{"id":565980,"date":"2026-02-04T15:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/565980\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:53:14","slug":"julie-won-enters-crowded-race-to-replace-velazquez-in-ny-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/565980\/","title":{"rendered":"Julie Won enters crowded race to replace Vel\u00e1zquez in NY-7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Council Member Julie Won poses while walking on the runway during &#8220;Style Across the Aisle&#8221; fashion show, Wednesday, Sep. 10, 2025, in New York. Photo: Yuki Iwamura\/AP<\/p>\n<p><b>BOROUGHWIDE \u2014 CITY COUNCILMEMBER Julie Won launched a bid Feb. 3 for New York\u2019s 7th Congressional District<\/b>, joining a competitive and growing field to succeed Rep. Nydia Vel\u00e1zquez in NY-7, according to  <a href=\"https:\/\/greenpointers.com\/2026\/02\/03\/city-council-member-julie-won-launches-campaign-for-ny-7-congressional-district\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greenpointers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Won, first elected in 2022 to represent Long Island City, Sunnyside, Astoria and Woodside, is running on a \u201cLifetime of Care\u201d platform, pitching a cradle-to-retirement agenda as Democrats jockey for positions in the open-seat contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cParents can\u2019t find affordable childcare. Seniors are warehoused or forgotten. Workers are one illness away from losing everything. Immigrant families are being ripped apart by ICE,\u201d Won said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>The race for NY-7 has drawn many other competitors, including Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, endorsed by Vel\u00e1zquez as her  <a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/362068\/velazquez-endorses-reynoso-as-successor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">successor<\/a>; Queens Assemblymember  <a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/358756\/dsa-sets-sights-on-brooklyn-assembly-seats-and-open-house-race-in-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Claire Valdez<\/a>; and perpetual candidate and  <a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/92344\/instagram-rapper-mounts-radical-congress-challenge-to-26-year-incumbent\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">former NY-7 candidate<\/a> Paperboy Prince. The Democratic Primary is June 23, 2026.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p> <a style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #fefefe;\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wnb-read-more aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/read-more-wnb-shad-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd5hEdpXLwpeWAPMPmcmdn--vHz1InXjphFdhedt_prXKoVFQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/ultima-reader-response.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<br \/>\n<a class=\"related-articles comment-link\" style=\"clear: both;padding-top:6px;color:#6cc4e8;\" href=\"#comments\" title=\"Leave a Comment\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/365540\/this-85-year-old-tugboat-is-why-youre-not-freezing-right-now\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/012926_tugboat_ice_break-01-250x250.webp.webp\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tugboat operators N.D. Austin and Jean Barberis use the barge to help break up ice in Newtown Creek, Jan. 29, 2026. Credit: Alex Krales\/THE CITY\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis 85-year-old tugboat is why you\u2019re not freezing right now<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 2 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/280149\/barge-fire-on-newtown-creek-caused-smoke-plumes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Whats-News-BKLYN-post-sky-250x250.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBarge fire on Newtown Creek caused smoke plumes to float over Long Island City<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 30 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/264913\/one-major-problem-to-preventing-nycs-return-to-a-clean-water\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Malinowski-and-the-Harbor-white-border-250x250.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bays within the city, like Wallabout Bay in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (shown above) have become cleaner, attracting more shore birds and aquatic life. But raw sewage in rainstorms wreaks havoc (Inset: Pete Malinowski). Photo: Mark Lennihan\/APInset courtesy of Pete Malinowski\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNYC\u2019s dramatic return to a clean water environment is within reach, but there\u2019s one major problem<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 22 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/321940\/make-music-new-york-celebrates-the-summer-solstice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TugShoofly2019CR-250x250.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tug Shoofly. Photo: N.D. Austin\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2730PREMIUM<br \/>\u2018Make Music New York\u2019 celebrates the summer solstice with free music<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 20 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\tLeave a Comment\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York City Council Member Julie Won poses while walking on the runway during &#8220;Style Across the Aisle&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":565981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,15845,1907,10460,8988,246622,405,403,5226,5225,5228,226169,5227,246623,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-565980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-antonio-reynoso","tag-breaking","tag-claire-valdez","tag-election","tag-julie-won","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-ny-7","tag-nyc","tag-paperboy-love-prince","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116013171083912686","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}