Melvin Rivera
Republican · NY
Melvin Rivera is a Bushwick-born community activist and tenant organizer who worked in the Mayor's Public Engagement Unit in 2020. His priorities are housing reform, including a tenant right to buy and an anti-flip tax, and job training pathways for families.
Track record
Track record — General
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Spoke to Next City as a Bushwick housing activist and member of the art collective Mi Casa Resiste. He said landlords push out families by letting homes decay, then renting single rooms at high prices.
November 9, 2022
Source: nextcity.org
Past race Melvin Rivera ran in:
- Representative to Congress, District 7 · November 3, 2026 · Congressional District 7, New York