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Progressives for New York State Assembly PART 2

The fight for progressive power in New York is heading into the General Election.

Our Revolution is proud to endorse five candidates for New York State Assembly who are ready to fight for working people in Albany: Eli Northrup, Maurice Brown, Kurtis VanWuyckhuyse, Patrick Burke, and Adam Bojak.

From Manhattan and Syracuse to Rochester and Buffalo, these candidates are taking on rising costs, fighting for affordable housing and healthcare, standing with workers, and working to build a government that delivers for everyday New Yorkers.

Eli Northrup — Assembly District 69

Eli Northrup is a public defender, policy advocate, and community leader who has spent his career fighting for justice and standing up for people. As Policy Director for the Criminal Defense Practice at The Bronx Defenders, Eli has helped lead efforts in Albany to protect due process, expand opportunities for people with criminal records, and reform New York’s criminal justice system.

Now the Democratic and Working Families Party nominee for AD-69, Eli is running on a bold affordability agenda that includes universal childcare, universal healthcare, more affordable housing, stronger tenant protections, and making corporations and the wealthiest New Yorkers pay their fair share.

Maurice Brown — Assembly District 129

Maurice “Mo” Brown is a veteran, homeowner, and Onondaga County Legislator running to deliver stronger results for working families in Central New York.

His campaign is focused on lowering costs, expanding affordable housing, reducing utility bills, improving public transportation, investing in prevention-focused public safety, and making corporations and the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share. After a people-powered primary campaign fueled by volunteers, small-dollar donors, and grassroots organizing, Mo is taking that fight to the General Election.

Kurtis VanWuyckhuyse — Assembly District 134

Kurtis VanWuyckhuyse grew up in Hamlin, attended Hilton schools, and now works as General Manager of a family-owned auto business. As a longtime renter in Greece, Kurt says the pressures of rising costs and housing insecurity aren’t abstract political issues — they’re part of his own experience.

Running on a “People Over Profit” platform and rejecting corporate PAC and special-interest money, Kurt supports living wages, stronger unions, housing stability, the New York Health Act, and greater investment in mental health and addiction treatment.

Patrick Burke — Assembly District 142

Patrick Burke is a South Buffalo native running for reelection to represent New York’s 142nd Assembly District.

After serving as an Erie County legislator, Pat was elected to the State Assembly to continue advocating for his constituents and his community in Albany. Pat’s campaign is rooted in his commitment to Western New York, its people, and the environment, and his goal of making the region a better place for his family and everyone who calls it home.

Adam Bojak — Assembly District 149

Adam Bojak is a Family Court and housing-rights attorney who has spent nearly a decade representing everyday Western New Yorkers. Now, he’s running to bring a working-class, democratic socialist vision to Albany.

Adam is running for a “healthy, housed and affordable Western New York” with a platform that includes stronger tenant protections and social housing, the New York Health Act, universal childcare, stronger labor rights, public ownership of utilities, and a moratorium on data center construction. His campaign rejects developer and corporate money and is powered by working people.

Building Progressive Power Across New York

These candidates represent the kind of leadership Our Revolution is working to elect across the country: leaders rooted in their communities who are ready to take on powerful interests and fight for working people.

This November, we have an opportunity to build progressive power in Albany and elect champions who will fight for affordable housing and healthcare, workers and unions, strong public services, and communities where working families can thrive.

Our Revolution is proud to stand with Eli Northrup, Maurice Brown, Kurtis VanWuyckhuyse, Patrick Burke, and Adam Bojak for New York State Assembly.

Let’s finish the job in November.

When we organize, we win.

Our Revolution

Progressive Slate for New York State Assembly PART 1

New York progressives are heading into November ready to build power in Albany.

Our Revolution is proud to endorse a slate of candidates for New York State Assembly who are taking on the status quo and fighting for working people — from Queens and Brooklyn to Manhattan and Western New York.

These candidates are organizers, advocates, working parents, attorneys, and community leaders running on the issues New Yorkers feel every day: housing, affordability, healthcare, childcare, workers’ rights, immigrant protections, and making government work for ordinary people.

Meet Our Revolution’s New York Assembly slate:

Samantha Kattan — Assembly District 37

Samantha Kattan is a working parent, longtime tenant organizer, daughter of Mexican and Syrian immigrants, and democratic socialist running to represent Long Island City, Maspeth, Ridgewood, Sunnyside, and Woodside.

Through her work organizing tenants, Samantha says she has seen both the housing conditions New Yorkers are forced to endure and the power people have when they organize together. She is running on social housing, stronger tenant protections, universal healthcare, free childcare, immigrant rights, and greener, healthier neighborhoods.

