Council Member Julie Received speaks at a press convention celebrating the passage of the OneLIC Neighborhood Plan on the steps of Metropolis Corridor. Picture by Shane O’Brien.
Council Member Julie Received has launched a marketing campaign to succeed U.S. Rep. Nydia Velázquez within the seventh Congressional District, becoming a member of a aggressive race in some of the progressive districts within the metropolis.
Received launched her marketing campaign Monday afternoon, saying a “Lifetime of Care” platform that features common healthcare, common childcare, housing for all, expanded social safety and the abolition of ICE.
The twenty sixth Council District, which Received represents, virtually totally overlaps with the seventh Congressional District, which straddles North Brooklyn and Western Queens.
Meeting Member Claire Valdez, whose Meeting District overlaps with the twenty sixth Council District, and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso have already launched campaigns for the seat in a race now pitting three progressive candidates towards one another.
Velázquez, who introduced late final yr that she wouldn’t search re-election after 16 phrases in workplace has endorsed Reynoso within the race, whereas Mayor Zohran Mamdani has introduced his help for Valdez. A number of of Received’s colleagues within the Metropolis Council, together with Council Member Shekar Krishnan, have additionally endorsed Reynoso within the race, whereas the New York Metropolis chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has endorsed Valdez.
Received didn’t instantly reply to QNS’ request for remark.
In a press release saying her marketing campaign, nonetheless, Received stated she would battle to maneuver society away from a “profit economy” towards a caring financial system.
“Here’s what I believe: from the moment you’re born until the day you retire, your country should have your back,” Received stated in a press release. “That’s not how it works right now. We live in a society built to extract, not to care. You’re treated as valuable only when you’re most productive.”
Received, an immigrant from South Korea, is the primary immigrant to characterize the twenty sixth Council District and the primary Korean-American to serve within the Metropolis Council.
Elected to the Metropolis Council after successful a 15-way major in 2021, Received was influential within the passage of the OneLIC Neighboorhood Plan. The plan, which was the biggest neighborhood-specific rezoning in over 25 years, will add as much as 14,700 new properties to the neighborhood, 4,300 of which might be inexpensive. Received stated she helped safe virtually $2 billion in group investments throughout last-minute negotiations for the challenge.
As an immigrant member of the Metropolis Council, Received has additionally made the abolition of ICE central to her marketing campaign. She has additionally vowed to advocate for seniors, mother and father and staff if she is elected to Congress.
“Parents can’t find affordable childcare. Seniors are warehoused or forgotten. Workers are one illness away from losing everything. Immigrant families are being ripped apart by ICE,” Received stated. “I’m running to build a “Lifetime of Care” — to maneuver us away from a revenue financial system in direction of a care financial system, the place success isn’t measured by how a lot we take from individuals however by how properly we care for one another.”
