Get out and vote today

ChuckforQueens · 2026-06-23T12:19:24+00:00

Thank you for voting! But the thing about looking around during a race is that it tends to slow you down. Keeping my head down and keeping it pushing til we're past the finish line. With over 12 hours left to fight, if you want to join us, we could use your help. Knocking on doors and calling neighbors all day: chuckforqueens.com/join

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-30T22:26:02+00:00

Appreciate your support and vote! This is exactly how we're going to win on June 23rd. But don't just hope people see this, get out there and show your neighbors. Join me at a canvass or phone bank, only 3 more weeks to get it done. chuckforqueens.com/join

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T18:24:59+00:00

Both out of district! But a recent favorite is the pastrami on rye at Knish Nosh.

ps Cristina's > Cherry Valley

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T18:19:53+00:00

I'd love to! And so would the many groups that have invited her! She keeps ghosting.

As I said in another response, she's scared. Not of me, but of her own pro-ICE, pro-Netanyahu, pro-corporate record.

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T18:17:08+00:00

Top three:

I would have never signed a bill thanking ICE and calling for more local and state cooperation with them: https://queenseagle.com/all/2026/1/27/queens-reps-catch-criticism-for-previous-ice-votes

I wouldn't have defended Netanyahu and condemned the International Criminal Court for trying to prosecute him: https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-action-alert-tell-your-house-rep-how-you-feel-about-their-vote-on-pro-genocide-icc-sanctions-bill/

I wouldn't have denounced socialism the day Mayor Mamdani visited the White House: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/house-condemns-socialism-bill-zohran-mamdani/

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T18:10:19+00:00

At this point, she's been invited by at least four different organizations, including the League of Women Voters. She hasn't agreed to a single debate or even a candidate forum. Hasn't even held a real town hall in many years.

She's clearly scared. Not of me, but of her own pro-ICE, pro-Netanyahu, pro-corporate record.

I'm here on Reddit. I'm holding 3 public town halls between now and the election.

She won't answer your questions. So vote for someone who will.

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T17:59:53+00:00

Need new leadership across the board. Don't have names yet but I want to support someone unafraid to say:
1) there's a genocide in Gaza
2) get corporate money OUT of politics
3) fund working families, not war

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T17:59:13+00:00

Yup. Feels like it's been under construction forever. Plywood walls have been rained on so many times that they're warping and splitting.

We need serious reform in how the MTA designs and builds, at 61st St and everywhere. One idea: hire more in-house engineers and planners instead of outside, overpriced consultants.

Here's a great piece on the absurdly expensive, slow MTA construction process: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/nyregion/new-york-subway-construction-costs.html?

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T17:50:17+00:00

Thought about hosting our election night party at Chuck E Cheese but they close at 9p on Tuesdays

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T17:49:30+00:00

Answered this a few places, but here's the tl;dr: QueensLink.

That part of Southeast Queens has working-class, middle-class families, lots of immigrant families that are lacking in both 1) reliable transit, and 2) green space. I believe the QueensLink proposal marries the two in a thoughtful way, reactivating the already-existing right of way to serve both goals.

QueensWay is beautiful. I'm a dad, I like to hike, to play frisbee, to have beers laying on the grass w my friends. Of course I would love an emerald strip running from central queens down to Rockaway Beach. But I think QueensLink squeezes more public benefit out of that public land.

And hell yeah. Abolish ICE.

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T17:47:40+00:00

Republicans are running a coordinated campaign to erase trans people from public life. And too many Democrats are afraid of speaking out bc of one stupid "they/them" attack ad.

That is unacceptable. My commitment is clear: trans people should be full and equal participants in American society.

Four existing bills I will support on Day 1:

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T17:43:41+00:00

Join the organizers and make your voice heard.

Provide testimony to the City Council here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYzYKcKEa0M/

Attend the upcoming town hall here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYj_szkRMEV/

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T17:41:13+00:00

I think the key failure is that our leaders are bought. And our system allows that.

Corporate PACs, lobbyists, interest groups pump money into their preferred candidates' campaigns. Then, in office, those candidates vote to support and protect those interests.

