$85.82
NOV 7, 2026
General Election
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$85.82NOV 7, 2026Candidate Overview
Key details about the candidate’s background, party, office sought and current campaign.
Current roleCommunity activist
Political ideologyConservative Republican
GenderMale
LocationNew York
BackgroundCommunity activist
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Notable personal detailsMelvin Rivera is a candidate for U.S. House in New York’s 7th Congressional District. He is a Brooklyn-based community activist and tenant organizer, and has worked on housing and tenant advocacy efforts in neighborhoods including Bushwick. His campaign biography describes work assisting families displaced by Hurricane Maria and service in New York City government during the COVID-19 pandemic through the Mayor’s Public Engagement Unit.
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Political Positions
Economy & Taxes
Melvin Rivera’s platform mixes pro-market and interventionist ideas. He calls for expanding access to micro-loans and startup capital, revitalizing industrial zones with business incentives, and cutting unnecessary small business regulations, while also supporting an anti-flip tax, reinstituting the stock transfer tax, and redirecting that revenue into infrastructure. He also emphasizes workforce pipelines, public assistance reform, and cost relief for working families.
Climate & Energy
The campaign materials mention environmental justice and infrastructure that protects public health, but they do not lay out a specific climate or energy policy. The publicly available page focuses mainly on housing, public safety, economic opportunity, and community ownership rather than emissions, fossil fuels, or renewable energy targets.
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