Special Endorsement: Vote the NYC-DSA Slate on June 23

I’m making a special endorsement for the NYC-DSA slate in the June 23 Democratic primary.

This is not just one race. It is a whole slate of candidates trying to build the kind of political power New York needs: housing, healthcare, labor power, immigrant justice, anti-war politics, public transit, and an affordability agenda that actually names the people making the city impossible to live in.

NYC-DSA is backing two congressional candidates, one State Senate candidate, and seven Assembly candidates. If one of these candidates is on your ballot, I think you should vote for them, donate, volunteer, and share the slate.

The slate

Why this matters

This slate is about building a bloc — not sending one lonely good person into a system designed to swallow them.

NYC-DSA has already shown what organized working-class politics can do in New York. The next step is sending more people into Congress and Albany who are tied to a real movement, not real estate money, consultant politics, or donor-class panic.

That matters because the fights ahead are not abstract. New Yorkers need lower rents, stronger tenant protections, fast and free buses, universal childcare, Medicare for All, labor rights, ICE out of our communities, and a government that will tax the rich instead of asking working people to accept less.

The June 23 primary is a chance to make that movement bigger.

If you live in one of these districts, check your ballot, find your poll site, and vote the NYC-DSA slate. If you do not, you can still donate, volunteer, and share this with someone who does.