Gonzalo Duran

Organized and joined an April 12 Bronx rally opposing a lithium-battery facility near Boston Road and De Lavall Avenue, arguing that industrial siting near homes and businesses required greater transparency, community input, and safety safeguards.

April 12, 2025Opposes Environment and Public Health

Source: bxtimes.com · researched September 14, 2026

Led a five-borough get-out-the-vote tour supporting Curtis Sliwa and other Republican, Conservative, and United Alliance candidates, while securing an independent ballot line for himself and six other city candidates.

September 28, 2025Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: bronx.com · researched September 14, 2026

Organized a citywide Conservative Party candidate event and said his party-building platform emphasized leadership, transparency, anti-corruption, and recruiting candidates for every major city office.

December 14, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: bxtimes.com · researched September 14, 2026

Through the Corporal Yegor Zubarev Veterans Bill campaign, proposed streamlined reporting and 90-day reimbursement timelines for federal mental-health grants to veteran-serving organizations.

February 25, 2026Supports Government Efficiency

Source: politicsny.com · researched September 14, 2026

Testified before the New York City Council Veterans Committee that veteran-service organizations should collect client needs and relay them to the Veterans Advisory Board, favoring coordination by service providers with limited additional government interference.

October 27, 2014Supports Government Efficiency

Source: legistar.council.nyc.gov · researched September 14, 2026

Supported immediate deportation of violent criminals, gang members, and people he considers direct public-safety threats, while calling for city-federal cooperation to identify such offenders.

June 1, 2025Opposes Immigration

Source: bronx.com · researched September 14, 2026

Launched the Corporal Yegor Zubarev Veterans Bill campaign seeking federal recognition of Post-9/11 G.I. Bill housing allowances as lawful income and fair-housing protection for student veterans.

February 25, 2026Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: politicsny.com · researched September 14, 2026

Through Devil Dog USA, advocated recognition of Post-9/11 G.I. Bill housing stipends as lawful income; New York City enacted Local Law 119 adding uniformed-service protections, and city guidance states landlords may not reject veterans because they rely on the stipend.

July 22, 2017Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: devildogusainc.org · researched September 14, 2026

Began renovating his late father's Bronx house into a planned 20-bed transitional home for homeless veterans, using the property and his own funds to create housing and recreation space.

May 26, 2014Supports Social Programs and Welfare

Source: cbsnews.com · researched September 14, 2026

Through the Corporal Yegor Zubarev Veterans Bill campaign, proposed priority naturalization processing within 180 days for honorably discharged non-citizen veterans without changing substantive eligibility rules.

February 25, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: politicsny.com · researched September 14, 2026

Launched the Corporal Yegor Zubarev Veterans Bill campaign seeking federal recognition of Post-9/11 G.I. Bill housing allowances as lawful income and fair-housing protection for student veterans.

February 25, 2026Supports Civil Rights

Source: politicsny.com · researched September 14, 2026

Opposed aggressive immigration enforcement at courthouses, hospitals, schools, workplaces, and houses of worship and said immigration enforcement must preserve due process and constitutional rights.

June 1, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: bronx.com · researched September 14, 2026

Through Devil Dog USA, advocated recognition of Post-9/11 G.I. Bill housing stipends as lawful income; New York City enacted Local Law 119 adding uniformed-service protections, and city guidance states landlords may not reject veterans because they rely on the stipend.

July 22, 2017Supports Civil Rights

Source: devildogusainc.org · researched September 14, 2026

Received the Bronx Conservative Party's unanimous endorsement for New York's 15th Congressional District and told delegates opposition to socialism would be his largest campaign theme.

January 30, 2026

Source: bronx.com · researched September 14, 2026

Led a five-borough get-out-the-vote tour supporting Curtis Sliwa and other Republican, Conservative, and United Alliance candidates, while securing an independent ballot line for himself and six other city candidates.

September 28, 2025

Source: bronx.com · researched September 14, 2026

Led an August 2 Bronx press conference opposing socialist policies and said the issue had helped him unite Conservative and Republican groups; he also disclosed receiving former judicial candidate Julie Milner's endorsement.

August 2, 2025

Source: bxtimes.com · researched September 14, 2026

Organized a citywide Conservative Party candidate event and said his party-building platform emphasized leadership, transparency, anti-corruption, and recruiting candidates for every major city office.

December 14, 2024

Source: bxtimes.com · researched September 14, 2026

Hosted a Bronx Conservative Party candidate mixer that brought roughly 50 participants together to recruit and organize right-of-center candidates in the borough.

June 17, 2024

Source: bxtimes.com · researched September 14, 2026

Opened a second Devil Dog USA veteran resource center in Crotona Park to help veterans navigate housing, employment, benefits, and other civilian-reintegration needs.

January 29, 2024

Source: bronx.news12.com · researched September 14, 2026

Accepted the Bronx Conservative Party's endorsement for the 2023 City Council general election after his Democratic-primary removal, a change the city Board of Elections confirmed.

May 17, 2023

Source: bxtimes.com · researched September 14, 2026