Queens assemblymember Claire Valdez announced today that she’s running for New York’s 7th congressional district, vying to replace the outgoing representative, Nydia Velázquez.
Valdez, a union organizer with UAW Local 2110 and DSA member, represents Long Island City, Sunnyside, Woodside, Maspeth, and Ridgewood. She ousted Juan Ardila, who was accused of sexual assault by two women, in the Democratic primary in 2024.
“I came to politics through low-wage jobs and the labor movement,” she wrote on…
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