27 Facts About Carlina Rivera

Carlina Rivera was born on January 3,1984 and is an American politician who represents the 2nd district of the New York City Council since 2018.

Carlina Rivera was a candidate in the Democratic primary for New York's 10th congressional district in 2022, but lost, coming in fourth place, behind Dan Goldman, State Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou, and Congressman Mondaire Jones.

Carlina Rivera grew up on the Lower East Side, where she was raised in Section 8 housing by a single mother who moved from Puerto Rico to the mainland.

Carlina Rivera graduated from Notre Dame School in Manhattan and Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, where she majored in journalism.

Carlina Rivera worked as director of programs and services at Good Old Lower East Side, a local nonprofit organization focused on neighborhood housing and preservation, economic development, and community revitalization.

Carlina Rivera was a member of Manhattan Community Board 3 and later served as the legislative director for Rosie Mendez.

Carlina Rivera launched her campaign for City Council in 2016, running for the 2nd District, which encompasses the East Village, Flatiron, Gramercy Park, Rose Hill, Kips Bay, Murray Hill and the Lower East Side.

Carlina Rivera was endorsed by the Working Families Party, then City Public Advocate Letitia James, then City Comptroller Scott Stringer, Rep.

In 2019, as a co-chair of the Women's Caucus, Carlina Rivera was involved in securing $250,000 for the New York Abortion Access Fund to provide abortions for women not covered by insurance or Medicaid, including for those who travel from out-of-state.

Carlina Rivera has called for more aid to reach the city's public hospital system, including funding and programs around reproductive healthcare.

Carlina Rivera introduced a legislation to create a patient advocate's office within the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to help New Yorkers navigate the healthcare system.

Carlina Rivera introduced and passed a legislation to strengthen protections for renters during periods of maintenance, renovation, and construction.

Carlina Rivera introduced a legislation to require child protective specialists to explain to parents or caretakers about their rights during initial contact of an ACS investigation.

In June 2022, Carlina Rivera voted for a controversial $101 billion budget that will cut funding for the city's Department of Education by $600 million, citing "fundamental flaws" in the Fair Student Funding formula.

Carlina Rivera is Chair of the Council's Committee on Hospitals and member of the Council's Women's Caucus, Progressive, and Black, Latino, and Asian Caucuses.

In December 2024, Carlina Rivera was one of 31 council members to vote for a revised version of Mayor Adam's new zoning legislation called The City of Yes.

Carlina Rivera announced her candidacy for the US House of Representatives in early June 2022 to represent the newly-redistricted New York's 10th congressional district.

Carlina Rivera was the only candidate that currently lives outside the district but has said that she will move into it if elected.

Carlina Rivera has been a supporter of allowing more density and affordable housing in the Manhattan neighborhoods of SoHo and NoHo.

Carlina Rivera supported a Habitat for Humanity project to build low-income senior housing in a wealthy neighborhood's community garden, a project that other New York politicians opposed.

Carlina Rivera has been a strong proponent of efforts to rebuild East River Park at higher elevation to make the neighorhood less vulnerable to storms.

Carlina Rivera is the only top candidate in the Democratic primary to not support allocating 100 percent of residential units in the proposed 5 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan as affordable housing.

Carlina Rivera drew criticisms of treating LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as "political chess pieces" when she expressed support for religious exemptions that target members of the community in response to a question about her stance on the well-known same-sex wedding cake case in Colorado during an interview with Hamodia.

Carlina Rivera was met with backlash for seemingly inviting PAC money by adding a "red box" to her website.

Carlina Rivera finished in fourth place in the crowded Democratic primary with 10,985 votes, losing to Dan Goldman.

Carlina Rivera has a son, who she gave birth to in February 2023.

Carlina Rivera was a member of the Democratic Socialists of America as of 2017 but is no longer.