Chris Diep
About
Based in Manhattan
Software engineer and son of Vietnamese refugees; volunteer kids' soccer coach. Running on an 'uplift economy' platform: affordable housing, unions, tax relief, tech innovation.
Software engineer
Son of Vietnamese refugees
Where they stand
Affordability & cost of living
His whole campaign is the 'Uplift Economy' — 'New York is too expensive. Rent is too high, groceries cost too much.' Tax relief for working people, fighting corporate price-gouging, and investing in 'the things that lower costs over time: housing, transit, healthcare, and jobs.'
Housing
Three planks: limit how much housing large institutional investors can buy, increase federal funding for affordable housing, and strengthen tenant protections — plus letting veterans use VA loans for co-ops.
Health care
A more market-oriented take: Health Savings Accounts for everyone and subsidies flowing directly to hospitals rather than insurers, to prevent financial ruin from a diagnosis.
Money
$87K
raised
$13K cash
cash on hand
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