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A Gen Z student activist against antisemitism is running for State Assembly on Long Island

Will Sussman, 27, campaigns in a politically mixed Long Island district focusing on combating campus antisemitism and addressing affordability, raising over $33,000 in grassroots donations.

This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. Will Sussman first made his name on campus, not on the campaign trail — pushing back against what he described as antisemitism in student politics, faculty discourse and pro-Palestinian activism. Now, after Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed the New York City mayoral bid of Zohran Mam…

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency broke the news in on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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