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New York State Assembly District 134
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Kurt VanWuyckhuyse is the Democratic and Working Families candidate for New York's 134th Assembly District in 2026. He serves as General Manager of Chip's Auto, a family-owned auto business, grew up in Hamlin, attended Hilton schools, and has been a renter in Greece since 2007. His campaign emphasizes a working-class perspective shaped by managing a local family auto shop and by family experiences with health care and addiction.
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Kurt VanWuyckhuyse, the Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly District 134 in 2026, supports universal healthcare and specifically names passing the New York Health Act as a top priority. His healthcare platform also emphasizes addiction recovery, mental health services, senior home-based care, caregiver support, and protecting access to comprehensive gender-affirming care.
Specific Actions & Proposals
VanWuyckhuyse states that passing the New York Health Act is a top legislative priority to guarantee healthcare to all New Yorkers and remove insurance-related administrative barriers.
SourceVanWuyckhuyse's campaign issues page says he will fight for universal access to quality care and robust funding for mental health and addiction recovery services.
SourceVanWuyckhuyse says he will protect and expand access to comprehensive gender-affirming healthcare for LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers.
SourceKurt VanWuyckhuyse frames his Economy & Jobs position around lowering costs for working families, taxing corporations and the ultra-wealthy, reducing red tape, and investing in public goods, clean energy, infrastructure, housing, and research jobs. He supports policies such as civil-service hiring reform, procurement reform, NY HEAT Act utility-cost caps, and state investments tied to union/local jobs and scientific employment.
Specific Actions & Proposals
VanWuyckhuyse agreed that New York should make government hiring easier by making exams more job-relevant, allowing work experience to count instead of degrees, and enabling temporary appointments.
SourceVanWuyckhuyse supports immediately repealing state tax exemptions for data-center equipment and requiring permitted data centers to cover grid costs, avoid ratepayer burdens, and share profits with host communities.
SourceVanWuyckhuyse says New York should pass the NY HEAT Act to cap utility bills for working families and stop ratepayers from subsidizing new gas pipelines.
SourceKurt VanWuyckhuyse has not published a broad immigration platform, but he has stated support for protecting international STEM students and researchers affected by federal visa restrictions. He also supports state-level privacy rules that would bar license-plate-reader data sharing with ICE.
Specific Actions & Proposals
VanWuyckhuyse said New York should create state-funded research fellowships and grants through SUNY and public institutions and provide free legal navigation and visa defense services to help international STEM graduates remain working in New York.
SourceVanWuyckhuyse said that if municipalities use public camera systems, they should be publicly owned and subject to strict rules including zero data sharing with ICE.
SourceKurt VanWuyckhuyse supports accelerating New York’s clean-energy transition while trying to shield working-class ratepayers from utility and fossil-fuel costs. His stated Climate & Energy positions include passing the NY HEAT Act, expanding wind, solar, geothermal, storage, transmission and resiliency infrastructure, keeping existing zero-emission hydro and nuclear online for reliability, and imposing clean-energy and cost-liability requirements on data centers.
Specific Actions & Proposals
VanWuyckhuyse says New York should pass the NY HEAT Act immediately to cap utility bills for working families and stop ratepayers from subsidizing new gas pipelines.
SourceVanWuyckhuyse agreed that New York should prioritize public and private construction of renewable energy, grid electrification, transmission upgrades and resiliency infrastructure to meet climate goals and adapt infrastructure for the future.
SourceVanWuyckhuyse says New York should aggressively upgrade the power grid and shift to renewables like solar and wind while ensuring those projects create strong union jobs in the district.
SourceVanWuyckhuyse supports repealing state tax exemptions for data-center equipment and requiring any new data center to run on dedicated on-site clean renewable energy while making corporations liable for grid upgrades and utility cost increases.
SourceKurt VanWuyckhuyse supports fully funded public education for New York Assembly District 134, including full Foundation Aid and school funding that is not determined by ZIP code. He also supports updating state education funding formulas for special education and mental-health supports, expanding BOCES vocational training, and using public schools to teach digital/media literacy and share trusted science information.
