Endorsement

Our Revolution Endorses a Bold Progressive Slate Across New York

New York should be leading the nation on progressive policy — and it can if we build power up and down the ballot.

Time and again, Albany Democrats have watered down or blocked the bold solutions working people are demanding — from taxing the rich to passing single-payer healthcare. At a moment when billionaires and corporate interests are shaping the political “permission structure” for the entire country from Wall Street and Manhattan boardrooms, we can’t afford for deep blue states like New York to play it safe.

That’s why this is such an insurgent moment in New York politics — and why Our Revolution is mobilizing our one million members across the state to elect a new generation of progressive fighters at every level of government.

These candidates are taking on corporate power, political insiders, real estate interests, and the billionaire donor class — while fighting for housing justice, labor rights, healthcare, climate action, and economic democracy.

U.S. Congress

Claire Valdez (NY-07)

Claire Valdez is a democratic socialist, union organizer, and New York State Assemblymember who has been a strong advocate for worker protections, social housing, and immigrant rights. A former UAW member and labor organizer, Claire is running for Congress to bring working-class politics directly into Washington and fight for Medicare for All, stronger unions, and housing as a human right.

Brad Lander (NY-10)

As New York City Comptroller, Brad Lander has built a reputation for taking on corruption, corporate landlords, and billionaire influence in city politics. A longtime progressive reformer, he has championed affordable housing, climate action, labor rights, and government accountability while pushing back against the influence of real estate and corporate money.

Alex Bores (NY-12)

Alex Bores has emerged as one of the country’s leading voices on AI accountability and the dangers of unchecked corporate technology power. A State Assemblymember and former tech worker, Alex is fighting to regulate artificial intelligence, strengthen democracy protections, and challenge monopolistic corporate influence over public life and politics.

Darializa Avila Chevalier (NY-13)

A working-class Afro-Latina organizer, UAW member, and public defense investigator, Darializa Avila Chevalier is building a grassroots challenge rooted in immigrant rights, housing justice, labor power, and economic dignity. From organizing against ICE to supporting mutual aid efforts in the Bronx and Harlem, she represents a new generation of movement leadership.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)

AOC helped redefine what’s politically possible in America. Since defeating one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress in 2018, she has become one of the nation’s leading voices for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, labor rights, climate justice, taxing the rich, and taking on oligarchic power. Alongside Bernie Sanders, she continues helping lead the modern progressive movement.

Effie Phillips-Staley (NY-17)

Effie Phillips-Staley is an educator, labor advocate, and Tarrytown Trustee running one of the clearest grassroots-vs-establishment campaigns in the country. She’s fighting for Medicare for All, universal childcare, housing as a human right, and redirecting resources away from endless war and toward working families. After speaking publicly about the human rights abuses she witnessed firsthand in the West Bank, Effie faced backlash from Democratic insiders and pro-Israel lobby groups — further highlighting the stakes of this race and the larger fight over the future of the Democratic Party.

NY State Assembly

Samantha Kattan (AD-37)

A Queens organizer fighting for tenant protections, affordability, and working families.

Christian Celeste Tate (AD-54)

A Brooklyn community advocate focused on affordability, education, and equity.

David Siffert (AD-66)

A progressive leader taking on mass surveillance, defending immigrant communities, and fighting for affordable housing in Manhattan.

Eli Northrup (AD-69)

A public defender, policy advocate, and community leader who has spent his career fighting for justice and protecting working families in Harlem.

Maurice Brown (AD-129)

A Syracuse leader fighting to lower costs, expand affordable housing, and deliver real results for working families.

Kurtis VanWuyckhuyse (AD-134)

A labor-backed progressive fighting for workers’ rights and economic fairness in Western New York.

NY State Senate

Aber Kawas (SD-12)

A Queens organizer and healthcare advocate pushing for economic and social justice, affordability, and stronger public services.

Yuh-Line Niou (SD-27)

A former Assemblymember and fearless progressive champion for tenants, immigrants, and working families who has consistently challenged corporate influence and fought for marginalized communities.

This is how we build real progressive power: block by block, district by district, seat by seat.

When we organize, we win. ✊

Our Revolution Endorses a Bold Progressive Slate Across New York

New York should be leading the nation on progressive policy — and it can if we build power up and down the ballot.

Time and again, Albany Democrats have watered down or blocked the bold solutions working people are demanding — from taxing the rich to passing single-payer healthcare. At a moment when billionaires and corporate interests are shaping the political “permission structure” for the entire country from Wall Street and Manhattan boardrooms, we can’t afford for deep blue states like New York to play it safe.

