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U.S. Representative, 13th Congressional District
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Darializa Avila ChevalierCampaign photo — darializaforcongress.com

Darializa Avila Chevalier

Candidate for U.S. Representative, 13th Congressional District

Democratic, Working Families

Background

Occupation
Public defender investigator; CUNY doctoral student
Campaign website
darializaforcongress.com

A Dominican New Yorker who came to upper Manhattan to attend Columbia University; she works as an investigator at a public defender's office in Harlem, is a PhD student at CUNY and has taught at CUNY Lehman, Columbia and NYU. She is a member of UAW Local 2325 and NYC-DSA.

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Photo: Campaign photo — darializaforcongress.com

Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Supports shifting military spending to child tax credits.

    Issues — Darializa for Congress

    Campaign website · Darializa for Congress · darializaforcongress.com

    “invest those funds in child tax credits, baby bonds, and more”
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Public safety

  • Supports abolishing deportations and expanding paths to citizenship.

    Issues — Darializa for Congress

    Campaign website · Darializa for Congress · darializaforcongress.com

    “Darializa will fight to abolish the deportation machine, expand pathways to citizenship, secure free legal representation for immigrants, and more.”
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Education

  • Supports free public education from child care through college.

    Issues — Darializa for Congress

    Campaign website · Darializa for Congress · darializaforcongress.com

    “Darializa will fight for our right to free, quality public education from childcare to college.”
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Housing

  • Supports fully funding Section 8 and NYCHA.

    Issues — Darializa for Congress

    Campaign website · Darializa for Congress · darializaforcongress.com

    “Darializa will fight to protect all tenants, fully fund Section 8, fully fund NYCHA, prevent deed theft, and build affordable housing.”
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Health & human services

Government & transparency

  • Pledges to refuse corporate PAC money.

    Issues — Darializa for Congress

    Campaign website · Darializa for Congress · darializaforcongress.com

    “Darializa will never take money from corporate PACs”
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