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Experience and Qualifications
Amanda N. Septimo grew up in the Bronx believing in the power of community. Walking through Hunts Point and Mott Haven, she saw families struggling with unsafe streets, housing insecurity, under-resourced schools, and environmental injustice; but she also saw a community that refused to give up. She began organizing at just 12 years old, working through The Point CDC’s A.C.T.I.O.N. program to stop a new jail at Oak Point, bring the Floating Pool to Barretto Point Park, and expand critical bus service. Those early victories shaped her lifelong commitment to collective action and public service. Amanda earned the New York Yankees Youth Leadership Award and a full-tuition scholarship to Vanderbilt University, where she continued advocating for families impacted by the criminal justice system. She later returned home to serve Congressman José E. Serrano as Community Liaison and District Director, and went on to fight for strong schools and students across New York City.
Community Involvement
In 2020, Amanda was elected to represent the 84th Assembly District in Albany. As a State Assembly Member and Secretary of the Majority Conference, she has delivered funding for schools and youth programs, strengthened tenant protections, advanced environmental justice, and fought for safer streets. Amanda led the creation of LUCHA (Latinos United for Change), with the goal of empowering New York’s Latino community, and secured $30 million in the NYS budget for this initiative. Amanda also secu
Education
Vanderbilt University
Campaign Instagram
@amandaseptimo
Cap the Cross Bronx Expressway, Uphold NYS's Climate Laws, Continue the fight for clean air and open space in the South Bronx.
Uphold the NYS Climate laws and timeline.
I have been a leader in bringing equity to promoting social and racial justice in our state, particularly in the South Bronx, which has been forgotten for decades. From adopting racial equity policy to fighting for equitable environmental justice policies I have and will continue to be on the frontline for our communitieis.
I’d propose measured action, not a rushed racial redraw.
Do not attempt a race-driven mid-decade congressional map. Louisiana v. Callais makes that legally dangerous: the Court held Louisiana’s VRA-compliance map was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander and narrowed when Section 2 can justify race-conscious districting.
Strengthen and enforce the New York Voting Rights Act. New York already has a state VRA with local preclearance: covered local governments must get approval from the AG or a court before certain voting changes. That is now more important as federal VRA remedies weaken.
Audit local election systems for vote dilution. Focus on county, city, town, village, and school-board systems: at-large elections, district boundaries, language access, polling-place moves, and early-vote access.
Build race-neutral, evidence-heavy redistricting records. Where maps are challenged or revised, New York should emphasize communities of interest, compactness, municipal integrity, partisan-f