That’s why this is such an insurgent moment in New York politics — and why Our Revolution is mobilizing our one million members across the state to elect a new generation of progressive fighters at every level of government.

These candidates are taking on corporate power, political insiders, real estate interests, and the billionaire donor class — while fighting for housing justice, labor rights, healthcare, climate action, and economic democracy.

U.S. Congress

Claire Valdez (NY-07)

Claire Valdez is a democratic socialist, union organizer, and New York State Assemblymember who has been a strong advocate for worker protections, social housing, and immigrant rights. A former UAW member and labor organizer, Claire is running for Congress to bring working-class politics directly into Washington and fight for Medicare for All, stronger unions, and housing as a human right.

Brad Lander (NY-10)

As New York City Comptroller, Brad Lander has built a reputation for taking on corruption, corporate landlords, and billionaire influence in city politics. A longtime progressive reformer, he has championed affordable housing, climate action, labor rights, and government accountability while pushing back against the influence of real estate and corporate money.

Alex Bores (NY-12)

Alex Bores has emerged as one of the country’s leading voices on AI accountability and the dangers of unchecked corporate technology power. A State Assemblymember and former tech worker, Alex is fighting to regulate artificial intelligence, strengthen democracy protections, and challenge monopolistic corporate influence over public life and politics.

Darializa Avila Chevalier (NY-13)

A working-class Afro-Latina organizer, UAW member, and public defense investigator, Darializa Avila Chevalier is building a grassroots challenge rooted in immigrant rights, housing justice, labor power, and economic dignity. From organizing against ICE to supporting mutual aid efforts in the Bronx and Harlem, she represents a new generation of movement leadership.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14)

AOC helped redefine what’s politically possible in America. Since defeating one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress in 2018, she has become one of the nation’s leading voices for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, labor rights, climate justice, taxing the rich, and taking on oligarchic power. Alongside Bernie Sanders, she continues helping lead the modern progressive movement.

Effie Phillips-Staley (NY-17)

Effie Phillips-Staley is an educator, labor advocate, and Tarrytown Trustee running one of the clearest grassroots-vs-establishment campaigns in the country. She’s fighting for Medicare for All, universal childcare, housing as a human right, and redirecting resources away from endless war and toward working families. After speaking publicly about the human rights abuses she witnessed firsthand in the West Bank, Effie faced backlash from Democratic insiders and pro-Israel lobby groups — further highlighting the stakes of this race and the larger fight over the future of the Democratic Party.

NY State Assembly

Samantha Kattan (AD-37)

A Queens organizer fighting for tenant protections, affordability, and working families.

Christian Celeste Tate (AD-54)

A Brooklyn community advocate focused on affordability, education, and equity.

David Siffert (AD-66)

A progressive leader taking on mass surveillance, defending immigrant communities, and fighting for affordable housing in Manhattan.

Eli Northrup (AD-69)

A public defender, policy advocate, and community leader who has spent his career fighting for justice and protecting working families in Harlem.

Maurice Brown (AD-129)

A Syracuse leader fighting to lower costs, expand affordable housing, and deliver real results for working families.

Kurtis VanWuyckhuyse (AD-134)

A labor-backed progressive fighting for workers’ rights and economic fairness in Western New York.

NY State Senate

Aber Kawas (SD-12)

A Queens organizer and healthcare advocate pushing for economic and social justice, affordability, and stronger public services.

Yuh-Line Niou (SD-27)

A former Assemblymember and fearless progressive champion for tenants, immigrants, and working families who has consistently challenged corporate influence and fought for marginalized communities.

This is how we build real progressive power: block by block, district by district, seat by seat.

When we organize, we win. ✊

Effie Phillips-Staley for Congress in NY-17

The Democratic primary in New York’s 17th Congressional District is a microcosm of the national fight for the direction — and soul — of the Democratic Party.

That’s why Our Revolution is proud to endorse Effie Phillips-Staley for Congress in NY-17.

Effie is a progressive educator, labor advocate, and third-term Trustee in the Village of Tarrytown running against two corporate- and AIPAC-backed establishment Democrats for the chance to take on Republican incumbent Mike Lawler — a MAGA-aligned politician backed by corporate interests.

Her campaign is offering voters something increasingly rare in American politics: a bold, unapologetic platform centered on working people instead of wealthy donors and political insiders.

