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New York State Assembly District 131
Ohio State University—Bachelor of Arts in Geography
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Phillip Fleming is the Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly District 131 in 2026. His campaign biography describes him as a community advocate, public speaker, writer, and organizer, and lists recent work as a teacher aide at Geneva High School, substitute teacher/aide, NYS regional peer coordinator, chief administrative officer for Bronx River Road Licensed Clinical Social Work, LLC, and peer specialist. His community experience includes involvement with the Ontario County Democratic Committee and Geneva Democrats, Fountain House, the New York Association of Black Psychologists, and NYS peer/recovery certifications.
Committee Assignments: No committee assignments available.
Phillip Fleming identifies passage of the New York Health Act as a top healthcare priority for his 2026 campaign for New York State Assembly District 131. He also emphasizes behavioral health, including expanded mental-health supports, peer support services, psychosocial clubhouse development, and improved access to affordable healthcare and mental health services.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Fleming says he would work with like-minded Assembly Members and Senators to pass the New York Health Act, identified as Assembly A.1466/Senate S.3425.
SourceIn the VOTE411 guide for New York Assembly District 131, Fleming lists passage of the New York Health Act as his first top priority if elected.
SourceBoosting Future Leaders Onward states that Fleming is committed to improving access to affordable healthcare and mental health services for residents of the 131st Assembly District.
SourceFleming's campaign events page lists a healthcare town hall in Geneva, New York, connected to the campaign calendar for candidates including the NYS Assembly District 131 race.
SourcePhillip Fleming's campaign for New York State Assembly District 131 emphasizes economic affordability, rural economic development, agricultural economics, public transportation, and landfill alternatives tied to local economic revitalization. He supports lowering cost-of-living pressures, expanding commercial development and infrastructure, funding rural transportation, protecting farmland from foreign ownership, and replacing toxic landfills with conservation, recycling, and composting approaches that he says would revitalize the local economy.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Fleming states that economic affordability in AD131 requires addressing high taxes, rising inflation, and the cost of living for families in the Finger Lakes region.
SourceFleming supports providing funding and infrastructure to expand commercial development so constituents can buy essential daily and weekly goods and services locally.
SourceFleming pledges to ensure funding to help finance public transportation systems and expansion initiatives in the AD131 region, a rural infrastructure position connected to access and economic development.
SourceFleming supports closing toxic landfills such as Seneca Meadows and considering alternatives including conservation, recycling, and composting to reduce waste while revitalizing the local economy.
SourcePhillip Fleming, Democratic candidate for New York State Assembly District 131, states that he is pro-immigrant and supports immigrant rights. His immigration-related platform focuses on limiting ICE activity in New York and AD131 and working with community advocates to protect immigrants who live, work, and visit the district.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Fleming states that protecting immigrants includes severely limiting the influence and activities of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York State and Assembly District 131.
SourceFleming pledges to work with community advocacy groups to keep ICE agents at bay and protect immigrants who live, work, and visit the AD131 region from ICE invasions.
SourceFleming lists immigration rights among his top issues and describes his position as pro-immigrant and anti-ICE as a personal military machine for the current president.
SourcePhillip Fleming supports climate and energy policies centered on clean energy access, environmental protection, and stricter scrutiny of high-energy-use data centers and polluting facilities. His campaign materials and VOTE411 responses emphasize protecting local environments from toxic waste, landfills, and data centers while supporting solar, PFAS controls, recycling infrastructure, and related climate bills.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Fleming stated that he supports the SUNNY Act, which would legalize plug-in balcony solar panels, reduce utility barriers, and expand small-scale solar access for renters and homeowners.
SourceFleming wrote favorably about using a moratorium and stronger review process for large data centers so communities can weigh in on energy-grid, air-quality, water-use, and environmental impacts.
SourceAfter visiting Norbut Solar Farms, Fleming praised agrivoltaics as a clean-energy model that can provide farmers with income, maintain agricultural use, and strengthen the rural economy.
SourceIn his VOTE411 climate response for New York Assembly District 131, Fleming called for passage or gubernatorial approval of multiple climate, clean-water, PFAS, recycling, energy-efficiency financing, and corporate climate-disclosure measures.
