endorsements
https://www.nysut.org/resources/special-resources-sites/voter-guide/endorsementsFetched: endorsements
VOTE411 New York Assembly District 16 voter guide
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/race-detail.do?id=26978639Fetched: endorsements
Sierra Club Long Island endorsements
https://www.lisierraclub.org/sc-endorsementsFetched: endorsements
New York State Young Democrats 2026 endorsed candidates
https://nysyd.org/2026-endorsed-candidatesFetched: endorsements
Kim Keiserman campaign issues page
https://www.kimkeiserman.com/kimontheissuesFetched: issuePositions
Branch candidate profile
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-state-representative-ny-state-house-16/candidates/kimberly-g-keisermanFetched: issuePositions
VOTE411 voter guide
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/race-detail.do?id=26978639Fetched: issuePositions
PoliticsNY
https://politicsny.com/2026/01/19/kim-keiserman-launches-bid-for-16th-assembly-district/Fetched: issuePositions
Branch candidate profile for Kimberly G. Keiserman
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-state-representative-ny-state-house-16/candidates/kimberly-g-keisermanFetched: issuePositions
PoliticsNY campaign launch coverage
https://politicsny.com/2026/01/19/kim-keiserman-launches-bid-for-16th-assembly-district/Fetched: issuePositions
Branch candidate profile for Kim Keiserman
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-state-representative-ny-state-house-16/candidates/kimberly-g-keisermanFetched: issuePositions