A Campaign for Working People

Effie is running on a people-first agenda focused on:

• Medicare for All, including reproductive healthcare rights
• Housing as a human right
• Universal childcare
• Humane immigration reform
• Environmental protection and a green economy
• Tax fairness and economic justice
• Ending foreign wars and redirecting resources toward public needs
• Ending U.S. aid to governments that violate human rights

She believes deeply that Americans should not be struggling to afford healthcare, housing, or childcare while corporations and billionaires profit from endless war and economic inequality.

“In Congress, my focus will be Medicare for All at the federal level, which is the structural fix this problem requires,” Effie said.

A Record Rooted in Community

Effie currently serves her third term as a Trustee in the Village of Tarrytown, where she has been a strong advocate for labor standards, housing affordability, safer walkable communities, climate resilience, and small businesses.

Her work on affordable housing has consistently been tied to demands for union labor and economic justice.

Before elected office, Effie was a longtime social justice activist and nonprofit administrator. She comes from a working-class family rooted in public service: her mother immigrated from El Salvador and became a public school teacher, while her father was a blue-collar veteran of World War II and Korea.

She raised her children in the Hudson Valley public school system and understands firsthand the pressures facing working families.

Challenging Entrenched Power

Effie’s campaign is directly confronting the influence of corporate money and AIPAC in Democratic politics.

She rejects corporate PAC donations and has made clear that both major parties too often prioritize the interests of billionaires and wealthy donors over everyday people.

Polling in NY-17 shows Democratic voters strongly support her progressive affordability agenda — and believe that funding wars and governments accused of human rights abuses undermines investments in healthcare, housing, and public well-being here at home.

Effie’s campaign also reflects her willingness to speak out even when it comes with political risk.

After traveling to Israel and the West Bank to witness conditions firsthand, she publicly condemned the treatment of Palestinians and called for a foreign policy rooted in universal human rights. Her stance drew backlash from local Democratic establishment figures — but also energized voters searching for leaders willing to challenge entrenched power structures.

An Insurgent Campaign for the Future

This race is about more than one congressional seat.

It’s about whether bold, progressive campaigns that put people first can win in suburban districts — and whether the Democratic Party will embrace the working-class politics needed to defeat MAGA and corporate rule alike.

Effie Phillips-Staley is proving there is real hunger for that vision.

Our Revolution is proud to stand with her.

Early voting runs June 13–21. Election Day is June 23.

When we organize, we win. ✊

AOC for re-election to Congress (NY-14)

When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez first ran for Congress in 2018, the political establishment dismissed her.

A young organizer and working-class Latina from the Bronx taking on one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress wasn’t supposed to win.

But she did.

And in the years since, AOC has become one of the clearest and most fearless voices for working people in American politics.

That’s why Our Revolution is proud to endorse Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for re-election to Congress in NY-14

A Movement Leader Fighting for Working People

Before Congress, AOC worked as an educator, organizer, and bartender to help support her family after the death of her father.

Inspired by the movement Bernie Sanders helped build, she launched a grassroots campaign powered by ordinary people — not corporate PACs or billionaire donors — and shocked the political world by defeating a top Democratic incumbent.

Since arriving in Congress, she has consistently fought for bold progressive policies that put people over profit:

• Medicare for All
• A Green New Deal
• Housing justice
• Student debt cancellation
• Strong unions and worker protections
• Taxing extreme wealth
• Taking on corporate monopolies and corruption

She has also been a leading voice against endless war, attacks on immigrant communities, and corporate influence in politics.

Carrying Forward the Progressive Movement

AOC and Bernie Sanders share more than overlapping policy priorities — they share a vision of politics rooted in grassroots organizing, multiracial working-class solidarity, and taking on oligarchic power.

Together, they have helped redefine what’s politically possible in America.

From fighting for healthcare as a human right to challenging billionaire greed and building support for transformational climate action, AOC has helped carry forward the movement Bernie inspired into a new generation.

And unlike too many politicians in Washington, she has never backed down when it mattered most.

Taking on the Establishment — and Winning

AOC’s success has never come from corporate money or insider support.

It comes from organizing.

Time and again, she has shown that bold, unapologetic progressive politics can energize voters and build real power — especially among young people, working families, and communities too often ignored by the political establishment.

At a time when corporate interests and right-wing extremism are threatening democracy itself, leaders willing to fight clearly and courageously matter more than ever.

The Future We’re Building

Our Revolution was founded to transform the Democratic Party and build a government that works for the many, not the few.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez represents that fight every day in Congress.

She has helped push the national conversation toward economic justice, climate action, labor rights, and democracy reform — while continuing to organize alongside movements on the ground.

We’re proud to stand with her once again.

When we organize, we win. ✊