We just passed 1,000 volunteers. And we're still nearly 11 weeks until Election Day. I'm so moved by everyone who's already shown up and knocked doors over very cold months. And I can't wait to meet everyone about to get started. Big weekend coming up: clairevaldezforcongress.com/events/spring

An important message from our field director:

JD Vance wants you to believe that Israel's ongoing massacres in Lebanon after the ceasefire with Iran is "a legitimate misunderstanding" and not an unrestrained war machine that Trump continues to fund and protect.

We're back on the doors this weekend in a big way. Sign up here: clairevaldezforcongress.com/events/spring

Just like Eric Adams, Steve Fulop under-budgeted Jersey City into the biggest municipal bailout in state history. Now he heads NYC's main business lobby, opposing tax hikes on the wealthy. Beware corporate lobbyists claiming to be fiscally responsible!

He's right that we're on a civilizational precipice — because our President is a genocidal maniac who has sole authority to launch a nuclear strike.

Passover has always been about resisting tyranny: ordinary people organizing to free themselves and their neighbors. That story isn't over. Proud to join @jfrejnyc.bsky.social's Seder in the Streets and standing in solidarity with the 15 arrested protesting Palantir's collusion with ICE.

It's not a radical idea to ask the wealthiest New Yorkers and most profitable corporations to pay their fair share. An honor to rally with Bernie Sanders, @socialists.nyc and so many friends in the struggle last weekend in The Bronx.

Happy Easter Sunday to all who celebrate across Western Queens, North Brooklyn and the whole city. Wishing you a day of warmth, rest, and good company!

One week ago, eight million people took to the streets across the country to declare that there are no kings in America. In a moment of wars and genocide abroad, deportation and repression at home, few things matter more.

Trump's deportation machine is a weapon of white supremacy and capitalist exploitation — designed to terrorize immigrant workers, drive down wages, and turn neighbors against each other. We just released our immigration platform based on international solidarity, justice and accountability.

So proud to cast my ballot for @socialists.nyc to re-endorse @aoc.bsky.social 🫡

Three things made me a democratic socialist: low-wage jobs, the labor movement, and the presidential campaigns of Bernie Sanders. His political revolution changed my life — and showed millions of Americans what's possible when working people organize. I am so grateful for his support.

11,200+ people funded this campaign — no corporate cash, no AIPAC, no real estate, no AI or crypto. I'm humbled and energized by all of you. Together we'll prevail on June 23rd and build the movement to take on the oligarchs and deliver the dignity working people deserve.

New York's big business lobby @partnership4nyc.bsky.social raised $10M to oppose taxing the rich — and exploited a loophole to hide which corporations are bankrolling the effort to block the agenda that New Yorkers elected @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social to deliver.

We're in Albany fighting like hell for a budget that raises revenue from the very wealthiest individuals and corporations — not just to close NYC's fiscal gap but invest in government that works for its people. It would be helpful if we had an ally in the City Council Speaker.

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Friends, we’re on the ballot with 5x times the required signatures and I couldn’t be more grateful for all of you. Here was the scene on Monday morning when our volunteers went down to the Board of Elections.

If you've changed your timeline from "for you" to "following" and you're seeing this post right now, you still have time to donate before the midnight deadline. Everyone else should donate just to be sure.

Just about three hours left to close out our first and BY FAR our most important fundraising deadline of this whole campaign. If you haven't given yet, even $5 makes a difference if you donate right now. If you already have...top it up!

🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Day of Visibility 🏳️‍⚧️ On this day and every day, I’m proud to stand in solidarity w/ my trans siblings. The trans community faces relentless attack, including today’s unconscionable Supreme Court decision striking down state bans on harmful, discredited conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ youth.

An important message from @ZohranKMamdani. Location: Daruchini Restaurant & Cafe in Cypress Hills. Time: late last night. The deadline: midnight. The link: secure.actblue.com/donate/cvzeoq

First merch drop! Union made. Union printed. Union shipped. Get your shirts, hat, sticker and buttons now: store.clairevaldezforcongress.com

While I'm up in Albany today, some of our tireless volunteers were at the Board of Elections filing 6,718 petition signatures to secure our ballot line in NY-7. That's 5x over the required number. Thank you to everyone who petitioned with us ❤️‍🔥 Now let's get back to the doors.

Several IFPTE members joined other rank-and-file Union members and leaders last Friday evening in New York City in support of current New York Assemblymember @claireforny.bsky.social, who is running for the United States Congress. www.ifpte.org/news/ifpte-m...

