New York — 14th District

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Supports federal tenant protections and public housing investments

Ocasio-Cortez treats housing as a basic human right and advocates for federal caps on rent increases alongside major capital investments in public housing. She introduced the Place to Prosper Act to cap annual rent increases at 3% or CPI and guarantee legal representation for tenants in eviction proceedings, while calling for $70 billion to repair public housing.

• Introduced the Place to Prosper Act to curb rent increases to 3% or CPI for landlords with five or more properties.
• Guarantees legal counsel during eviction proceedings with $6.5 billion in annual federal funding.
• Called for $70 billion to repair public housing infrastructure plus $10 billion specifically for lead removal.
• Introduced the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act and supports repealing the Faircloth Amendment.

“The Place to Prosper Act, introduced by Alexandria in 2019, curbs rent increase for landlords who own 5 or more properties to just 3% of the preceding year’s rent or the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, whichever is greater.”

“Alexandria has called for $70 billion in funding to fix our nation’s crumbling public housing system.”

Diamant Hysenaj

Supports reducing bureaucracy and boosting housing construction

Hysenaj draws on his personal experience as a developer rebuilding after losing his home during the 2008 recession to advocate for expanding housing supply. He promises to cut municipal bureaucracy, accelerate construction, and protect fair rents to help increase the district's 29% homeownership rate.

• Pledges to cut through bureaucracy and boost building construction across NY-14.
• Aims to increase homeownership in the district beyond its current 29% rate.
• Advocates fighting for fair rents and tenant protections to help working families build equity.

“With only 29% of us owning here, I’ll cut through bureaucracy, boost construction, and fight for fair rents and protections so every family gets a real shot.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Supports Federal Jobs Guarantee and labor movement

Ocasio-Cortez advocates structural economic reform to shift power to working families, including a Federal Jobs Guarantee that establishes baseline living wages and full benefits. She supports repealing the Taft-Hartley Act, expanding union organizing rights, restoring Glass-Steagall, and establishing postal banking.

• Endorses a Federal Jobs Guarantee offering a baseline $15 wage pegged to inflation, full healthcare, and paid child and sick leave.
• Supports repealing the Taft-Hartley Act and banning federal contracts for non-unionized companies.
• Proposes restoring Glass-Steagall, breaking up too-big-to-fail banks, and creating postal banking.

“A Federal Jobs Guarantee would create a baseline standard for employment that includes a livable wage (pegged to inflation), full healthcare, and child and sick leave for all.”

“We need to repeal the Taft-Hartley Act, which limits the power of workers and unions to fight and push for better working conditions.”

Diamant Hysenaj

Supports deregulation and small business growth

Hysenaj emphasizes his background as an entrepreneur who rebuilt his life without government welfare after the 2008 crash. He pledges to streamline city red tape, support small business growth, and reduce the 43-minute average commute time for local workers.

• Pledges to streamline municipal red tape to fuel small business growth and job creation.
• Emphasizes addressing the 43-minute average commute times facing district workers.
• Highlights creating jobs as a developer without relying on federal welfare.

“I’ll bring good jobs, streamline city red tape, and boost small businesses so you can thrive like I did.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Supports abolishing ICE and expanding immigrant rights

Ocasio-Cortez advocates abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and establishing a clear path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. She introduced the Embrace Act to give undocumented residents access to social safety net programs and supports the DREAM Act.

• Calls for abolishing ICE and protecting undocumented families from indefinite detention and deportation.
• Introduced the Embrace Act to ensure undocumented immigrants are eligible for major federal safety net programs.
• Supports the DREAM Act and broader pathways to citizenship.

“It is past time to make undocumented individuals full members of the country they call their home and abolish ICE.”

“This is why Alexandria introduced The Embrace Act during her first year in Congress, to help ensure that all persons in need are eligible for the largest programs of the social safety net.”

Diamant Hysenaj

Supports border security and lawful immigration reform

Hysenaj, who immigrated to the United States at age nine, calls for a tough but fair immigration system that secures borders while streamlining legal processes. He advocates faster citizenship pathways for law-abiding immigrants who respect federal law.

