Diana I. Ayala

Says she wrote the City Council bill that ended the requirement to enter a shelter before qualifying for a rental assistance voucher, and sponsored a 2019 bill requiring the city to inform voucher applicants of their rights and of protections against source-of-income discrimination.

Supports the New York for All Act, which would bar state and local agencies from questioning or disclosing people's immigration status or cooperating with federal deportation efforts; the Access to Representation Act, for a right to a lawyer in deportation proceedings; and the BUILD Act's grants for groups providing that representation.

Wants the state to fully fund public schools and reduce class sizes, expand universal child care with more funding, and strengthen CUNY and SUNY while expanding financial aid.

Wants to defend prevailing wage laws, strengthen worker protections and protect the right to organize.

Supports letting judges review and reconsider excessive sentences (Second Look Act), expanding prison good-time and merit-time programs (Earned Time Act), ending mandatory minimum sentences (Marvin Mayfield Act) and parole board hearings for incarcerated people over 55 who have served 15 years (Elder Parole); opposes the death penalty and supports outlawing solitary confinement.

Wants to strengthen New York's protections for abortion access and reproductive health care.