Specific Actions & Proposals
VanWuyckhuyse listed fully funding public schools as a top priority and said every child deserves a fully funded education regardless of ZIP code.
SourceHis campaign plan says he would update the Foundation Aid formula to reflect the real cost of special education and mental-health support.
SourceIn a candidate questionnaire, VanWuyckhuyse said public schools should be the first line of defense against misinformation and should teach students how to question sources, spot paid corporate spin, and understand algorithmic feeds.
SourceWXXI's 2026 Monroe County election guide identified fully funding public schools as one of VanWuyckhuyse's priorities for the District 134 Assembly race.
SourceThe Ballot Brief profile, sourced to his campaign site and election filings, lists fully funded public schools among VanWuyckhuyse's top priorities for the 2026 New York Assembly District 134 race.
SourceKurt VanWuyckhuyse does not appear to publish a standalone "Public Safety" platform for New York State Assembly District 134; the public-safety-related positions found emphasize prevention-oriented approaches, including gun-safety alignment and expanded addiction/mental-health treatment access.
Specific Actions & Proposals
VanWuyckhuyse is listed by Gun Sense Voter for New York State Assembly District 134, indicating support for candidates aligned with common-sense gun safety laws.
SourceOn his campaign issues page, VanWuyckhuyse says he would fund immediate access to detox beds and support addiction counselors and social workers to address the addiction crisis.
SourceWXXI News
https://www.wxxinews.org/text/local-news/2026-10-14/monroe-county-election-guide-how-and-where-to-vote-and-who-the-candidates-areFetched: age, location, biography
Transparency USA
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/candidate/kurt-vanwuyckhuyse?filer=kurt-for-progress-580818Fetched: votingRecord, campaignFinance
FollowTheMoney.org
https://www.followthemoney.org/report-grid?dt=1&f-sch-id=1171731Fetched: campaignFinance
MyRepTracker
https://www.myreptracker.com/new-york/elections/2026/state/house/134Fetched: votingRecord
Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/district/NY/New_York_State_Assembly_District_134/51984/830Fetched: endorsements
Run For Something
https://directory.runforsomething.net/candidate/975497e23f872f0822cda4fa25e1909f/vanwuyckhuyse-kurt/Fetched: endorsements
StreetsPAC
https://www.streetspac.org/2026_nys_additional_legislative_endorsements?recruiter_id=8Fetched: endorsements
Abundance New York Candidate Questionnaire
https://voterguide.abundanceny.org/questionnaires/kurt-vanwuyckhuyseFetched: issuePositions
Scientist Network for Advancing Policy Candidate Questionnaire
https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/candidates/ny/kurt-vanwuyckhuyseFetched: issuePositions
VOTE411 Voter Guide
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/race-detail.do?id=3618282Fetched: issuePositions
Scientist Network for Advancing Policy - Kurt VanWuyckhuyse candidate responses
https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/candidates/ny/kurt-vanwuyckhuyseFetched: issuePositions
Scientist Network for Advancing Policy - New York candidate responses
https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/states/nyFetched: issuePositions
Scientist Network for Advancing Policy
https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/candidates/ny/kurt-vanwuyckhuyseFetched: issuePositions
Abundance New York Voter Guide
https://voterguide.abundanceny.org/questionnaires/kurt-vanwuyckhuyseFetched: issuePositions
Scientist Network for Advancing Policy New York Stance on Science
https://snapcoalition.org/initiatives/stance-on-science/states/nyFetched: issuePositions
The Ballot Brief
https://theballotbrief.com/state/new-york/monroe-county/new-york-assembly-district-134Fetched: issuePositions
Blue Voter Guide - Gun Sense Voter New York Endorsements
https://bluevoterguide.org/endorser-org/Gun_Sense_Voter/NY/4895Fetched: issuePositions
VOTE411 Voter Guide - New York Assembly District 134
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/race-detail.do?id=3618282Fetched: issuePositions