No kings today. Choose your fighter tonight: www.mobilize.us/progressivev...

New @groundwork.bsky.social report explains NYC's budget gap, largely a result of the previous admin's deliberate undercounting. Now we have a choice: a small tax increase on the richest, a property tax hike that hits working class homeowners the hardest, or deep cuts to services. Tax the rich.

As the Trump administration attacks colleges and universities that don't bend to his will, the higher ed labor movement is on the frontlines of fighting back and making these institutions stronger. Why would the Council undermine their First Amendment activity?

Intro 175-B, up for a vote in the NYC Council today, is an attack on labor organizing at educational institutions. My union at Columbia University would've struggled to win our strong contract under this law. NYC is a union town. Act like it.

Assemblywoman & congressional candidate @claireforny.bsky.social joined @deanobeidallah.bsky.social to talk tax rates and a just budget in her race for NY-7. LISTEN: siriusxm.us/Dean

Gov. Hochul's attempt to gut New York's landmark climate law is an abdication of leadership. It must be stopped. At the very moment we're seeing how precarious the global oil and gas market can be, why give the fossil fuel industry a huge gift?

La clase trabajadora merece recibir inversiones por parte de nuestro estado. Cuando Albany asigna fondos insuficientes a la ciudad de Nueva York, las familias latinas —y todos nuestros vecinos— pagan el precio.

Organizing gets the goods. Congratulations and solidarity forever!

Friday night, rank-and-file union members and leaders came together to launch Labor for Claire. This is the movement that raised me — and together, we're going to win.

Thank you Mr. Mayor 🫡

New Yorkers are fed up with their tax dollars funding genocide, war and apartheid while working families struggle to get by. That's what unchecked AIPAC money buys. @votepalpac.bsky.social is fighting to change that. So proud to have their support.

Solidarity with my @uaw.org sisters and brothers who just went on strike at NYU ✊ The roughly 1,000 full-time non-tenure track faculty deserve fair pay, job security and family-sustained benefits. And they're going to win it.

So inspiring to top by the North Brooklyn Safe Streets Showcase yesterday. This community has been on the forefront of the fight for streets that work for everyone — from McGuinness Blvd to Berry Open Street. You're showing the whole city what's possible!

"The mechanisms to solve our fiscal crisis and make our city more affordable lie within reach: tax the rich, and end the drain." - Henry Garrido, @dc37nyc.bsky.social

When @sarahana.bsky.social ran for Assembly in the Hudson Valley, she said “the future must be beautiful.” I believe that too — and I’m running to build it. I couldn't be prouder to have the endorsement of this fighter and climate champion who always puts working people first.

Saturday marked the first *full* day of spring and it felt like it. So grateful to everyone who came out to petition across NY-7. Don't sleep on Sunday though — upper 60s is not to be wasted! Sign up to canvass today: clairevaldezforcongress.com/events

Stand by. We’re on the move. That’s because @marcelaforny.bsky.social, the first Indigenous Peruvian in the state legislature and a tenacious tenant organizer who won billions in aid for immigrant workers during the pandemic, endorsed our campaign for Congress.

Which side are you on, @governor.ny.gov?

"New York’s energy affordability crisis is directly linked to the state’s overreliance on gas. And yet, the oil and gas industry is peddling the lie that rising utility costs are the result of a climate law that has yet to be implemented." - @emilyassembly.bsky.social + @kristengonzalez.bsky.social

Obviously the disconnect between public opinion and U.S foreign policy is profound but this is stark: only 7% support the use of force against Cuba. Most people across partisanship and ideology think we should let the Cuban people decide their future or engage in diplomacy.

"We should not have to dust off history books to find examples of the Democratic Party leading with courage and ambition." Great op-ed on the power and promise of universal childcare by @mayor.nyc.gov and @warren.senate.gov.

In the first year of congestion pricing, New York City's subway system saw 90 million additional rides 🤯 Few things better than when public policy works as designed.

So proud to be endorsed by the newest socialist in office and already fierce legislator, Astoria and LIC Assemblymember @dianaforqueens.com.

Just six years before the Easter Rising — and his execution by the British — Irish republican and socialist James Connolly gave a speech right here in NY-7, at an open-air meeting on the corner of Manhattan Ave and Huron Street in Greenpoint.

Rooting for my fellow @justicedemocrats.com candidates @katmabu.bsky.social + @junaidforus.bsky.social in their primaries today! The tech oligarchs and AIPAC are going all out to stop them but it's the voters of #IL08 + #IL09 who get the final say.