Claire Valdez
@claireforqueens.bsky.social
Democratic socialist representing Assembly District 37 (Sunnyside, Ridgewood, LIC, Maspeth, Woodside). NYC-DSA + UAW forever🌹✊🏽 she/her
Today, I joined NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, CM Julie Won + local leaders to cut the ribbon on the new 29th Street Plaza!
This reclaimed space, with a beautiful mural by CUNY student Fernanda Contreras, shows what's possible when we open streets, support artists and bring people together.
This reclaimed space, with a beautiful mural by CUNY student Fernanda Contreras, shows what's possible when we open streets, support artists and bring people together.
October 6, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Today, I joined NYC DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez, CM Julie Won + local leaders to cut the ribbon on the new 29th Street Plaza!
This reclaimed space, with a beautiful mural by CUNY student Fernanda Contreras, shows what's possible when we open streets, support artists and bring people together.
This reclaimed space, with a beautiful mural by CUNY student Fernanda Contreras, shows what's possible when we open streets, support artists and bring people together.
Residents and lawmakers are calling for action on ongoing air pollution and odors from the Blissville plant. Join us for a Green Asphalt Town Hall tomorrow, September 16, to share your concerns and push for solutions to protect our neighborhoods.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/greenasphalt2025
RSVP: tinyurl.com/greenasphalt2025
September 15, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Residents and lawmakers are calling for action on ongoing air pollution and odors from the Blissville plant. Join us for a Green Asphalt Town Hall tomorrow, September 16, to share your concerns and push for solutions to protect our neighborhoods.
RSVP: tinyurl.com/greenasphalt2025
RSVP: tinyurl.com/greenasphalt2025
Want to learn more about what to say or do when interacting with ICE, and how you can better protect your neighbors?
Our office is proud to cosponsor a Know Your Rights training alongside NYIC and Sens. Gianaris and Gonzalez!
Register here: bit.ly/AMValdezKYRTraining
Our office is proud to cosponsor a Know Your Rights training alongside NYIC and Sens. Gianaris and Gonzalez!
Register here: bit.ly/AMValdezKYRTraining
July 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Want to learn more about what to say or do when interacting with ICE, and how you can better protect your neighbors?
Our office is proud to cosponsor a Know Your Rights training alongside NYIC and Sens. Gianaris and Gonzalez!
Register here: bit.ly/AMValdezKYRTraining
Our office is proud to cosponsor a Know Your Rights training alongside NYIC and Sens. Gianaris and Gonzalez!
Register here: bit.ly/AMValdezKYRTraining
Early voting begins TODAY! Rank Zohran #1, Brad #2, and DON’T RANK CUOMO.
June 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Early voting begins TODAY! Rank Zohran #1, Brad #2, and DON’T RANK CUOMO.
Join us on Saturday at the Ridgewood Library!
June 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Join us on Saturday at the Ridgewood Library!
Hey Queens ✨🌈 March with Team Claire at SunnyPride!
This month (and every month), we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. 🌟 If you believe everyone deserves to live boldly, authentically, and without fear, we want you to join us!
Fill out the form to march with Team Claire ➡️ bit.ly/clairesunnypride
This month (and every month), we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. 🌟 If you believe everyone deserves to live boldly, authentically, and without fear, we want you to join us!
Fill out the form to march with Team Claire ➡️ bit.ly/clairesunnypride
June 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Hey Queens ✨🌈 March with Team Claire at SunnyPride!
This month (and every month), we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. 🌟 If you believe everyone deserves to live boldly, authentically, and without fear, we want you to join us!
Fill out the form to march with Team Claire ➡️ bit.ly/clairesunnypride
This month (and every month), we celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. 🌟 If you believe everyone deserves to live boldly, authentically, and without fear, we want you to join us!
Fill out the form to march with Team Claire ➡️ bit.ly/clairesunnypride
Hoy me uní a defensores y neoyorquinos de clase trabajadora en un acto pacífico de desobediencia civil para defender a las comunidades inmigrantes que sufren ataques en todo el país, el estado y la ciudad de Nueva York. Aquí ➡️ está mi declaración.
June 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hoy me uní a defensores y neoyorquinos de clase trabajadora en un acto pacífico de desobediencia civil para defender a las comunidades inmigrantes que sufren ataques en todo el país, el estado y la ciudad de Nueva York. Aquí ➡️ está mi declaración.
Power to the People! No One is Illegal! ✊🏽
Today, I joined advocates and working-class New Yorkers in a peaceful act of civil disobedience to defend immigrant communities under attack across the country, state, and New York City. Here is my statement.
Today, I joined advocates and working-class New Yorkers in a peaceful act of civil disobedience to defend immigrant communities under attack across the country, state, and New York City. Here is my statement.
