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U.S. House · NY-13 · Democratic candidate · 2026

Darializa Avila Chevalier

Democratic candidate for New York's 13th Congressional District

Darializa Avila Chevalier is an upper Manhattan organizer, public-defense investigator and educator focused on housing, health care and immigrant rights.

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DistrictNY-13
OfficeCongress
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Darializa stands.

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Housing and tenant protections

  • Supports fully funding Section 8 and NYCHA, protecting tenants, preventing deed theft and building affordable housing

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Universal comprehensive health care

  • Supports Medicare for All covering primary, mental, dental, vision, reproductive and long-term care while lowering prescription costs

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Immigration and legal representation

  • Supports abolishing ICE, expanding pathways to citizenship and providing free legal representation for immigrants

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Worker rights and security

  • Supports stronger union protections, a higher minimum wage, funding Social Security and protecting job opportunities

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Public education and childcare

  • Supports free, quality public education from child care through college and defending teachers and other education workers

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Corporate power and prices

  • Supports fighting monopolies, price gouging and super PAC influence and refuses contributions from corporate PACs

Record and background

Record & experience.

  • Experience

    Public-defense investigator

    Investigates cases at a public defender's office in Harlem, gathering evidence and providing legal aid to victims of police brutality.

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    Families for Freedom worker

    Worked on immigrant release and family reunification.

  • Accomplishment

    Helped win release from ICE detention

    Helped free Abdikar Mohamed, a U.S. permanent resident from Somalia, after he spent a year and a half in immigration detention.

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    College educator

    Taught at CUNY Lehman, Columbia and NYU.

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    CUNY doctoral student

    Studies immigration-system treatment of Black Latin American immigrants.

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