Darializa Avila Chevalier

Progressive

Democrat

N/A

New York

Current Position: Community Organizer

Running For: House Representative - District 13

Policy Positions

For signing onto the Homes Act to build deeply affordable public housing, cooperatives, and community land trusts with rent caps and tenant protections
For universal child care nationwide via the Child Care for Every Community Act
For the Social Security Expansion Act to increase benefits for seniors
For the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act and Equal Tax Act to increase taxes on millionaires and billionaires
For child tax credits ($800 per child), baby bonds (federally-funded savings accounts for each child), baby boxes for newborns, free breakfast and afterschool programs, and paid family leave
For national tenant protections including capping rent increases at 5% annually for large landlords, increasing federal funding for rental vouchers, fully funding NYCHA, and protecting public housing from conversion to market-rate housing
For establishing a universal basic income

For the Tenants Right to Organize Act to protect renters receiving housing vouchers from landlord retaliation
For the PRO Act to build union density and give workers the right to form unions; also supports making it easier to secure first collective bargaining agreements, ending attacks on federal workers' unions, fully funding the NLRB, and ensuring federal funding doesn't go to union-busting companies
For raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour
For the Prescription Drug Price Relief Act to prevent corporations from charging Americans more for drugs than overseas markets
For a four-day, 32-hour work week with no loss in pay
For a federal jobs guarantee to ensure those able to work can find employment
For a federal moratorium on AI data centers to ensure the technology benefits workers rather than tech oligarchs
Against federal government crackdown on international workers and students; opposes cuts to federal funding for medical research
For criminalizing corporate price gouging on basic necessities
For breaking up monopolies such as Facebook and Amazon

For Medicare for All: a free, universal healthcare system covering primary care, mental health, substance abuse treatment, dental, vision, hearing aids, reproductive care including abortion, long-term care, and gender-affirming care

For the College for All Act to guarantee tuition-free community college for working class students
For free universal childcare and Pre-K; expanding childcare centers, increasing wages for early childhood educators, and expanding Head Start programs
For fully funding public schools including programs for children with disabilities and kids living in poverty
Against charter school expansion; supports halting charter school growth and holding existing charter schools accountable while keeping public schools open
For making public colleges tuition-free and canceling $1.7 trillion in student debt
Against privatization of the Department of Education

For the Green New Deal to transition to a 100% clean energy economy with high-wage union jobs

For abortion rights; supports including reproductive care including abortion under Medicare for All
For gender-affirming care for LGBTQ+ communities

Against super PACs and dark money in elections; supports banning super PAC money from elections
For prohibiting members of Congress from trading stocks

For the American Dream & Promise Act to provide a path to citizenship for DREAMers and immigrants with Temporary Protective Status (TPS)
Against U.S. sending weapons to Israel used to bomb Gaza; supports the Block the Bombs Act to ban such weapons transfers
For abolishing ICE and the deportation machine; supports expanding pathways to citizenship including for DREAMers and undocumented immigrants, mandating free legal representation for immigrants' interactions with DHS, and enshrining protections for sensitive sites like preschools and places of worship
Against U.S. military aid to Israel and funding of wars abroad; supports redirecting spending to domestic child and family programs