Endorsed by Zohran Mamdani and DSA and AOC

Endorsed by Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC

Diana Moreno came to this country when she was 11 years old and has been a labor organizer and immigrant workers’ advocate for over a decade. In this moment of political crisis and awakening, Diana is running to represent Assembly District 36 to replace Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani as he heads to Gracie Mansion, continue the fight for an affordable New York, and combat the rising tide of fascism.

CWA District 1 endorsed

CUFF Action / NY Communities for Change endorsed (via Instagram)

NYS AFL-CIO 2026 primary endorsement

Diana Moreno, a union and immigrant organizer and working mother of a one-year-old, is our pick to succeed Zohran Mamdani as the Assemblymember representing Astoria and Long Island City. Ms. Moreno, who has earned the Democratic Party, Working Families Party, and NYC-DSA nominations for the special election, told us she's committed to leading on issues of traffic safety.

The CAP also voted to endorse former Local 2325 member and public defender Eli Northrup for District 69 on the Upper West Side, New York State Nurses’ Association member and current Assemblymember Phara Souffrant Forrest for District 57 in central Brooklyn, and immigrants’ rights advocate and union staffer Diana Moreno for District 36 in Queens.

“UAW Region 9A is proud to endorse Eli Northrup, a public defender and one of our former members, who has always stood by working class New Yorkers in the fight for a better, more just legal system,” said Jane Fox, chair of UAW’s New York City CAP Council and the Legal Aid Society attorney unit of UAW Local 2325. “Albany needs real people who have been on the ground pushing change and that's Eli. We know he will continue to push for affordability and advance a powerful pro-labor agenda in Albany.”

“NICE Union is proud that UAW Region 9A has followed the lead of our unit to endorse Diana Moreno and are excited to partner with her in office to support immigrant workers and all workers together,” said Nadya Lucero, chair of the New Immigrant Community Empowerment (NICE) Union, part of UAW Local 2325.

The Democratic primaries will be held on June 23, 2026. However, in Diana Moreno’s race to replace now-Mayor Zohran Mamdani in the 36th Assembly District in Queens, special election will be held on February 3, 2026.