• Demands a tough but fair immigration policy combining secure borders with neighborhood support.
• Advocates faster citizenship pathways for law-abiding immigrants.
• Cites personal experience navigating the complex U.S. immigration system.

“I’ll demand a system that’s tough but fair: secure borders, faster citizenship for the law-abiding, and real support for our neighborhoods.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Supports Medicare for All single-payer system

Ocasio-Cortez champions Improved and Expanded Medicare for All (H.R. 676) to establish a universal single-payer system that covers medical, vision, dental, mental health, and reproductive care. She argues that uncoupling healthcare from employment lowers drug costs through government price negotiation and eliminates private insurance overhead.

• Supports the Improved and Expanded Medicare for All Act (H.R. 676) to guarantee single-payer healthcare nationwide.
• Advocates uncoupling health insurance from employment to cover medical, vision, dental, and mental healthcare.
• Supports expanding Medicaid for long-term care, nursing home coverage, and senior home healthcare.

“Improved and Expanded Medicare for All is the ethical, logical, and affordable path to ensuring no person goes without dignified healthcare.”

Diamant Hysenaj

Supports lowering healthcare costs and out-of-pocket expenses

Hysenaj focuses on reducing out-of-pocket healthcare expenses and premiums for families, noting that his own family pays more than $2,000 monthly for insurance. He promises pragmatism over soundbites to protect working families from being bankrupt by medical bills.

• Highlights paying over $2,000 per month for family insurance with high out-of-pocket expenses.
• Pledges accessible, affordable healthcare to protect working families from medical debt.
• Emphasizes personal experience with system failures following a family suicide.

“For my wife, two kids, and me, healthcare costs over $2,000 a month—for a mediocre plan with sky-high out-of-pocket costs.”

“I’ll fight for affordable, accessible healthcare—real solutions, not bandaids—so no family’s crushed by bills.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Supports divesting from policing and criminal justice reform

Ocasio-Cortez advocates shifting resources away from traditional policing into community supportive services, healthcare, housing, and education. She supports ending mass incarceration, cash bail, qualified immunity, mandatory minimums, the death penalty, and private prisons.

• Advocates divesting from policing to invest in social safety net programs, housing, and healthcare.
• Supports ending qualified immunity, cash bail, private prisons, mandatory minimums, and the death penalty.
• Supports Ayanna Pressley's 'The People's Justice Guarantee' (H.Res. 702) and federal legalization of marijuana.

“Alexandria believes we must divest from policing as a one-stop-solution to community problems and instead invest in healthcare, housing, education, and supportive services.”

Diamant Hysenaj

Supports police officers alongside strict officer accountability

Hysenaj states he is pro-police but uncompromising on law enforcement accountability. He shares how he pursued investigations with the CCRB, Internal Affairs, and the DA to convict and remove a corrupt NYPD officer following a family tragedy, pledging to support good officers while holding bad actors accountable.

• Supports law enforcement while demanding strict accountability against police misconduct.
• Cites successfully working with CCRB, Internal Affairs, and prosecutors to remove a corrupt NYPD officer.
• Focuses on delivering safe streets and strong neighborhoods across Queens and the Bronx.

“I’m pro-police but uncompromising on accountability.”

“I’ll always support good officers and relentlessly root out the bad, ensuring our streets are safe for everyone.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Supports Green New Deal and 100% renewable energy by 2035

Ocasio-Cortez is a primary sponsor of the Green New Deal, calling for a complete national transition to 100% renewable energy and a carbon-free electrical grid by 2035. Her platform links environmental sustainability with economic justice, proposing green job creation and converting public housing into zero-carbon units.

• Supports transitioning the U.S. to 100% renewable energy and a carbon-free power grid by 2035.
• Introduced the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act to convert public housing into zero-carbon homes.
• Promotes vehicle electrification, rooftop solar generation, and clean energy job creation.

“Alexandria strongly supports transitioning the United States to a carbon-free, 100% renewable energy system and a fully modernized electrical grid by 2035.”

Diamant Hysenaj

Supports transit repairs, subway safety, and practical green upgrades

Hysenaj focuses on local transit infrastructure, subway safety, and environmental conditions in NY-14. He promises to fix unreliable subway lines, deliver local green jobs, and implement practical upgrades for working-class commuters.

