Assembly Member Claire Valdez launches congressional campaign in NY-7, will face Reynoso in primary

Queens Assembly Member Claire Valdez on Thursday launched her congressional campaign in NY-7, where she hopes to replace the soon-to-retire U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez.

A Democratic socialist with ties to Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Valdez said she is building a “working-class campaign rooted in labor organizing, economic justice, and opposition to war and genocide.”