Alex Bores | |
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| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 73rd district | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Dan Quart |
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| Born | November 2,1990 New York City,New York,U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | Cornell 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.
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.
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]
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]
In October of 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]
Bores is married to Darya Moldovskaya and has one son born in 2025. [19]