Tiffany Cabán

Tiffany Cabán (born July 24, 1987) is an American attorney, politician, and political organizer who has served as a member of the New York City Council for the 22nd District since the 2021 New York City Council election. She won the Democratic primary for the seat after the incumbent, Democrat Costa Constantinides, retired.

She was a candidate in the 2019 Democratic primary for Queens County's District Attorney in the State of New York, which she narrowly lost to Queens Borough president Melinda Katz. She is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Early life and education

Cabán was born in Richmond Hill, Queens, to Puerto Rican parents: a union elevator mechanic father and a children's pre-school purveyor mother; both had been raised in Woodside Houses (which had been built to house returning veterans), and they were neighbors of former school Chancellor Joel Klein. She attended PS 62 and JHS 210 before attending St. Francis Preparatory School, a private Catholic school in Fresh Meadows. including ending mass incarceration and the war on drugs. She also called for the decriminalization of sex work. as well as progressive politicians such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Larry Krasner, as well as several progressive members of the New York State Legislature The race drew national attention, drawing comparisons to Ocasio-Cortez's upset victory in the 2018 House primary election over Joe Crowley.

Progressive political organizations also endorsed her campaign, including Citizen Action of New York, the Working Families Party, the Democratic Socialists of America, and other community organizations in New York. On July 3, election officials said Katz pulled ahead in the count with a lead of 20 votes, automatically triggering the first manual recount in the borough in 64 years. On August 6, days after the Board of Elections certified the results of the weeks-long recount, with Katz leading Cabán by 60 votes and Katz being declared the ultimate victor, Cabán conceded the race. She focused on recruiting decarceral criminal justice reformers to run for office.

New York City Council In September 2020, Cabán announced her candidacy for the 22nd district of the New York City Council in the 2021 election. The incumbent Costa Constantinides could not seek re-election due to term limits. New York City's 22nd district covers Ditmars-Steinway, Queens, Astoria, Queens, and parts of East Elmhurst, Queens. She ran on a democratic socialist and police and prison abolitionist program on a Democratic Party ticket, with support from the Democratic Socialists of America, including the New York City chapter.

Cabán was sworn in on December 1, 2021 following her election on November 2, in order to fill the vacancy left by Constantinides' resignation.

In 2022, Cabán supported a proposed rezoning to allow a 1300-unit housing development (one quarter of which was earmarked for affordable housing) on a former industrial site in her district.

On May 2, 2023, Cabán joined protesters at a New York City Rent Guidelines Board meeting at the Great Hall of Cooper Union at Astor Place in Manhattan to protest the proposed 16 percent rent hike on rent-stabilized apartments with two year leases. They all called for a rent rollback for all tenants living in rent-controlled and stabilized units. Tiffany was joined by fellow council members Chi Osse, Alexa Aviles, Shahana Hanif, and Sandy Nurse.

On September 16, 2024, she became the first member of the New York City Council to publicly call for mayor Eric Adams to step down from office, due to ongoing criminal investigations into many of his close associates. On September 25, 2024, she reaffirmed that stance following his federal indictment.

In April 2026, Cabán introduced the Delivery Protection Act, which would require companies like Amazon to directly employ last-mile delivery drivers and warehouse workers, as well as set licensing, safety, and training requirements for last-mile facilities.

Personal life Cabán lives in Astoria, Queens,

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