Lucian Wintrich

Lucian Wintrich earned a bachelor's degree from Bard College.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

NY-12 carries the cultural and economic weight of the country, yet we pay more, get less, and are ignored when national decisions are made. I’ve worked inside the federal press corps in Washington, trained under a leading policy strategist, and spent the last decade across policy consulting, media, and New York’s creative industries. I’ve seen how federal decisions hit New Yorkers harder than anyone else, and how often bureaucracy replaces results.

I’m running to put New York First with a concrete 24-point platform and a public scorecard, reported quarterly. That means lowering costs by restoring SALT, fixing NYC cost-of-living tax penalties, expanding housing supply, and forcing healthcare price transparency. It means restoring public order with real mental-health capacity, accountability for repeat violent offenders, serious fentanyl enforcement, and clean streets. It means cleaning up Washington by banning congressional stock trading, auditing waste, and protecting privacy with a Digital Bill of Rights. New Yorkers deserve a representative who delivers measurable change.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Lower costs, protect wealth, and unlock housing. NY-12 is the engine of the country, yet we’re punished for living here. I’ll fight to restore SALT, fix federal income caps that penalize high-cost cities, and push real tax relief so a NYC “middle class” paycheck isn’t treated like Midwest “rich.” I’ll crack down on vacant and warehoused units, back a refundable $25,000 first-time co-op or condo credit, and target healthcare middlemen so patients, not PBMs, get the savings.Make New York safe again without surrendering freedom. Compassion isn’t letting people deteriorate on the subway. I’ll fund real crisis stabilization beds and treatment pathways, push transparency and accountability for reckless release decisions, and hit fentanyl death peddlers with serious federal consequences. We can modernize response while banning facial-recognition dragnet surveillance. I’ll back Clean Streets block grants so basic order returns: lighting, rapid repairs, and sanitation that signals this city belongs to residents again.Accountability first. Clean up Washington and make government work for New Yorkers. I support a ban on congressional stock trading and a real war on waste, audited and results-based, that stops treating NY-12 like an ATM. I’ll tie federal transit dollars to performance and oppose congestion pricing approvals until the MTA passes a full forensic audit. I’ll pass a Digital Bill of Rights to end data brokers and robocalls and require consent and compensation when AI firms scrape your work. New York First means competence, not excuses.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Cost of living and the federal policies that punish New Yorkers for living in a high-cost city. Public safety and the mental-health crisis, with real treatment capacity instead of neglect on the streets and subways. Housing supply and the rules that keep homes scarce, expensive, and out of reach. Government accountability, including banning stock trading in Congress and auditing waste so NY-12 isn’t treated like an ATM. Civil liberties and digital privacy, especially reining in data brokers, robocalls, and unchecked AI scraping. I care about results you can measure, not press releases.