SourceFleming's campaign platform says he supports protecting natural resources from pollution and destruction by closing hazardous landfills and waste dump sites that threaten health, economic development, and sustainability.
SourcePhillip Fleming identifies public school education as one of his top issues for New York State Assembly District 131. His education platform emphasizes more resources for local public schools, especially hiring and retaining special education teachers and school-based mental health staff such as psychologists, social workers, and guidance counselors.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Fleming says that on Day 1 he would work with school administrators in districts lacking enough school psychologists, social workers, and guidance counselors to secure funding to hire and retain those mental health professionals.
SourceFleming supports providing local public school districts with resources to hire and retain school personnel, especially special education teachers, school psychologists, social workers, and guidance counselors.
SourceFleming's campaign issues page identifies increased state aid for local school districts to manage rising operational costs as a key long-term issue for Assembly District 131.
SourceBoosting Future Leaders Onward describes Fleming as committed to expanding opportunity and strengthening public education while running for NYS Assembly District 131.
SourcePhillip Fleming frames public safety mainly around criminal justice and immigration enforcement, supporting limits on ICE activity in AD131 and criminal-justice supervision reforms such as the Less Is More Act. No roll-call votes or sponsored bills were found because he is a 2026 candidate, not the sitting Assembly member.
Specific Actions & Proposals
In the VOTE411 voter guide, Fleming lists supervision and criminal justice reform, including the Less Is More Act, among the policies he would pursue to promote social and racial justice in New York.
SourceCommittee to elect Phillip Fleming AD131
https://flemingforad131.com/about.htmlFetched: biography, education, professional background
New York State Board of Elections
https://elections.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2026/05/accessible-june-23-2026-primary-certification-amended-5.13.26_0.pdfFetched: candidate identity, office, district, party
Schuyler County Document Center - NYSBOE Primary Certification
https://www.schuylercountyny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/15996/062326-Primary-Certification-043026?bidId=Fetched: location
New York State Assembly
https://www.nyassembly.gov/mem/?ad=131&sh=commFetched: current officeholder check, committee assignments check
Transparency USA
https://www.transparencyusa.org/ny/race/new-york-state-assembly-district-131-74545Fetched: campaignFinance
Committee to elect Phillip Fleming AD131
https://flemingforad131.com/Fetched: votingRecord, campaignFinance
Blue Voter Guide
https://bluevoterguide.org/district/NY/New_York_State_Assembly_District_131/51981/830Fetched: endorsements
Finger Lakes Daily News
https://www.fingerlakesdailynews.com/local/geneva-democrats-endorse-candidates-for-2026-elections/Fetched: endorsements
Committee to elect Phillip Fleming AD131 - About The Candidate
https://flemingforad131.com/about.htmlFetched: issuePositions
VOTE411 Voter Guide - New York Assembly District 131
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/race-detail.do?id=3367527Fetched: issuePositions
Committee to elect Phillip Fleming AD131 - Issues
https://flemingforad131.com/issues.htmlFetched: issuePositions
Boosting Future Leaders Onward - Our Future Leaders
https://www.boostingleaders.com/ourfutureleadersFetched: issuePositions
Committee to elect Phillip Fleming AD131 - Events
https://flemingforad131.com/events.htmlFetched: issuePositions
Vote Common Good - 2026 Candidates for Common Good
https://www.votecommongood.com/candidates-for-common-good-2026/Fetched: issuePositions
Fleming For AD131 campaign blog - SUNNY Act
https://flemingforad131.com/blog/?viewDetailed=202608021748Fetched: issuePositions
Fleming For AD131 campaign blog - data centers
https://flemingforad131.com/blog/?viewDetailed=202608031241Fetched: issuePositions
Fleming For AD131 campaign blog - Norbut Solar Farms
https://flemingforad131.com/blog/?viewDetailed=202607171215Fetched: issuePositions
Committee to elect Phillip Fleming AD131 - About
https://flemingforad131.com/about.htmlFetched: issuePositions
Boosting Future Leaders Onward
https://www.boostingleaders.com/ourfutureleadersFetched: issuePositions
Committee to elect Phillip Fleming AD131
https://flemingforad131.com/issues.htmlFetched: issuePositions
VOTE411 Voter Guide
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/race-detail.do?id=3367527Fetched: issuePositions