Republican for Congress • New York's 5th District

Your Costs Are Up. Your Streets Are Less Safe. Your Rep Isn't Fighting.

Eric Court is a Breezy Point father who's spent 20 years solving complex problems for major financial institutions — and the only candidate in this race who lives in the district and is building a ground-up campaign to take it back. No PAC money. No party machine. Just neighbors.

Join the Ground Game Where I Stand
Primary: June 23, 2026 — 1,250 petition signatures needed. 90 days to organize every block. Sign up now.

Why I'm Running

NY-5 hasn't had a real fight for this seat in over a decade. The district gets taken for granted while groceries cost more, the A train gets worse, and Albany's bail policies put repeat offenders back on our blocks. I'm running because I live here, I'm raising my daughter here, and I'm done waiting for someone else to step up. I have the skills to do this job and I'm not going to Washington to build a career — I'm going to get results for this district and come home.

The district is being ignored. Jamaica, Howard Beach, Rosedale, the Rockaways — the same neighborhoods keep getting the same empty promises while costs climb and services decline.
Career politicians aren't solving it. NY-5 needs someone who has spent 20 years solving complex problems for large institutions — managing budgets, building teams, and delivering results under real pressure — not someone who's spent a career learning how to avoid accountability.
This campaign is different. We don't take PAC money or corporate contributions. Every volunteer, every petition signature, every door knocked is a neighbor investing in their own district.

Five Priorities for NY-5

These aren't national talking points. These are the problems people in this district bring up at the diner, on the platform, and at the kitchen table.

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Cut the Cost of Living in This District

Families in Springfield Gardens and Hollis are spending more on groceries, utilities, and gas than almost anywhere in the metro area. Small businesses on Jamaica Avenue are being crushed by regulation and rent. Eric will fight to lower energy costs through federal deregulation, expand tax relief for households earning under $150K, and push to make Downtown Jamaica a federally designated economic opportunity zone.

Jamaica Ave • Springfield Gardens • Hollis
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Back the Police. Back the Firefighters. Restore Public Safety.

Thousands of NYPD officers and FDNY firefighters live in NY-5 — in Howard Beach, Broad Channel, Breezy Point, and Rosedale. They protect this city, then come home to a district where Albany's bail policies put the people they arrested back on the street. Eric will push for full federal law enforcement funding, fight to restore judicial discretion on bail, and support federal task forces targeting fentanyl trafficking in Queens.

Howard Beach • Broad Channel • Rosedale
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Fix the Commute. Make JFK Work for Us.

The LIRR Far Rockaway branch has some of the worst on-time rates in the system. The A train is overcrowded and aging. Meanwhile, JFK Airport is getting a $19 billion rebuild — and the district that lives with the noise, the traffic, and the construction should see real jobs from it. Eric will demand MTA accountability, push for ADA-compliant LIRR stations at Rosedale and Laurelton, and fight for local hiring and minority contracting on every JFK project.

Far Rockaway line • JFK Terminal 1 • A train
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Protect Homeowners. Stop Reckless Rezoning.

From Cambria Heights to Queens Village, homeowners built these neighborhoods block by block. Now they're watching property taxes climb while developers push for density that doesn't fit. Eric will fight to cap property tax increases on primary residences, oppose one-size-fits-all rezoning that ignores neighborhood character, and expand senior housing so longtime residents aren't priced out of the communities they spent their lives building.

Cambria Heights • Queens Village • St. Albans
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Give Every Kid a Real Path Forward

Parents in this district deserve options. Eric supports expanding charter schools, building out vocational and trade programs that lead to real careers, investing in STEM, and making sure parents have a seat at the table when it comes to what their kids learn. Not every path goes through a four-year degree — but every path should start with a school that works.

District 27 • District 28 • District 29 schools

Campaign Momentum

This isn't a press release campaign. We're on the ground, every week, in every neighborhood.

1,250
Petition Signatures Needed
12+
Neighborhoods Canvassed
$0
From Corporate PACs
June 23
Primary Day
Community Voice
"He showed up to our civic meeting in Howard Beach and actually listened. That doesn't happen with politicians around here."
Local Resident
Howard Beach Civic Association
Community Voice
"Eric's one of us. He's not flying in from Manhattan to run for something. He lives on the peninsula and his kid goes to school here."
Local Resident
Breezy Point, NY
Community Voice
"Finally somebody who talks about the Far Rock LIRR line and the A train instead of cable news stuff that has nothing to do with us."
Local Resident
Rosedale, NY

We Need Bodies, Not Dollars

This campaign doesn't take monetary contributions. We take people. Every door knocked, every petition signed, every neighbor who shows up is how we win a race the establishment says we can't. We're building a precinct-level operation across every neighborhood in NY-5. We need captains, canvassers, and people willing to show up.

  • 🚶 Canvass your neighborhood
  • ✍ Gather petition signatures
  • 🏠 Host a block meet-and-greet
  • 📞 Phone bank from home
  • 💼 Become a precinct captain
  • 📱 Run digital outreach
  • 🚘 Drive voters to the polls
  • 🙋 Show up at community events
Right now we need: petition carriers in Jamaica, door-knockers in Howard Beach, and a precinct captain for Queens Village. Can you be one of them?

Sign Up — We'll Put You to Work

About Eric Court

Eric, Maddiha, and Ammara Sophie Court

Born in the Bronx. Raised in Westchester. Spent every summer in Breezy Point with his grandparents — and moved back to raise his family there. Eric went to NYU Stern and Columbia Business School, then spent 20 years in finance: investment banking at Jefferies, private equity leadership, and now as a Managing Director at EY Parthenon, where he solves complex problems for large financial institutions — restructuring operations, cutting through bureaucracy, and delivering results under pressure.

He lives in the district with his wife Maddiha and their daughter Ammara Sophie. He doesn't quit things he starts — whether it's a job, a race, or a fight for his neighbors.

🎓 NYU Stern + Columbia MBA 💼 EY Parthenon Managing Director 🏠 Breezy Point Resident 👨‍👧 Dad in the District