Oster Bryan

Oster Bryan is a Southeast Queens educator and civic leader who describes himself as a community organizer with close to 20 years of community service. Running for the Assembly seat for a fourth time, he challenged Clyde Vanel in Democratic primaries from 2018 on, lost the June 23, 2026 primary, and is on the November ballot on the Working Families Party line.[1][2]

Bryan was born in New York, New York, and, per his Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey, was raised in Southeast Queens.[1] He earned a bachelor's degree from Baruch College in 2001 and a graduate degree from Fordham University in 2010; in a 2022 Ballotpedia survey he described a BBA in Finance from Baruch and an MBA in Finance from Fordham University/Peking University.[1] He worked for the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS) for eight years as a member of DC37. His listed profession is professor; in 2022 he described himself as an independent business consultant and adjunct professor of business and finance at Long Island Business Institute in Flushing, Queens.[1]

Bryan has run for Assembly District 33 before. In 2018 he lost the Democratic primary to Clyde Vanel, 79.8% to 20.2%, and also ran as a Reform Party candidate; he lost the Democratic primaries of 2020 and 2022 to Vanel as well.[1] The Queens Chronicle reported in January 2026 that he was challenging Vanel again, in what it called his fourth run for the seat.[2]

Bryan describes himself as president of the St. Albans Civic Improvement Association and as an educator and union member. His survey also lists affiliations with the Cambria Heights Civic Association, the Caribbean American Rep. Theatre, the Cambria Heights Toastmasters and the Eastern Queens Alliance, and the Chronicle reports that he collaborates with the Southeast Queens Residents Environmental Justice Coalition.[1][2] According to his 2026 survey, he helped organize a free youth physics program on renewable energy, runs a free math program, and organizes civic, environmental justice and beautification projects in the district.[1]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.