David Orkin — Assembly District 38

David Orkin is an immigrant workers’ rights attorney, union organizer, and democratic socialist running in Queens.

David has dedicated his career to defending workers and immigrants, and he’s running to take that fight to Albany. His campaign is focused on taxing the rich to fund childcare, housing, transit, and healthcare; protecting immigrant communities from ICE; and strengthening labor protections so workers can organize, earn fair wages, and hold employers accountable. His campaign also rejects corporate lobby, fossil fuel, and real estate money.

Christian Celeste Tate — Assembly District 54

Christian Celeste Tate is a community organizer and democratic socialist running to represent Bushwick and parts of East New York, including Cypress Hills and City Line.

Christian is running to build what her campaign calls a city where everyone has access to housing, healthcare, safety, and dignity. Her platform puts fighting displacement and keeping people in their homes at the center of the campaign, and she rejects corporate, fossil-fuel, and real-estate money.

Eon Huntley — Assembly District 56

Eon Huntley is an organizer running to represent Brooklyn’s 56th Assembly District on a campaign built around putting people over profit.

His campaign emphasizes organizing, coalition-building, direct action, and housing justice. Eon also pledges to reject corporate donations, including money from real estate interests, as he works to build a grassroots movement for working people in Brooklyn.

Illapa Sairitupac — Assembly District 65

Illapa Sairitupac is a tenant organizer and anti-ICE activist running to represent Lower Manhattan.

Illapa says New York is becoming unaffordable for everyone but the wealthy, and he’s running to make New York more affordable for working people, defend renters, and stand up to ICE. His campaign is rooted in the working-class and immigrant communities of Chinatown and the Lower East Side and the belief that the people who built these neighborhoods should be able to afford to remain in them.

David Siffert — Assembly District 66

David Siffert is an NYU School of Law professor seeking to represent lower Manhattan and become the first non-binary member of the NY state legislature.

After several years in private practice, David returned to NYU Law to serve as the director of research and projects at the school’s Center on Civil Justice – an initiative that advocates for more efficient procedures in local and federal courts and broader access to legal services for all Americans. Their campaign is rooted in issues like affordable housing, immigrants’ rights, and artificial intelligence regulation. 

Building Progressive Power in Albany

These races represent what Our Revolution has always been about: building progressive power from the ground up.

From tenant organizers and union organizers to public defenders and community advocates, these candidates are taking the fights happening in their neighborhoods directly to Albany.

This November, we have an opportunity to elect a new generation of progressive leaders who will fight for working people and help build a stronger progressive bloc in the New York State Assembly.

Our Revolution is proud to stand with Samantha Kattan, David Orkin, Christian Celeste Tate, Eon Huntley, Illapa Sairitupac, and David Siffert. 

When we organize, we win.

Our Revolution

Aber Kawas for NY State Senate (SD-12)

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Aber Kawas for New York State Senate District 12 — a community organizer and democratic socialist who has spent more than 15 years fighting alongside working-class New Yorkers.

The daughter of Palestinian refugees and raised in a working-class New York City family, Aber’s politics are deeply rooted in her own experience.

When she was young, her father was detained by ICE and deported. Her family struggled to make ends meet while he was detained — an experience Aber says shaped her commitment to building power for poor and working people.

And she has spent years putting that commitment into action.

Aber has organized in the Fight for $15, fought police surveillance and harassment, worked for immigration reform, and helped develop and launch the Not On Our Dime campaign. Now, she’s running to bring that organizing experience to Albany.

Fighting for Working Families in Queens

Aber is running on a bold platform centered on making New York affordable and ensuring working people can live with dignity.

She supports passing the New York Health Act to provide comprehensive healthcare to every New Yorker, creating tens of thousands of permanently affordable, union-built social housing units, strengthening tenant protections, and making MTA buses fast and free.

She also wants to tax the rich to fund public services, expand public renewable energy, create union jobs, protect immigrant communities from ICE, and invest in the infrastructure working families depend on.

And Aber is running the same way she has organized throughout her career: from the grassroots up. Her campaign says it is powered by working people, not corporations or billionaires.

Building Progressive Power in Albany

Aber is running to represent communities across Queens, including parts of Astoria, Sunnyside, Woodside, Ridgewood, Maspeth, Long Island City, Elmhurst, Glendale, and Jackson Heights.

Her campaign represents exactly the kind of progressive pipeline Our Revolution is working to build across the country: grassroots organizers taking the fights happening in their communities directly into the halls of power.

This November, Queens has an opportunity to send a working-class organizer to Albany who will fight for affordable housing, healthcare for all, workers, immigrants, climate action, and a government that puts people before corporations and billionaires.

