Karen Ortiz
What this job does: Your district's one vote in the U.S. House. House members write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and every bill to raise taxes has to start in the House. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- Attorney; former EEOC administrative judge
Background
- Former administrative judge at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's New York District Office. source: westsiderag.com
- Earlier worked in legal roles with the New York City Parks Department, as a judge for the Taxi and Limousine Commission, and for about eight years in disability litigation for the Social Security Administration. source: westsiderag.com
- Graduate of Columbia College and Fordham Law School. source: westsiderag.com
- Born in Manhattan; first run for elected office, as an independent. source: westsiderag.com
In their own words
What the candidate says they will work on, from their campaign site or their answers to news-outlet questionnaires. We list it as stated and do not rate it.
- "I want voters to give Independents a chance." source: westsiderag.com
- Introduce "articles of impeachment on day one" (with a coalition of candidates) source: westsiderag.com
- Changes to make disability benefits easier to obtain source: westsiderag.com
- Replace ICE with an agency focused on "humanely giving people due process" source: westsiderag.com
- "I would try to spend as much time in the district as possible." source: westsiderag.com
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