Overview
- Won launched her campaign with a “Lifetime of Care” platform centered on universal healthcare and childcare, housing for all, expanded Social Security, and abolishing ICE.
- The 26th City Council District that Won represents largely overlaps with New York’s 7th Congressional District in North Brooklyn and Western Queens.
- Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and Assemblymember Claire Valdez are already in the race, creating a three-candidate field on the left.
- Velázquez has endorsed Reynoso, while Zohran Mamdani and the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America support Valdez.
- Won, the first immigrant and first Korean-American to represent the 26th Council District, highlights her role in the OneLIC plan, which she says secured nearly $2 billion in community investments and enables up to 14,700 new homes, including 4,300 affordable.