• Pledges to improve subway safety and resolve transit breakdowns and delays.
• Supports local green jobs and practical neighborhood infrastructure upgrades.
• Emphasizes utilizing builder experience to overhaul broken municipal infrastructure.

“I’ll deliver better subways, local green jobs, and upgrades that work for working people, not just sound good.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Supports public funding of elections and overturning Citizens United

Ocasio-Cortez refuses campaign contributions from corporate PACs, federal lobbyists, and real estate developers. She advocates a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United, public financing of federal elections, and mandatory donor disclosure laws.

• Refuses contributions from corporate lobbyists, private health insurers, and real estate developers.
• Supports a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United, Buckley v. Valeo, and SpeechNOW.org.
• Advocates public funding of elections and mandatory disclosure of political spending by government contractors.

“The first pledge Alexandria made to voters in this election was to commit herself to clean campaign finance.”

“Where she stands farthest apart from her primary opponent Joe Crowley is in her steadfast refusal to allow her campaign to be underwritten by lobbyist contributions.”

Diamant Hysenaj

Opposes celebrity politics and promises dedicated local representation

Hysenaj attacks Ocasio-Cortez as a celebrity politician who has raised over $80 million nationally while the Bronx remains the poorest county in New York State. He promises to be a present representative who prioritizes district constituent services and federal funding for NY-14.

• Criticizes AOC for raising over $80 million nationally while the Bronx remains the poorest county in NY State.
• Pledges to be a representative who shows up in the district and secures direct federal funding.
• Frames his candidacy around whether residents' quality of life has improved over the past seven and a half years.

“New York's 14th Congressional District does not have a representative in Washington; it has a social media star and national celebrity who has raised over $80 million in campaign donations while the Bronx remains the poorest county in New York State.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Supports tuition-free public college and student debt cancellation

Ocasio-Cortez supports expanding the public education system to make public colleges and trade schools tuition-free nationwide. She advocates a one-time federal cancellation of student loan debt to unburden borrowers and boost national economic output.

• Advocates tuition-free public college and trade school throughout the United States.
• Supports a one-time federal cancellation of student loan debt.
• Supports expanding Pell Grants and investing in public school facilities.

“Alexandria’s plan would make tuition free at public colleges and universities throughout the country.”

“In tandem with making public colleges tuition-free, Alexandria supports a one-time policy of student debt cancellation”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Supports federal abortion rights and gender equity

Ocasio-Cortez treats reproductive freedom as a fundamental human right, opposing restrictions or funding cuts on abortion, birth control, or family planning services. She advocates equal pay legislation, federal paid parental leave, and statutory workplace protections for women and caregivers.

• Opposes federal, state, or local restrictions on abortion access, birth control, and family planning.
• Supports equal pay for equal work and federal paid family leave legislation.
• Endorsed ballot initiatives protecting reproductive freedom, including New York Proposal 1 and Nevada Question 6.

“This means open access to safe, legal, affordable abortion, birth control, and family planning services, as well as access to adequate, affordable pre- and post-natal care, for all people, regardless of income, location or education.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Supports ending military interventions and a Marshall Plan for Puerto Rico

Ocasio-Cortez advocates shifting U.S. foreign policy away from military intervention toward a peace economy, bringing troops home and stopping foreign airstrikes. For Puerto Rico, she proposes a Marshall Plan for renewable energy rebuilding, debt cancellation, Jones Act review, and dissolving the PROMESA oversight board.

• Advocates ending military interventions, bringing U.S. troops home, and shifting military spending to domestic needs.
• Proposes a Marshall Plan for Puerto Rico focused on modern infrastructure and renewable energy.
• Calls for cancelling Puerto Rico's Wall Street debt, reviewing the Jones Act, and dissolving La Junta (PROMESA board).

“Alexandria believes that we must end the "forever war" by bringing our troops home, and ending the air strikes that perpetuate the cycle of terrorism throughout the world.”

“Dissolve La Junta, cancel Puerto Rico’s debt and rebuild the island with a Green New Deal.”