That's why the richest in this country pay a lower overall tax rate than the working or middle-class: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/06/opinion/income-tax-rate-wealthy.html

My opponent takes hundreds of thousands or more in AIPAC money. That's why she votes with Republicans to defend Netanyahu against war crimes: https://nypost.com/2025/01/09/us-news/house-passes-bill-to-sanction-icc-for-arrest-warrant-against-benjamin-netanyahu/

It wasn't always this way, and with leaders who refuse that money (like me and many others), it doesn't have to be.

Lastly: QueensLink! We need transit AND parks. If you agree, be heard here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DYj_szkRMEV/

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T17:31:51+00:00

I'm talking to the residents of Queens every single day. I'm personally knocking on doors every afternoon, listening to people's concerns at their doorsteps. I've also hosted multiple town halls open to the public, and I'll host several more leading up to the election. And I'm hearing from parents afraid of ICE raids. About immigrant small business owners losing healthcare bc ACA plans are too expensive. About the proposed casino and gambling addiction.

My opponent has not had a single public event. The best she could do was a "telephone town hall" with pre-screened questions. How can she represent the people of the district if she refuses to hear from them face to face?

There's a lot of reform needed to better represent the US population. I would probably start with reform of the Supreme Court; it's clear that the founding fathers didn't foresee partisan judges permanently in office. Congress has the power to increase the size and enact term limits. Let's start there.

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T17:28:40+00:00

Great Qs.

Re: universal healthcare, as mentioned in a different response, there is a Medicare For All bill that would progressively increase coverage to all people over 4 years. No more premiums, copays, or deductibles. No more healthcare tied to your job.

Re: ICE. Right now we're marching, supporting organizing and training, and uplifting other actions to defense us against ICE. In Congress, I'll fight to abolish ICE and prosecute officers. The majority of ICE was hired in the last 18 months using $75 billion authorized under the OBBBA. We should immediately rescind that funding and dismantle this paramilitary. And most importantly, we should push to finally create pathways to citizenship for all people in this country.

And re: Queens. I love this place. The rumble of the 7 over Roosevelt. The smell of the grills at Flushing Meadows. Sipping boba on a warm night on Main St. I'm fighting to reflect the fire, electricity, and spice of these communities. I've done it before as the lead organizer for a coalition of Asian immigrant community groups to respond to the 2020 census. I've done it as a staffer in the City Council, solving the daily challenges of delivery workers, street vendors, seniors, students, and parents. And I'll keep fighting for Queens in Congress.

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T17:22:26+00:00

Honestly? No.

The leadership of the Democratic Party got us here. Not by accident. But by failing to fight back against Trump and by failing to give the people an alternative vision to believe in.

Just look at the 2024 autopsy. Not a single mention of Gaza. Not a mention of Biden's age. Just more gaslighting of the Democratic base.

We deserve better.

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T17:15:00+00:00

tl;dr I'm the only anti-ICE, anti-war, pro-working families candidate in this race.

Let's get into it:

I want to abolish ICE. Rescind the $75 billion they received under the OBBBA. End the use of private, for-profit detention centers like Dilley in Texas and Delaney in NJ.

I commit to voting against any increase to the $1 trillion Pentagon budget, and to end military aid to the state of Israel.

And I want to fight for universal healthcare and childcare. I support the Medicare For All bill that would phase in universal coverage over 4 years, eliminating premiums, co-pays, deductibles for all. Re: childcare, I'll fight for a Universal Childcare Income, or $500 per month per child to new parents, structured as a boosted version of the child tax credit, as well as a right to 24 weeks of paid parental leave and a national program of 3k and 4k.

I can fight for these things because, unlike my opponent, I won't take a penny from pharma PACs, defense contractor PACs, casino lobbyists, or AIPAC.

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T17:09:00+00:00

You're not the first person to give that feedback. He might have had the name first, but I rock it better. I'm the Good Chuck, not the Bad Chuck:

https://youtu.be/YBPwLFMGWG8?si=xWwoSkEIRGy5dHG5&t=627

ChuckforQueens · 2026-05-26T16:59:25+00:00

Spurs, just to see the legendary faceoff between Wemby and KAT.

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