June 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Power to the People! No One is Illegal! ✊🏽
Today, I joined advocates and working-class New Yorkers in a peaceful act of civil disobedience to defend immigrant communities under attack across the country, state, and New York City. Here is my statement.
Today, I joined advocates and working-class New Yorkers in a peaceful act of civil disobedience to defend immigrant communities under attack across the country, state, and New York City. Here is my statement.
This weekend we joined the fun at the annual LIC Waterfront 5K! The community vibes were impeccable + the waterfront as beautiful as ever. Best part of all, every step the participants took supports local parks & free events through the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy. TY to HPPC for inviting me! 🌳🏃♂️
June 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
This weekend we joined the fun at the annual LIC Waterfront 5K! The community vibes were impeccable + the waterfront as beautiful as ever. Best part of all, every step the participants took supports local parks & free events through the Hunters Point Parks Conservancy. TY to HPPC for inviting me! 🌳🏃♂️
We have the resources to build the future we all deserve, we just need the political will to get it done.
Thank you to everyone who joined us on Monday and made your voices heard. This week’s town hall was the first of many.
Read more: queenspost.com/valdez-calls...
Thank you to everyone who joined us on Monday and made your voices heard. This week’s town hall was the first of many.
Read more: queenspost.com/valdez-calls...
June 5, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We have the resources to build the future we all deserve, we just need the political will to get it done.
Thank you to everyone who joined us on Monday and made your voices heard. This week’s town hall was the first of many.
Read more: queenspost.com/valdez-calls...
Thank you to everyone who joined us on Monday and made your voices heard. This week’s town hall was the first of many.
Read more: queenspost.com/valdez-calls...
Our communities deserve transparency. This legislation is simple: utilities must give 45 days’ notice before major rate hikes. Yesterday, I was proud to pass my 45-Day Notice bill alongside colleagues to give NYers a bit of relief from unpredictable pricing and profiteering.
May 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Our communities deserve transparency. This legislation is simple: utilities must give 45 days’ notice before major rate hikes. Yesterday, I was proud to pass my 45-Day Notice bill alongside colleagues to give NYers a bit of relief from unpredictable pricing and profiteering.
Our office will be closed Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day. We will reopen Tuesday, May 27, at 10 a.m. If you need to reach our office for any reason, please leave a message at 718-784-3194 or email ad37@nyassembly.gov.
May 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Our office will be closed Monday, May 26, in observance of Memorial Day. We will reopen Tuesday, May 27, at 10 a.m. If you need to reach our office for any reason, please leave a message at 718-784-3194 or email ad37@nyassembly.gov.
Workers make it all. Workers deserve it all. See you in the streets today at 5PM New York. ✊🏽
May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Workers make it all. Workers deserve it all. See you in the streets today at 5PM New York. ✊🏽
A&E owns 180 buildings with a total of 59,225 HPD code violations. Enough is enough. It’s time to hold them accountable. Our office is proud to stand with A&E tenants from Sunnyside and across the city in their fight against unjust evictions and for basic housing repairs.
April 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
A&E owns 180 buildings with a total of 59,225 HPD code violations. Enough is enough. It’s time to hold them accountable. Our office is proud to stand with A&E tenants from Sunnyside and across the city in their fight against unjust evictions and for basic housing repairs.
Hoppy Easter, everyone! 🐰 Wishing you a beautiful day of dyeing eggs, sharing family meals, or simply relishing the beginning of spring with those who matter most. However you're celebrating, may the holiday bring peace, joy, and renewal.
April 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Hoppy Easter, everyone! 🐰 Wishing you a beautiful day of dyeing eggs, sharing family meals, or simply relishing the beginning of spring with those who matter most. However you're celebrating, may the holiday bring peace, joy, and renewal.
Fascists are not welcome in New York. Trump and ICE cannot be allowed to operate with impunity, disappearing students, workers, and family members. It's time for state leaders to get real and pass Dignity Not Detention, New York for All, and stop any and all cooperation with ICE.
April 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Fascists are not welcome in New York. Trump and ICE cannot be allowed to operate with impunity, disappearing students, workers, and family members. It's time for state leaders to get real and pass Dignity Not Detention, New York for All, and stop any and all cooperation with ICE.
Our office will be closed tomorrow, April 18, in observance of Good Friday. We will reopen Monday at 10 a.m. If you need to reach our office for any reason, please leave a message at 718-784-3194 or email ad37@nyassembly.gov.
April 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Our office will be closed tomorrow, April 18, in observance of Good Friday. We will reopen Monday at 10 a.m. If you need to reach our office for any reason, please leave a message at 718-784-3194 or email ad37@nyassembly.gov.
Summer's hot, but you don't have to be! ☀️🥵 HEAP is here to help.
