THE REAL COST OF TOBY
STATE SENATE DISTRICT 11 · 27 YEARS IN ALBANY

Prices are up.
Results are down.

Toby Stavisky has represented us since 1999. In that time, the cost of living in Queens has exploded, she co-sponsored a plan to put non-citizens on state health coverage, and her son built a lobbying business representing the sports-betting industry her committee oversees.

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State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky
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01 · AFFORDABILITY

Price increases during Stavisky's time in office

Since she took office in 1999, the basics have gotten dramatically more expensive. We can no longer afford Toby Stavisky in the State Senate.

Home prices
↑305%
Source: FHFA House Price Index, Queens County
Gas
↑274%
Source: BLS avg. price, NY metro
Rent
↑155%
Source: BLS CPI, NY metro
Food
↑114%
Source: BLS CPI, NY metro

Percent change from 1999 average to latest data: home prices through 2025; rent through first half of 2026; gas and food through September 2026.

02 · HEALTHCARE

She co-sponsored a bill to cover non-citizens. Who picks up the tab?

BILL S.2237

Stavisky signed on as a co-sponsor of S.2237, which directed the state to open public health coverage to adults who are ineligible because of their immigration status.

As first written, if Washington refused to pay, the bill would have expanded Medicaid to those adults using state-only funding — New York taxpayers' money.

She voted for it on the Senate floor twice, in June 2023 and May 2024, and voted to advance it out of the Finance Committee in February 2024.

Healthcare is already one of the biggest costs Queens families face. Stavisky's priority was expanding coverage to non-citizens.

03 · FOLLOW THE MONEY

It pays to have a Mom in the State Senate. Just ask Toby's son Evan.

State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky
State Senator · Member, Racing, Gaming & Wagering CommitteeToby Ann Stavisky
Lobbyist Evan Stavisky
Co-founder & President, The Parkside Group · 2026 "Powerhouse Lobbyist"Evan Stavisky
Mom
Toby Stavisky sits on the Senate Racing, Gaming & Wagering Committee, which oversees New York gambling law.
Son
Evan Stavisky co-founded and runs the Parkside Group, a lobbying firm that represents the Sports Betting Alliance — FanDuel, DraftKings and other online sportsbooks.
$4.5M
DraftKings and FanDuel each put $2.25 million into New York Future, a super PAC backing hand-picked legislative candidates.
Mailers
New York Future sent mailers supporting Toby Stavisky in her 2026 primary.
Scouted
Correspondence reviewed by WKBW suggests the sportsbooks scouted which candidates to back through the Parkside Group.
2026
Evan Stavisky was named a 2026 “Powerhouse Lobbyist of the Year.” His mother’s campaigns have also paid his firm for political work.

Mom writes gaming law. Son lobbies for the gaming industry. The gaming industry's super PAC backs Mom. Queens deserves a senator who works for us — not for the family business.

04 · WHO SHE STANDS WITH

Toby Stavisky endorsed the DSA's Diana Moreno.

Moreno campaign graphic: State Senators Michael Gianaris and Toby Ann Stavisky endorse Diana Moreno for Queens
Moreno campaign's own endorsement graphic
Assemblymember Diana Moreno

In February's special election for Assembly District 36, Stavisky lined up behind Diana Moreno, a former co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America's Queens chapter.

Since taking office, Moreno has pushed the "Not On Our Dime!" Act targeting New York nonprofits that support Israeli settlements — and told constituents in her official newsletter that

"billions of our federal tax dollars have funded a genocide in Gaza."— Assemblymember Diana Moreno, Summer 2026 newsletter
AND WHO MORENO STANDS WITH

Moreno campaigned on the same stage as Hasan Piker.

In June 2026, streamer Hasan Piker headlined NYC-DSA's "A City to Win" rally in Bushwick for the DSA's endorsed slate, two days before early voting. Diana Moreno was there with the slate, and called Piker's backing a testament to what NYC-DSA has built.

"America deserved 9/11, dude."— Hasan Piker, 2019 livestream

Stavisky vouched for Moreno. Moreno ran alongside Piker. If Toby Stavisky endorses this movement, can we trust her to keep our community safe?

Streamer Hasan Piker

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Sources

  1. NY Senate: S.2237 (2023–24) — co-sponsors, floor and committee votes, sponsor memo
  2. NY Senate: S.2237 original text — state-only Medicaid fallback
  3. NY Senate: Racing, Gaming & Wagering Committee report (member list)
  4. USLege: Evan Stavisky, 2026 Powerhouse Lobbyist of the Year
  5. WKBW: Sports betting PAC spends more than $355k in NY Assembly race
  6. The Lines: New York Future mailers supporting Stavisky
  7. Bettors Insider: Parkside Group represents the Sports Betting Alliance
  8. City Limits: Stavisky campaign payments to Parkside
  9. Queens Chronicle: Stavisky among Moreno's endorsers
  10. City & State: Moreno, former NYC-DSA Queens co-chair
  11. Assemblymember Moreno, Summer 2026 newsletter
  12. The Indypendent: Hasan Piker headlines NYC-DSA rally in Bushwick, with Moreno and the DSA slate
  13. Hasan Piker: 2019 9/11 remark and later clarification
  14. FHFA House Price Index, Queens County (FRED: ATNHPIUS36081A)
  15. BLS average price, regular unleaded gasoline, NY metro (FRED: APUS12A74714)
  16. BLS CPI, rent of primary residence, NY metro (FRED: CUUSA101SEHA)
  17. BLS CPI, food, NY metro (FRED: CUURA101SAF1)