U.S. House · New York's 13th District

• ✕OpposesExpand immigration enforcement and deportations

  Campaigns on abolishing ICE and expanding pathways to citizenship rather than expanding immigration enforcement.[2]

  “Darializa will fight to abolish the deportation machine, expand pathways to citizenship, secure free legal representation for immigrants, and more.”

• ✓SupportsStronger rent regulation and tenant protections

  Campaigns on protecting tenants, fully funding Section 8 and NYCHA, and preventing deed theft.[2]

  “Darializa will fight to protect all tenants, fully fund Section 8, fully fund NYCHA, prevent deed theft, and build affordable housing.”

• ✓SupportsExpand public health coverage

  Supports a Medicare for All system covering primary, mental health, dental, vision, hearing, reproductive, and long-term care.[2]

  “Darializa will fight for Medicare for All: a free, universal system that covers primary and mental health care, dental, vision, hearing, reproductive care, long-term care, and lower prescription costs.”

• ✓SupportsRaise the minimum wage

  Lists raising the minimum wage among her economic-security priorities.[2]

• ✓SupportsRaise taxes on high earners or corporations

  Says she will not take corporate PAC money and campaigns against corporate greed and monopolies, and on redirecting spending from military budgets to domestic programs.[2]

  “Darializa will never take money from corporate PACs, and will fight against monopolies, price gouging, and super PACs.”

• ✓SupportsUniversal, publicly funded child care

  Campaigns for investing funds redirected from military spending into child tax credits and baby bonds.[2]

  “Darializa will fight to divest the billions of taxpayer dollars we spend on senseless wars abroad, and invest those funds in child tax credits, baby bonds, and more.”

• "Darializa will fight to abolish the deportation machine, expand pathways to citizenship, secure free legal representation for immigrants, and more."[2]
• "Darializa will fight to divest the billions of taxpayer dollars we spend on senseless wars abroad, and invest those funds in child tax credits, baby bonds, and more."[2]
• "Darializa will fight to protect all tenants, fully fund Section 8, fully fund NYCHA, prevent deed theft, and build affordable housing."[2]
• "Darializa will fight for Medicare for All: a free, universal system that covers primary and mental health care, dental, vision, hearing, reproductive care, long-term care, and lower prescription costs."[2]
• "Darializa will never take money from corporate PACs, and will fight against monopolies, price gouging, and super PACs."[2]

• Earned a bachelor's degree from Columbia University and was a doctoral student in sociology at the City University of New York as of the 2026 campaign, where she has researched how the U.S. immigration system affects Black immigrants from Latin America.[1][3]
• Worked as an organizer with Families for Freedom, a group supporting families facing deportation proceedings, and helped secure the release of a U.S. permanent resident held in ICE detention for a year and a half.[3]
• Works as an investigator at a public defender's office in Harlem, providing legal aid to people alleging police brutality and collecting evidence for criminal defense.[3][2]
• Has taught college courses, including sociology, at CUNY Lehman College, Columbia University, and NYU.[3]
• Raised by a single mother who worked as a case worker and a father who worked as a truck driver; lived in the Dominican Republic, Florida, and Venezuela before moving to New York to attend Columbia University.[3]

Raised $1.4M · spent $1.1M · $222K cash on hand (through 2026-06-30) FEC filing ↗

• ✓SupportsExpand immigration enforcement and deportations

  Opposes New York City's sanctuary city status and supports pausing immigration to protect local wages and housing, alongside a proposal modeled on the bipartisan Dignity Act.[5]

  “NO to NYC Sanctuary Jurisdiction • Stop sanctuary gentrification and rent-spiking corporate buyouts”

• ✓SupportsIncrease police funding and staffing

  Opposes cutting police funding and calls for fully funding public safety while overhauling the criminal justice system.[5]

  “No to Defund Police • Fully fund public safety • Execute complete Criminal Justice System (CJS) Overhaul”

• ✓SupportsContinue U.S. military aid to Israel

  States support for a two-state solution between Israelis and Palestinians and opposition to violence against civilians, without directly addressing continued U.S. military aid.[5]

  “YES to Two-State Solution & Protection of Civilians”

• Campaigns against New York City's sanctuary city policy, saying it should end.[5]
• Supports the SAVE Act and photo voter ID requirements, and has litigated against the New York City Board of Elections over what he calls election-system loopholes.[5]
• Opposes reducing police funding and calls for fully funding public safety alongside changes to the criminal justice system.[5]
• Describes an economic approach he calls "Universal Capitalism," focused on expanding working families' access to capital and wealth-building.[5]

• Born in Manhattan; says he has served in the U.S. Army since 1985 as an E5 non-commissioned officer in communications and digital graphics, according to his campaign (Ballotpedia states he began Army service in 2020).[4][5]
• Attended John Jay College of Criminal Justice and describes training in paralegal studies and federal court filings, telecommunications (through the Army and Verizon), and computer networking.[5]
• Has worked as a Verizon communications technician, a cable industry contractor, and a paralegal for Harlem law firms, and describes himself as a small-business owner with retail shops in New Jersey and Harlem.[5]
• Ran for New York City Council District 7 in 2025 as a Republican, receiving 8.9% of the vote against incumbent Shaun Abreu.[1]