Claire Valdez

Democratic nominee for Congress in NY-7 (Western Queens, North Brooklyn). Union organizer, Assemblymember and democratic socialist. Solidarity forever.

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

I’m a union organizer, Assemblymember, and democratic socialist running for Congress in NY-07.

I came to politics through low-wage jobs and the labor movement. That’s the perspective I’ll bring to Washington to take on oligarchy, fascism, and war—and win for working people.

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

City workers were told investing their pensions in a genocide is the responsible decision.

They stood up and said no: divestment is the correct fiscal and moral choice.

In Congress, I’ll continue that fight, for the Block the Bombs Act and a full arms embargo against Israel.

[Sally Goldenberg @SallyGold]

NEW: In his 10th month in office, @MarkLevineNYC has decided not to reinvest in Israeli bonds, breaking a campaign promise on a particularly fraught issue. He said he still supports Israel, but that the bonds aren’t strong enough investments:

https://t.co/vf7IRqvgS1 via @NYTimes

[End Citizens United @StopBigMoney]

🚨ENDORSEMENT ALERT🚨 We’re excited to endorse #UnrigWashington member @claireforny for #NY07. Assemblymember Valdez has been a steadfast champion of workers’ rights and will fight to ensure her district is heard in Washington. We look forward to helping her win.

[Darializa for Congress @DarializaforNY]

Oscar Bergal was shot by ICE in my district last Thursday, then pulled out of the hospital by ICE while still needing surgery. His lawyers say he’s in solitary with the bullet lodged in his neck, his face is numb, and he’s losing hearing in one ear. This is atrocious and inhumane, but it’s not a mistake. It’s yet another example of ICE working as designed. We don’t need another few years of broken safeguards. We need to abolish ICE.

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

As a dual citizen of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Nation and the U.S., today I’m reminded of our resistance and our resilience, and that the fight against colonialism is not done.

We have survived even in the face of genocide, displacement, and assimilationist policies meant to erase our cultures, languages, and histories. For generations, the federal government has ignored its treaties and obligations, threatened our sacred sites, and polluted our water and ancestral homelands.

But we’re still here — over 180,000 Native Americans call New York City home. We honor Lenapehoking, the homeland of the Lenape people, and the people of many Native Nations from across North America who live here today.

With courage and persistence we continue our fight: for justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and Two-Spirit people, for housing and a livable planet, for our land back, for the sovereignty Indian Country deserves.

And we carry that struggle across the world: for Puerto Rican self-determination, for a free Palestine, for land defenders in the Amazon, and for the freedom of Indigenous and working class people everywhere.

But today we celebrate: not only our fight, but our culture and our crafts, our languages and our land, our ancestors and our elders. Happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

This raid — carried out three weeks before an election — is an abuse of power. Plain and simple.

No president should be allowed to turn federal agents on his or her political opponents. I stand with @IlhanMN.

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.

I will not be silenced.

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

Congratulations to my friend @ShawnFainUAW on winning his re-election for president of @UAW.

Now we get to work — for 2028 and beyond. As Shawn put it: “It’s time to decide what kind of a world we want to live in. And it’s time to decide what we are willing to do to get there.”

[NYC-DSA 🌹 @nycDSA]

Speaker Menin, which side are you on? Is it Amazon or the workers? Let the Delivery Protection Act get a vote!

Last week we canvassed for the DPA with @804_local & @claireforny in Menin's district. We knocked 2,500 doors talking with her constituents about the DPA & 91% support!

[NYC-DSA 🌹 @nycDSA]

Yesterday, ICE agents shot, wounded, and abducted Oscar Belgal. When the community gathered in solidarity, they were met with police violence. We say no more. ICE out of New York. Abolish ICE. End NYPD violence and complicity.

[Diana Moreno @DianaforQueens]

ABOLISH ICE. END NYPD VIOLENCE.

17 New York State Socialists in Office and Democratic nominees respond to Thursday’s shooting of Oscar Belgal and call to abolish ICE, end NYPD assistance of ICE, and disband NYPD’s SRG.

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

Each day that ICE exists is a day that New Yorkers and people across the country risk being terrorized, kidnapped, or killed.

This afternoon, federal agents shot a man in Marble Hill. Thankfully, his injuries are not life-threatening. There is no way forward but to ABOLISH ICE.

[Gothamist @Gothamist]

Person shot during encounter with federal agents in NYC's Marble Hill, NYPD says

https://t.co/cUsVkSuKb6

[PSC/CUNY @PSC_CUNY]

The PSC endorses Claire Valdez @claireforny for NY Congressional District 7.

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

Big union news in Queens: a new unit of Amazon drivers went public today in Woodside, marching on the boss to demand union recognition.

Amazon wants to make billions off these workers' backs by denying them fair pay and basic protections. But these drivers are uniting to win what they deserve. Proud to join them.

[Andrea Gordillo @AndreaGordillo]

The future of gig work won't be decided by platforms, but by workers organizing for power. Such a pleasure to delve into what this next chapter should look like with such esteemed colleagues, and thanks to @CWENYC for convening us!

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

Puerto Rico may not get a vote in Congress, but Brooklyn and Queens do.


I’ll use that vote to fight privatization and for Puerto Rican self-determination, alongside UAW cafeteria workers, UPR professors, nurses, and every family struggling to get by on the island they call home.

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

The board's refusal to invest in water and energy infrastructure means Puerto Ricans regularly go without both. Its privatization agenda will only deepen that failure.

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

Meanwhile, tax incentives like Act 60 have made the island a tax haven for the wealthy. Luxury megaprojects like Esencia treat Puerto Rico as a playground for the rich, while the people who live there are left with austerity and rising costs.

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

Working people in Puerto Rico have won rent control, protections against firings without cause, and higher minimum wages.


But PROMESA, passed by Congress in 2016, has enabled privatization, the defunding of UPR, cuts to workers' pay, and the mass displacement of families who can't afford to stay.

[Claire Valdez @claireforny]

Two weeks ago I met with workers, organizers, and community groups in Puerto Rico fighting for dignity while an unelected board appointed in DC starves the island of resources.


Too many of the problems I heard flow from Puerto Rico being a U.S. colony that is denied the right to decide its future.