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Aber Kawas for New York State Senate District 12.

When we organize, we win.

Evan Menist for New York State Senate

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Evan Menist for New York State Senate in District 39.

Evan is running because he believes our political and economic systems are too often shaped by billionaires and corporate special interests instead of working people and families. His campaign is focused on putting power back in the hands of everyday people and building a Hudson Valley where everyone has a fair chance to thrive.

What stands out about Evan is that he brings together experience in local government, public policy, and community leadership with a clear commitment to economic justice.

A longtime resident of Poughkeepsie, Evan worked his way through school while holding multiple jobs, including as an IT technician, bartender, barback, and security staff member. He later earned a Master of Public Administration while continuing to work full-time.

Evan currently serves on the Poughkeepsie Common Council, where he has fought for tenant protections, housing affordability, tax relief for seniors, government accountability, and sustainable development. He has also worked as a policy researcher and urban planner, helping communities across the Hudson Valley address housing, infrastructure, and economic development challenges.

Today, Evan serves as Co-Executive Director of the Poughkeepsie Farm Project, a nonprofit dedicated to feeding families, educating youth, and building a more resilient regional food system.

His campaign is centered on a bold vision for the Mid-Hudson Valley.

Evan supports universal healthcare through the New York Health Act, universal childcare, and community housing. He argues that these policies can reduce structural inequities, strengthen working families, and ensure that everyone—regardless of background—has the opportunity to succeed.

He is also a strong advocate for worker and union power. Coming from a union family and relying on union healthcare through his wife, Evan has pledged to use the visibility of elected office to support union organizing drives, contract campaigns, and strikes.

At a moment when too many New Yorkers are struggling with housing costs, healthcare expenses, and economic insecurity, Evan is focused on building a government that works for regular people—not wealthy interests.

That’s why Our Revolution is proud to support Evan Menist for State Senate.

When we organize, we win.

Adam Bojak for NY State Assembly (AD-149)

Our Revolution is proud to join Bernie Sanders in endorsing Adam Bojak for NY State Assembly in District 149, who’s running on a bold vision for a healthier, housed, and more affordable Western New York.

Adam has represented everyday New Yorkers as a Family Court and housing rights attorney — helping tenants facing housing disputes, providing free legal services and advice to people dealing with housing problems, and working with families navigating tough challenges.

Now, Adam is bringing that experience to the fight for systemic change.

Adam believes Albany should do more to stand up to corporate greed and ensure that every New Yorker can live a stable and dignified life.

His campaign is built around a simple idea: when our needs are met and the rich pay their fair share, we can build stronger communities for generations to come.

That means fighting for affordable housing and publicly owned social housing. It means protecting tenants, preventing unjust evictions, and stopping vulnerable homeowners from losing their homes to property tax foreclosures. As a housing rights attorney, Adam has seen these challenges firsthand—and he’s running to do something about them.

Adam is also a champion for universal healthcare. He supports the New York Health Act and believes every New Yorker should have healthcare free at the point of service. He is committed to protecting Medicaid, defending reproductive rights, and ensuring access to gender-affirming care.

On labor, Adam recognizes that workers and unions are the backbone of our economy. He’s fighting to strengthen worker protections and address the growing threat of workplace surveillance and unchecked AI systems that can be used against workers.

He also supports investments in public infrastructure, strong public schools, and public services that improve people’s lives—not policies that prioritize corporate profits over community needs.

That’s why Adam Bojak has earned the support of Our Revolution, Bernie Sanders, organized labor, and grassroots progressives across New York.

Western New York deserves a representative who will fight for working people, challenge corporate power, and help build a healthy, housed, and affordable future for all.

When we organize, we win.

Our Revolution

Our Revolution is proud to endorse Jon Rivera for New York State Senate District 61.

Jon is a lifelong Western New Yorker and State Assemblymember who has built a record of delivering results. His campaign is grounded in a simple promise: leadership that shows up for workers, families, and neighborhoods — not just when it is politically convenient, but every day.

Jon has already proven what people-first leadership looks like. In the Assembly, he has championed housing protections, refugee resettlement, education investment, lead poisoning prevention, and community development. He has secured major investments in housing, youth programs, public schools, libraries, local infrastructure, cultural institutions, and community spaces that families can see and feel.

That is exactly the kind of progressive leadership Western New York needs in the State Senate.

Jon is running to deliver living wages, affordable child care, good jobs, stronger schools, and more affordable homes. And he understands that protecting the environment is a public health issue — from reducing lead exposure to cleaning up contaminated sites and supporting sustainable development.

