Alex Bores

Alex Bores
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 73rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 1, 2023
Preceded byDan Quart
Personal details
Born (1990-11-02) November 2, 1990
New York City, New York, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
EducationCornell University (BS)
Georgia Institute of Technology (MS)
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Alex Bores (born November 2, 1990)[1][2] is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 73rd district. Elected in November 2022, he assumed office on January 1, 2023.

Early life and education

Bores was born in Manhattan and attended Hunter College High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial & Labor Relations from Cornell University and a Master of Science in computer science from Georgia Tech.[3][4] At Cornell, Bores was a member of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity and served as the Student Trustee.

Career

From 2008 to 2009, Bores served as a constituent services representative for City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin.[5] He worked as a consultant for Cornerstone Research from 2013 to 2014. Bores joined Palantir Technologies in 2014, working as a data scientist, project lead, enterprise lead, and U.S. government lead.[6] Bores left Palantir in 2019 when the company renewed its contract with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).[7] From 2019 to 2020, he was the head of commercial and acting general manager of Merlon.ai. From 2020 to 2022, he worked as the head of customer success and president of the transportation practice at Promise.[8]

Political career

New York State Assembly

Bores was elected to the New York State Assembly in November 2022 on a platform that included the belief that “one person in Albany should know how tech works.”[3]

Bores is a member of the Vote Blue Coalition, a progressive group and federal PAC created to support Democrats in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania through voter outreach and mobilization efforts.[9] With Assemblymember Ed Ra, Bores co-chairs New York's chapter of the Future Caucus.[10] Bores won the national Future Caucus's 2024 Rising Star award,[11] given to "Gen Z and millennial state lawmakers who embody the organization’s mission to transcend political tribalism by driving innovative, bipartisan legislation."

Bores co-sponsored the Responsible AI Safety and Education Act (RAISE Act), an AI safety bill that passed the New York State Senate and Assembly in June 2025,[12] [13] with Politico saying that it was "widely regarded as the furthest-reaching in the country."[4] The bill was watered down by Governor Kathy Hochul before she signed it into law in December 2025.[3] Time cited his role in co-sponsoring the RAISE Act when naming him to its 2025 Time 100 AI list.[14]

U.S. House of Representatives campaign

Main article: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in New York § District 12

In October 2025, Bores announced his candidacy for New York's 12th district in the U.S. House of Representatives after the announcement of Jerry Nadler's retirement earlier in the month.[15] Bores' campaign has been targeted by attack advertising from the AI industry-aligned super PAC network Leading the Future.[16][17] The group has already spent over $1.8 million in negative advertising against him.[3][18] Politico described the super PAC's tactic as "beat up on Bores so badly that when the idea of regulating AI development comes up, other politicians run the other direction."[4]

Personal life

Bores is married to Darya Moldovskaya and has one son born in 2025.[19]

References

  1. ^ @alexbores (November 2, 2025). "I'm running too (for NY-12, not 26.2!). Chip in $35 for my 35th? Link in bio 🎉". — via Instagram.
  2. ^ @AlexBores (November 2, 2023). "Team Bores here with BREAKING NEWS🚨Today is Alex's birthday!!! We don't have much time before AB realizes we've posted (he is a cyber security pro, after all) so before he does, make sure to reply with your birthday message for him so he feels bad taking this down :)" (Tweet) – via X (formerly Twitter).
  3. ^ a b c d "Alex Bores - Assembly District 73 |Assembly Member Directory | New York State Assembly". assembly.state.ny.us. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c Scola, Nancy (March 6, 2026). "The Campaign to Take Down Alex Bores Is Just the Beginning". Politico. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
  5. ^ "UES 73rd District Assembly Race 2022: Alex Bores Profile". Upper East Side, NY Patch. June 16, 2022. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  6. ^ Blake, Wendy (March 4, 2022). "One-time Exec at Controversial Tech Giant Enters Dem Assembly Race, Wants to Use Cyber Savvy to Protect NYC". East Side Feed. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  7. ^ Zeff, Maxwell (November 21, 2025). "A $100 Million AI Super PAC Targeted New York Democrat Alex Bores. He Thinks It Backfired". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  8. ^ "Alex Bores '13". Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. January 25, 2021. Retrieved March 30, 2023.
  9. ^ "Coalition". Vote Blue. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  10. ^ Lisa, Kate (March 11, 2024). "Young N.Y. lawmakers work to bridge political divide with Future Caucus". spectrumlocalnews.com. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  11. ^ Hariram, Janani (November 23, 2024). "Assemblyman Alex Bores Wins Rising Star Award". The Legislative Gazette. Archived from the original on April 2, 2025. Retrieved April 2, 2025.
  12. ^ Field, Hayden (December 12, 2025). "Parents call for New York governor to sign landmark AI safety bill". The Verge. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  13. ^ Field, Hayden (December 23, 2025). "New York's landmark AI safety bill was defanged — and universities were part of the push against it". The Verge. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  14. ^ Chow, Andrew R. "Alex Bores: The 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025". Time. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
  15. ^ King, Maya (October 20, 2025). "Manhattan Assemblyman Joins Primary to Succeed Nadler in Congress". The New York Times. Retrieved October 20, 2025.
  16. ^ Gold, Hadas (December 10, 2025). "Pro-AI super PAC launches first candidate ads". CNN. Retrieved December 19, 2025.
  17. ^ Goldberg, Michelle (February 23, 2026). "A Congressional Candidate Feared by the Tech Oligarchs". The New York Times. Retrieved February 24, 2026.
  18. ^ "Independent expenditures". Independent Expenditures. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved March 7, 2026.
  19. ^ King, Maya (October 20, 2025). "Manhattan Assemblyman Joins Primary to Succeed Nadler in Congress". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 28, 2026.
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