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Erik Bottcher
Erik Bottcher (born May 9, 1979) is an American politician representing New York City. He has been a Democratic member of the New York State Senate since 2026, having previously served the 3rd district of the New York City Council from 2022-2026, which includes the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and Hell's Kitchen.
In late December 2025, he announced he was going to run for the state senate seat held by Brad Hoylman-Sigal who was elected to be the Manhattan Borough President. Bottcher abandoned his earlier plans to run to replace retiring Congressman Jerry Nadler in New York's 12th congressional district.
Bottcher was raised in Wilmington, New York, a small town in the Adirondack Mountains located outside of Lake Placid. His parents, Jerry and Linda, owned and operated a fly fishing motel called "The Hungry Trout".
As an adolescent, Bottcher suffered from depression and struggled to come to terms with his sexual orientation. At the age of 15 and following several suicide attempts, he was admitted to Four Winds Hospital, a mental health facility in Saratoga Springs, New York.
After graduating from Lake Placid High School, Bottcher wrote an open letter to the school board sharing his experiences with bullying he endured at the school and why the district needed to do more to protect its students. Shortly thereafter, the school district added "sexual orientation" to its non-discrimination policy. Bottcher often credits these early experiences as the beginning of his political activism.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from George Washington University.
After college, Bottcher moved to Manhattan and held several jobs in various industries throughout his 20s, including a traffic coordinator at an advertising firm, a production assistant in the packaging design department of Colgate Palmolive, and as a realtor at the Corcoran Group.
Bottcher began his formal politics work in 2009, when he joined the staff of the New York City Council as the body's LGBT and HIV/AIDS community liaison. At the Council, he worked on issues including hate crimes, transgender rights, bullying in schools, and the fight for marriage equality in New York State.
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Erik Bottcher
Erik Bottcher (born May 9, 1979) is an American politician representing New York City. He has been a Democratic member of the New York State Senate since 2026, having previously served the 3rd district of the New York City Council from 2022-2026, which includes the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and Hell's Kitchen.
In late December 2025, he announced he was going to run for the state senate seat held by Brad Hoylman-Sigal who was elected to be the Manhattan Borough President. Bottcher abandoned his earlier plans to run to replace retiring Congressman Jerry Nadler in New York's 12th congressional district.
Bottcher was raised in Wilmington, New York, a small town in the Adirondack Mountains located outside of Lake Placid. His parents, Jerry and Linda, owned and operated a fly fishing motel called "The Hungry Trout".
As an adolescent, Bottcher suffered from depression and struggled to come to terms with his sexual orientation. At the age of 15 and following several suicide attempts, he was admitted to Four Winds Hospital, a mental health facility in Saratoga Springs, New York.
After graduating from Lake Placid High School, Bottcher wrote an open letter to the school board sharing his experiences with bullying he endured at the school and why the district needed to do more to protect its students. Shortly thereafter, the school district added "sexual orientation" to its non-discrimination policy. Bottcher often credits these early experiences as the beginning of his political activism.
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from George Washington University.
After college, Bottcher moved to Manhattan and held several jobs in various industries throughout his 20s, including a traffic coordinator at an advertising firm, a production assistant in the packaging design department of Colgate Palmolive, and as a realtor at the Corcoran Group.
Bottcher began his formal politics work in 2009, when he joined the staff of the New York City Council as the body's LGBT and HIV/AIDS community liaison. At the Council, he worked on issues including hate crimes, transgender rights, bullying in schools, and the fight for marriage equality in New York State.