Danny Valdes

Danny Valdes endorsement. District 3 community leader and organizer

: “I’m proud to support Lindsey Boylan for City Council in District 3. Lindsey has consistently shown the courage to stand up to entrenched power and fight for a city that works for working people, not insiders. At a moment when New Yorkers are demanding integrity, affordability, and real accountability at City Hall, she brings the independence and backbone this district needs. CD-3 deserves a representative who isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo and who will put constituents first every single time. Lindsey is ready to do just that.”

Honored to be endorsed by @dannyvaldes.bsky.social , an amazing community leader, organizer, and fellow fighter in our district.

Thank you, Danny, for your support and kind words:

I’m Cuban American. For the sake of both countries, Trump’s siege must end | Danny Valdes Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, crushes our people and calls it freedom. We want engagement, not escalation

“I’m Cuban American. For the sake of both countries, Trump’s siege must end.” @dannyvaldes.bsky.social for The Guardian:

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The U.S. has counted on Cuba’s “fall” for decades and been wrong at every turn. It’s on us, as Americans, to organize against this naked imperialism. We need to stop Trump’s war machine and undo decades of U.S. economic warfare on Cuba.

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work.

I don’t let bullies win.

Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

After a lot of thought, I’m not running for office this cycle. Grateful for the support I received and more committed than ever to building working-class power.

Let’s organize and elect NYC-DSA candidates ready to fight for a democratic socialist future: socialists.nyc/candidates/

15,000 @nynurses.bsky.social are on strike in NYC. I’m proud to stand with them. Nurses are the backbone of our hospitals. When they fight for fair contracts, they’re fighting for patient safety too.

To the private hospitals still holding out: give nurses the contract they deserve!

Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.

Our members have sent thousands of letters demanding a WPR on Venezuela and will continue to demand Congress hold this administration accountable for its illegal invasion and kidnapping in Venezuela

Tonight hundreds of NYers gathered to demand accountability for the murder of Renee Nicole Good. ICE has torn families apart and it is now targeting the observers of its crimes. There must be no level of cooperation with Trump’s gestapo in NYC or beyond. ABOLISH ICE!

When you send armed agents into communities to kidnap our neighbors, this kind of violence is bound to happen. That's why an attack on our immigrant brothers and sisters is an attack on all of us.

ICE must be abolished.

Last night, @socialists.nyc honored trans lives we should never have lost. Their memory calls us to do better. New York must lead by guaranteeing trans healthcare, trans rights, and proud, dignified lives for all.

The Cubans who voted for Mamdani: ‘The word ‘socialism’ is no longer so scary’ Stripped of prejudices, members of the Cuban-American community in New York decided to support the Democrat, finding few similarities between the 34-year-old Muslim mayor-elect and Fidel Castro

Read the whole story here english.elpais.com/usa/2025-11-...

A screenshot of an El País article displaying a long quote attributed to Valdés. The quote reads: “For many young people, socialism is not an abstract idea. It is simply a term that encompasses policies that guarantee basic dignity: housing, health, public energy and a fair economy,” says Valdés. “Young Cubans who supported Mamdani respond to the material reality in which they live. But this change is not limited to Cuban-Americans. It’s pervasive among young Americans trying to build their lives on a system that constantly pushes them into precarious situations. It is not so much about adopting a new ideology, but rather about choosing the politics that will fight for ordinary people. The Socialists have offered that, and the voters have responded.”

Grateful to be included in this @elpais.com piece on Cuban-Americans who voted for Zohran. Our generation isn’t scared of the word “socialism.” We’re scared of rent, medical debt, and living on a knife’s edge. That’s why we’re choosing a different politics.

Danny Valdes for NY | DAY ONE Supporters Danny is running to fight for the affordability agenda in Albany. Add your name as a Day One supporter to help power this campaign from the start.

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A large group of people stand together on the steps of a public building during a rally. A man at the center holds a microphone and gestures upward while speaking. Around him, attendees hold bright red and yellow “TAX THE RICH – FUND CHILDCARE!” signs. A woman in a red Democratic Socialists of America shirt stands near the front. The scene is energetic, with people filling the steps beneath tall columns and a large hanging light fixture.

A crowd gathered outdoors raises red and yellow “TAX THE RICH – FUND CHILDCARE!” signs. People smile, cheer, and hold their signs high. Trees and storefronts line the street behind them. The afternoon sunlight casts long shadows across the group.

A lively group stands on the steps of a building during a rally, holding “TAX THE RICH – FUND CHILDCARE!” signs. Several people shout or raise their fists in the air. A woman with curly hair holds a microphone while another person holds a handmade sign that reads “BABIES OVER BILLIONAIRES.” Large banners behind them read “CHILDCARE FOR ALL.” The scene is energetic and collective.

A beautiful day to stand with New Yorkers and say: the new gilded age ends here. We’re going to take the wealth that working people create every day and invest it to build a city and state that puts working people, not billionaire donors, first.
TAX THE RICH!
📸: @harrison-cn.bsky.social

Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Tax The Rich Rally I'm attending a @nycdsa event: Tax the Rich Rally. RSVP here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/tax-the-rich-rally

Tomorrow at noon we launch an essential fight for the affordability agenda. Zohran can’t do it alone. It will take a movement to push Albany to put working New Yorkers before billionaire donors and tax the rich. Join us!
actionnetwork.org/events/tax-t...

Follow our campaign account @valdesforny.com. More to come soon! 👇👇👇

Danny Valdes for NY | DAY ONE Supporters Danny is running to fight for the affordability agenda in Albany. Add your name as a Day One supporter to help power this campaign from the start.

To my comrades in NYC-DSA: I’m asking for your YES vote. If endorsed, this race belongs to all of us — a campaign grounded in the collective power we’ve built over the last five years.

After you vote, sign up to be a day one supporter of our campaign: valdesforny.com

Danny and his family at a protest

AD-75 can be where we say enough governing for the wealthy. Enough of the politics that treats working people as an afterthought.

Social housing and a union job let me put down roots and raise my family in this district. I want every New Yorker to have the same shot.

Danny leading a chant on a bullhorn in front of DSA flag

Danny holding a Comrades with Kids sign at a rally

Danny and other organizers behind a Tax The Rich banner

I’m running as an organizer of organizers — someone who knows how to take on both establishment Democrats and the right without flinching.

Danny gives a speech at DSA's endorsement forum

Danny and two other potential DSA candidates outside endorsement forum

Last night I announced my intention to run for an open Assembly seat in AD-75 — and I did it in the only place I can imagine doing so: @socialists.nyc

“DSA stands with working people as democrats sell out to the right”

DSA stands in absolute opposition to the proposed deal to pass Trump's billionaire budget. Healthcare is a right, not a bargaining chip.

Join NYC-DSA - NYC Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Dues are the backbone of DSA’s funding model at the national and local level, we encourage all members to contribute to both. LOCAL DUES Local dues directly fund the work of our chapter, and are a 100...

Hey New York, if a certain senator has you looking for a political home that won’t bow to fascists and oligarchs and still has a spine, join @socialists.nyc socialists.nyc/join

On Tuesday, Americans delivered a message to democrats in the loudest possible terms: DON'T CAVE. But instead of meeting the moment, Schumer is smothering it. We need leaders willing to fight authoritarianism and oligarchy tooth and nail.

Lindsey’s tenacious bravery in speaking out against Cuomo’s treatment of women was the first domino that helped bring us to last night’s victory. I’m proud to call her a friend and a fellow Democratic Socialist.