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Socialist-endorsed Tiffany Cab??n wins Queens district attorney primary
June 26, 2019|?????? 2:37 PM CDT| | By Tina Nannarone And Gabe Falsetta
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Socialist-endorsed Tiffany Cab??n wins Queens district attorney primary
Queens district attorney candidate Tiffany Caban reacts as she is
greeted by supporters Tuesday, June 25, 2019, in the Queens borough of
New York. | Frank Franklin II / AP
QUEENS, N.Y.???The La Boom Nightclub in Woodside, Queens, was packed wall
to wall with hundreds of supporters. People were chanting ???S?? se Puede???
and ???Black and brown lives matter.??? That was the scene at approximately
11:15 pm last night when Tiffany Cab??n declared herself the winner in
the Democratic primary for district attorney.
This was a historic victory, as it was the first competitive race for
district attorney here in decades. The DA position had been held for 28
years by Richard Brown, who died two months ago.
There were eight candidates in the race, but the Queens Democratic Party
put its money and resources behind Melinda Katz, the Queens borough
president.
Tiffany Cab??n was a virtually unknown public defender until February
2019. Cab??n built a grassroots campaign that brought in community
organizations, such as Make The Road, and political groups, including
the Working Families Party, Citizen Action, and the DSA (Democratic
Socialists of America).
Cab??n is a 31-year-old of Puerto Rican heritage, a Queer-identified
public defender, and a life-long Queens resident. Her working-class
parents grew up in the Woodside Housing Projects, and she was raised in
Richmond Hill, Queens.?? Her goal is to bring racial, social, and
economic justice to the communities in the district.
Her platform calls for an end to mass incarceration, stopping the war on
drugs, and decriminalization of poverty. She plans to tackle corporate
crime, protect immigrants and the elderly, and believes that community
solutions provide real public safety.
Hundreds of volunteers knocked on 70,000 doors, handed out thousands of
fliers, and talked with people in Queens neighborhoods stretching from
Long Island City to South Ozone Park and the Rockaways.
All of the local Democratic Party???s resources could not save the day for
Melinda Katz. On election night, her supporters gathered in Banter, a
cozy bar in Forest Hills where the mood was subdued. Missing were her
major endorsers, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Queens is New York City???s most ethnically diverse borough, with large
groups of immigrants from South America, South Asia, East Asia, Europe,
and Africa. Over 160 languages are spoken in the borough.
Queens has recently been a hub of resistance to politics as usual. It???s
the scene of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez???s election, the successful fight
against Amazon, and the first all-inclusive St. Patrick???s Day parade in
New York.
In 2019, the same Working Families Party-led coalition that backed Cab??n
defeated the IDC (Independent Democrats Coalition) that had stymied
progressive advances in the New York State Senate by caucusing with
Republicans.
Since the defeat of the IDC, the State Senate has passed major rent
reform, cemented abortion rights, implemented early voting, and passed a
bill for drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants.
One of the new Democrats is State Sen. Jessica Ramos, an early supporter
of Cab??n. Despite all these progressive gains, Queens also still has a
base that supports Trump???s policies. The Republican challenger to John
Liu, an anti-IDC Democrat, was a supporter of the Proud Boys.
Cab??n was endorsed by Larry Krasner, the District Attorney from
Philadelphia who led the way in the movement for transformative justice.
Her national endorsers included Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as well as
Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Local endorsers included: NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer; NYS Senators
Jessica Ramos, James Sanders, Julia Salazar, and Michael Gianaris; NYS
Assemblymember Ron Kim; and NYC council members Jimmy Van Bramer and
Antonio Reynoso.
Actress Susan Sarandon tweeted this morning; ???@Cab??nForQueens victory
over the ???machine??? in Queens makes me proud to be from Jackson Heights
and shows once again that a people???s movement can bring real change,
real justice.???
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CONTRIBUTOR
Tina Nannarone
Tina Nannarone
Gabe Falsetta
Gabe Falsetta
Long-time social justice activist Gabe Falsetta writes from New York City.
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