Adriano Espaillat has spent his life fighting for this community and he has the power and the record to keep delivering for it. He is a proven progressive fighter who knows what our families are up against because he has lived it himself. While others in this race offer a wishlist, Adriano has the receipts: real protection for our neighbors, real money delivered home, and real wins for working people. Adriano Espaillat:

• Made history as the first formerly undocumented immigrant - and the first Dominican American - ever elected to Congress

• Holds a seat on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, where the district’s funding gets decided

• Has spent his career taking on Trump, ICE, and powerful interests and winning for working families

This moment does not call for more strongly worded letters. It calls for someone with the power to protect our neighbors and the record to prove he will deliver. Adriano has the receipts:

• Fought the Trump administration to protect Congress’s authority to inspect ICE detention centers and won

• Led the successful fight to fire Kristi Noem and to stop airlines from handing passengers’ data to ICE

• Secured $3.4 billion for Second Avenue Subway Phase 2, finally connecting East Harlem to the rest of the city

• Delivered millions for affordable housing and protected tenants from eviction across Upper Manhattan

• Authored legislation to put body cameras on ICE agents and keep ICE out of our hospitals, schools, playgrounds, and places of worship

• Used his Appropriations seat to win billions for the district: from the Second Avenue Subway to Morningside Park to the Kingsbridge Armory rebuild that will bring thousands of jobs

There is a reason Attorney General Letitia James, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, and New York’s largest labor unions - 1199SEIU, 32BJ, DC 37, the Hotel and Gaming Trades Council, and the Transport Workers Union - have all endorsed Adriano. It is because he has a real record of taking on these fights and winning for working people. Voters should read and see visually the breadth of his full labor and progressive leadership coalition.

Ranked among the most progressive members of Congress, Adriano will keep fighting to abolish and defund ICE, stand firm against Trump and MAGA, pass Medicare for All, ban members of Congress from trading stocks, expand the Child Tax Credit, and bring our tax dollars home from Trump’s war in Iran to make life more affordable for working families. Voters should learn more about his clear record and leadership on these issues.

There is only one candidate in this race with more than a wishlist. Adriano Espaillat has the power, the experience, and the record to prove he can fight for this community and win.

Democratic primary voters who have voted in two or more recent primaries, with particular emphasis on voters age 35 and older; and all Democratic primary voters of color — Black and Latino — who have voted in one or more recent primaries particularly need to hear these messages.