Darializa Avila Chevalier
DEMOCRATIC · WORKING FAMILIES
Organizer, CUNY doctoral student, and DSA-backed candidate endorsed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani; defeated Rep. Adriano Espaillat in the June 23 Democratic primary.
WHERE THEY STAND
- Immigration
Says she is running to protect her community from ICE 'by abolishing it,' and has attacked Espaillat in debates for being soft on resisting the federal deportation and detention system.
Source → - Rent & Housing
A DSA- and Justice Democrats-backed challenger running on 'housing for all,' she criticizes Espaillat for taking real estate developer money and makes affordable housing for all a top platform plank.
Source → - Healthcare
Her platform calls for securing universal healthcare as part of a democratic socialist agenda to make New York affordable.
Source → - Jobs & Economy
A UAW member, she campaigns on expanding union protections and redirecting federal spending from war toward investments in children and working families ('babies, not bombs').
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