Chuck Park

Chuck Park earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a graduate degree from Columbia University. His career experience includes working as a public servant.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I was born in Flushing to Korean immigrants who worked tirelessly as street vendors and then opened their own small business. Like many immigrant families in Queens, my parents built a life through sacrifice and determination. Their experience shaped my understanding of what government should do: protect opportunity, dignity, and security for working families.

I followed that call, becoming a U.S. diplomat under President Obama in 2010. I then resigned in 2019 to protest President Trump’s immigration policies, and turned to local organizing in Queens. I worked as a community advocate focusing on immigrant communities, and a city government leader supporting constituents across his city council district. I am a husband, a dad, and a foster parent, and I’m running to ensure that working families in Queens have a representative who will stand up, speak out, and fight for them.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

We need to abolish ICE. As your Congressional representative, I will fight to zero out ICE’s budget, claw back the billions Trump has pumped into his rogue paramilitary, and transfer any legitimate public safety functions to agencies with real oversight.

Abolishing ICE isn’t enough. We need to prosecute the officers and their leaders who carried out illegal raids, attacked our neighbors, and killed people on our streets. We must hold them accountable.

ICE exists because Congress has neglected to pass real immigration reform for more than a generation. We need clear and legal pathways to citizenship for students, temporary workers, people fleeing violence, and undocumented families.I will fight to pass Medicare For All, to guarantee healthcare for everyone, including vision, dental, and hearing, with or without a job. Small businesses will no longer have to pay expensive premiums for their employees. Patients will no longer have to deal with surprise bills, carry medical debt, or figure out which providers are in-network.

Our healthcare system is broken, with rising costs, worse outcomes, and too many New Yorkers one injury or illness away from financial ruin. Queens has more than 145,000 uninsured people, the highest of any county in the entire state. These are working families, immigrants, and small business owners — the people who run New York City.America has been fighting endless wars for most of our lifetimes - none of which have delivered security or stability. Instead, we have caused mass destruction abroad and brought Americans home in body bags or with life-altering injuries.

In Congress, I will vote in favor of the Block the Bombs Act, to end Israel’s use of American weapons to kill civilians in Palestine, Lebanon, or anywhere else. And I will sign onto House Resolution 876 recognizing the genocide in Palestine.

And unlike my opponent, I will never take money from Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, or any of the defense contractors and defense-tech companies that profit from war.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Universal Healthcare; Universal Childcare; Immigration Reform; Foreign Policy, No Casinos in Queens; No Corporate or SuperPAC Money in Politics

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Sunrise Movement NYC

New York Progressive Action Network

Citizen Action of New York

Muslim Democratic Club of New York

Central Queens Independent Democrats

The Korean American Democratic Committee

The 504 Democratic Club

Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption

Progressive Victory

Forest Hills Indivisible

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