At a time when MAGA extremism is threatening our rights, freedoms, and democracy, Jon is clear about what is at stake. Western New Yorkers deserve a senator who will defend democracy, reject extremism, and fight for what is right.

Our Revolution was founded to build progressive power from the ground up — in city halls, school boards, state legislatures, and Congress. Electing Jon Rivera to the New York State Senate would strengthen that movement and send a proven fighter for working families to Albany.

Jon has delivered before. Now, he is ready to keep fighting for every corner of the 61st District.

Our Revolution is proud to stand with Jon Rivera for New York State Senate.

Election Day: New York’s primary election is Tuesday, June 23, 2026. Polls are open from 6 AM to 9 PM, and early voting runs June 13–21.

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. ✊

Darializa Avila Chevalier for Congress in NY-13

The working people in Harlem and the Bronx deserve bold, unapologetic leadership.

That’s why Our Revolution is proud to endorse Darializa Avila Chevalier for Congress in New York’s 13th District.

Darializa isn’t a career politician — she’s a movement organizer.

A working-class Afro-Latina, member of the United Auto Workers, and public defense investigator in Harlem, Darializa is grounded in grassroots organizing and committed to taking on corporate power.

From organizing against ICE to supporting working-class New Yorkers through mutual aid, her work has always centered on dignity, justice, and solidarity. She’s running on a bold, people-first agenda that includes:

• Housing for all and major investments in public housing
• Economic justice and support for working families
• Immigrant rights and an end to inhumane detention and deportation policies
• Ending endless war and redirecting resources toward communities at home
• Greater worker ownership and community investment

Darializa has also been a leading voice in the movement for Palestinian human rights, connecting the fight against militarism abroad with the fight for justice and investment at home. 

In NY-13, Darializa is challenging a long-entrenched incumbent backed by powerful special interests — including real estate and corporate-aligned donors. 

This race is about more than one seat. It’s about whether the Democratic Party will continue to be shaped by insiders and big money — or by grassroots movements fighting for working people.

Darializa is part of a growing wave of insurgent, people-powered candidates stepping up to challenge the status quo — just like we saw with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in this very region.

When we organize, we win!

Our Revolution

Claire Valdez for Congress in NY-07

At a time when working people are demanding more than empty promises, Our Revolution is proud to endorse Claire Valdez for Congress in New York’s 7th District.

Claire Valdez isn’t a career politician — she’s a union organizer, worker, and democratic socialist who has spent her life fighting for working people to have power.

A Worker and Organizer First

Claire’s story is rooted in the struggles so many New Yorkers face. She worked low-wage customer service jobs through high school and college, and later as a worker at Columbia University, where she joined UAW Local 2110, helped lead organizing efforts, and fought for a fair contract.

She didn’t just join a union — she helped transform it, organizing alongside her coworkers to democratize their workplace and win better conditions.

She also became a leader in the movement — organizing with NYC-DSA and helping build the kind of grassroots power that fuels real political change.

Today, she brings that same commitment to her role as a New York State Assemblymember, where she has already begun delivering for workers.

A Bold, Unapologetic Agenda

Claire Valdez is running on a clear, movement-driven platform:

• Unions for all — expanding labor rights so every worker can organize
• Housing for all — advancing social housing and taking on the housing crisis
• Medicare for All — guaranteeing healthcare as a human right

In Albany, she has already:

• Introduced legislation with UAW to expand unemployment insurance and paid leave for adjunct workers
• Fought to strengthen protections for vulnerable workers
• Been a vocal advocate for social housing solutions

And she’s shown real courage — even risking arrest to support NY for All, standing with immigrant communities and fighting to end collaboration between local law enforcement and ICE.

Taking on the System

Claire understands that the crises facing working people — from housing costs to healthcare to labor rights — are not accidents. They are the result of a system that prioritizes profit over people.

She’s running to change that.

Her campaign is grounded in a simple but powerful belief: workers deserve full, dignified lives — with time for family, security in retirement, and freedom from economic precarity.

That means:

• Strong unions
• Affordable housing
• Universal healthcare
• A government that represents working people — not corporations

Building a Movement

This race is about more than one seat.

It’s about proving that a campaign rooted in worker solidarity and unapologetic progressive values can win — and expand the political imagination of what’s possible.

From defending immigrant communities to fighting for a more humane foreign policy, Claire is part of a growing movement ready to challenge the status quo and build something better.

Now Is the Moment

Our Revolution believes real change comes from organized people — not big money.

Claire Valdez represents that movement.

We’re proud to stand with her as she fights to bring working-class power to Congress.

When we organize, we win. ✊