Assemblymember Claire Valdez is a union organizer, artist and proud democratic socialist. A dual citizen of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Nation and the United States, she worked low-wage customer service jobs through high school, college and after. As a worker at Columbia University, she joined UAW Local 2110, was elected to the bargaining committee, and organized to democratize her union. A longtime leader in NYC-DSA, Claire serves in the New York State Assembly, where she has fought to tax the rich, protect tenants, and empower working people. Claire is running for Congressional District 7 because workers and tenants need a champion in Congress who will fight for unions, for housing and Medicare for All, and to end U.S. complicity in genocide and apartheid.

Darializa Avila Chevalier is a working-class Afro-Latina organizer, UAW member, and the daughter of Dominican immigrants who has spent years fighting for her community in upper Manhattan. Seeing her family navigate immigration issues, economic hardship, and structural racism shaped her commitment to justice. She serves as an investigator at Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem, supporting New Yorkers targeted by the legal system. Darializa running for Congressional District 13 to fight for babies, not bombs, housing for all, and to abolish ICE.

Aber Kawas is a Palestinian community organizer and democratic socialist born and raised in New York City who is running to represent Queens in Senate District 12. Aber is running to fight for affordability for all New Yorkers, protect immigrant families and stand up to ICE, and fund public transit to make buses fast, safe, and free.

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.

Samantha Kattan is a community organizer and democratic socialist running for New York State Assembly District 37. Samantha is running to fight for affordability for all New Yorkers, protect immigrant families and stand up to ICE, and build public safety through community investment.

David Orkin is a workers’ rights attorney who has been organizing in the immigrant rights movement for over a decade. He’s dedicated his life to fighting for immigrants and workers, and is running in Assembly District 38 in Queens to take that fight to Albany by taxing the rich to fund universal childcare, healthcare, and fast and free buses, doing everything we can on the state level to protect our communities from ICE, and raising labor standards for all workers.