US Representative - District 7
Claire Valdez
Claire Valdez is a New York State Assemblymember representing the 37th Assembly District in Queens, elected in 2024.
Where they stand
Housing and Tenant Stability
Supports national rent control, permanently affordable public and community-owned housing, tenant organizing and good-cause eviction protections. Proposes conditioning federal housing funds on affordability, transit access and labor standards, and expanding vouchers, public-housing repairs and tenant enforcement.
Immigration Policy
Supports abolishing and dismantling ICE, ending for-profit detention and deportation, and investigating abuses by federal agents and contractors. Proposes pathways to lawful permanent residence, more refugee admissions and work authorization for asylum seekers while cases are pending.
Workers and Unions
Supports strengthening the PRO Act and collective bargaining, federal support for organizing, a federal jobs guarantee, a $17 federal minimum wage by 2030, paid leave and a 32-hour workweek without reduced pay. She also proposes stronger protections against workplace surveillance and union busting.
Background
Based in Ridgewood, Queens
Before taking office, she worked as a union organizer and artist, including as a UAW Local 2110 unit chair representing 500 Columbia University coworkers.
- New York State Assemblymember, 37th District (elected 2024)
- UAW Local 2110 unit chair at Columbia University (2022), representing 500 coworkers
- Union organizer and artist
- Ridgewood, Queens resident
Support
New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA)
“And that is why we are excited to endorse Claire Valdez”
— Nancy Hagans, RN, President of NYSNA and NNU
National Nurses United
“And that is why we are excited to endorse Claire Valdez”
— Nancy Hagans, RN, President of NYSNA and NNU
UAW Region 9A
“I am proud to stand with UAW member Claire Valdez”
— Shawn Fain, President, United Auto Workers
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC
“In Claire Valdez, workers will have a representative who knows and has lived their struggle.”
— Pramila Jayapal, Greg Casar, and Maxwell Frost, Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC Co-Chairs
Money
$1.7M
raised
$207K cash
cash on hand
Top donor employers: GOOGLE, UAW, PRESTON-WERNER VENTURES
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