The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) can cover the cost of fans and air conditioners for eligible New Yorkers. Find out if you qualify here: otda.ny.gov/programs/heap/#cooling-assistance
The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) can cover the cost of fans and air conditioners for eligible New Yorkers. Find out if you qualify here: otda.ny.gov/programs/heap/#cooling-assistance
April 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Summer's hot, but you don't have to be! ☀️🥵 HEAP is here to help.
The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) can cover the cost of fans and air conditioners for eligible New Yorkers. Find out if you qualify here: otda.ny.gov/programs/heap/#cooling-assistance
The Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP) can cover the cost of fans and air conditioners for eligible New Yorkers. Find out if you qualify here: otda.ny.gov/programs/heap/#cooling-assistance
Trump wants to gut essential programs to give billionaires tax cuts. What is NY going to do about it? NY’s billionaire wealth has increased 70% since 2017. Meanwhile millions of NYers are wondering if they can put food on the table if SNAP is cut. State leaders must act responsibly & tax the rich.
April 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Trump wants to gut essential programs to give billionaires tax cuts. What is NY going to do about it? NY’s billionaire wealth has increased 70% since 2017. Meanwhile millions of NYers are wondering if they can put food on the table if SNAP is cut. State leaders must act responsibly & tax the rich.
👋🏽 Queens! Our office is hiring!
We’re looking for a Part-Time Legislative Aide to support our legislative work and research policy issues affecting the residents of LIC, Sunnyside, Woodside, Maspeth, and Ridgewood.
Read more ⬇️ and apply by April 23: nyassembly.gov/mem/Claire-Valdez/story/113656
We’re looking for a Part-Time Legislative Aide to support our legislative work and research policy issues affecting the residents of LIC, Sunnyside, Woodside, Maspeth, and Ridgewood.
Read more ⬇️ and apply by April 23: nyassembly.gov/mem/Claire-Valdez/story/113656
April 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
👋🏽 Queens! Our office is hiring!
We’re looking for a Part-Time Legislative Aide to support our legislative work and research policy issues affecting the residents of LIC, Sunnyside, Woodside, Maspeth, and Ridgewood.
Read more ⬇️ and apply by April 23: nyassembly.gov/mem/Claire-Valdez/story/113656
We’re looking for a Part-Time Legislative Aide to support our legislative work and research policy issues affecting the residents of LIC, Sunnyside, Woodside, Maspeth, and Ridgewood.
Read more ⬇️ and apply by April 23: nyassembly.gov/mem/Claire-Valdez/story/113656
Wishing all my Jewish neighbors in Queens and across New York a joyful Passover. May this beautiful story of resilience renew our commitment to justice, collective liberation and solidarity. Chag Sameach! ✨
April 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Wishing all my Jewish neighbors in Queens and across New York a joyful Passover. May this beautiful story of resilience renew our commitment to justice, collective liberation and solidarity. Chag Sameach! ✨
Team Claire met with Girls for Gender Equity this week to discuss gender and racial justice in NY, ways to ensure young people are given comprehensive sex education + access to abortion care, and creating safer, more inclusive school environments with legislation like Solutions Not Suspensions! ✊🏽
April 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Team Claire met with Girls for Gender Equity this week to discuss gender and racial justice in NY, ways to ensure young people are given comprehensive sex education + access to abortion care, and creating safer, more inclusive school environments with legislation like Solutions Not Suspensions! ✊🏽
While masked ICE and DHS agents kidnap students from campuses across the country, Gov. Hochul is pitching her own chapter to the White House’s authoritarian playbook: a ban on wearing masks in public under the guise of “fighting masked harassment.”
My statement on the governor’s proposed mask ban:
My statement on the governor’s proposed mask ban:
April 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
While masked ICE and DHS agents kidnap students from campuses across the country, Gov. Hochul is pitching her own chapter to the White House’s authoritarian playbook: a ban on wearing masks in public under the guise of “fighting masked harassment.”
My statement on the governor’s proposed mask ban:
My statement on the governor’s proposed mask ban:
It is unacceptable that transparency and timeliness in our legal system still face resistance. People’s lives are not political footballs. We cannot return to a system plagued by wrongful convictions, prolonged detention and coercion. We must uphold Kalief’s Law.
April 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It is unacceptable that transparency and timeliness in our legal system still face resistance. People’s lives are not political footballs. We cannot return to a system plagued by wrongful convictions, prolonged detention and coercion. We must uphold Kalief’s Law.
People and planet over profit—always. Proud to support the NY HEAT Act to end subsidies for the companies keeping us hooked on fossil fuels, save working families money by capping utility bills, and to bring us in line with our legally mandated climate goals. Let's get it done!
April 2, 2025 at 4:35 PM
People and planet over profit—always. Proud to support the NY HEAT Act to end subsidies for the companies keeping us hooked on fossil fuels, save working families money by capping utility bills, and to bring us in line with our legally mandated climate goals. Let's get it done!