Overview
- The Queens council member launched her campaign Monday to succeed Rep. Nydia Velázquez in one of the city’s most progressive districts.
- Won outlined a “Lifetime of Care” agenda featuring universal health care and childcare, housing for all, expanded Social Security, and ending ICE.
- The 26th City Council District she represents closely overlaps with NY-07, spanning North Brooklyn and Western Queens.
- Assembly Member Claire Valdez and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso are already running, with Velázquez and several council members backing Reynoso, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the UAW, Justice Democrats, and NYC DSA backing Valdez.
- Won, the first immigrant to represent her Council district and the first Korean-American on the Council, highlights her role in the OneLIC rezoning and says she secured nearly $2 billion in community investments.