Over the past five years, the United States has experienced the largest upward transfer of wealth in American history. Billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have rigged the economy and taken over our political system in an insatiable pursuit of profit. 

This year alone, Tesla shareholders approved a $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk while nearly 25% of American families are living paycheck to paycheck. And even though worker productivity is at an all-time high, everyday Americans are being squeezed by the sky-high cost of living, flat wages, and worsening worker and consumer protections. 

In Congress, Antonio will fight for a government that serves the working class, not billionaires. 

He will support efforts to overturn Citizens United, which allows billionaires and megacorporations to spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns. He will join the fight to tax the rich – a lot – and close loopholes that allow mega-corporations to pay zero dollars in taxes. He will champion a worker-first economy that empowers unions, promotes living wages, and allows Americans to lead balanced, dignified lives.  

Antonio knows what it takes to fight broken political systems. He began his career at ACORN, once the nation’s foremost advocacy group for low-income families, where he helped childcare workers across New York unionize and win essential benefits. In 2013, he ran for City Council with the backing of New Kings Democrats and defeated the disgraced former chairman of the Brooklyn Democratic Party. 

As an elected official, he rallied with private sanitation workers, nurses, service workers, delivery workers, and countless others fighting for fair contracts and better working conditions. And when Mayor Adams tried to sell out New York City to stay out of jail, Antonio was among the first elected officials to call on the Mayor to resign or be removed from office.