About Evan
Since 2002, Evan has led prominent Democratic campaigns battling Republicans’ extremist takeover of reproductive health care and the GOP’s anti-LGBTQ agenda. His work in the Bush-Kerry presidential campaign was featured in the IFC documentary “… So Goes the Nation,” highlighting his electoral strategy of empowering grassroots, peer-to-peer outreach.
Evan served as the campaign manager in 2008 for Paul Newell’s state Assembly campaign that nearly toppled the powerful darling of real estate developers, Sheldon Silver, who was later convicted on federal corruption charges and forced to resign. As manager, Evan helped his first-time candidate garner the trifecta of endorsements from the New York Times, the Daily News, and the New York Post.
He returned to NYC to empower activists and the creative community to make their voices heard in state, city, and national politics through his work as a board member of Downtown for Democracy. One of his core areas of advocacy has been abortion rights. Evan used resources raised by the Abortion Is Normal exhibits, featuring the artists Marilyn Minter, Cindy Sherman, and Laurie Simmons, to help defeat Republican members of Congress in swing states in 2018 and managed an unprecedented all-volunteer-driven abortion rights amendment effort in Arizona in 2022.
Evan is a proud graduate of Columbia College in New York City and a recipient of a Master’s of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, where his focus was political advocacy and leadership.
On The Issues
Rein in Trump and his Federal Goonsquads
Evan proposes a structural transformation of the relationship between the executive and the legislative branches to circumvent autocracy, end illegal deportations, and defend citizenship.
Implementation:
- End the GWOT Authorization
- Dismantle ICE, restructure CBP to actually deal with customs and border security
- Repeal the Alien Enemy Act
- Require Congressional approval of emergency declarations
- Repeal the USA Freedom Act and end the legacy of the Patriot Act
- Direct disbursements to state governments to circumvent impoundment
- Create a legislative guarantee of habeas corpus to all present in the US
- Exercise the power of the purse
- Citizenship for Dreamers and a guarantee of birthright citizenship
Democratic Ownership: Expanding Freedom Through Access
Wealth and capital are hyper-concentrated. The top 10% own 75% of the economy, with the top 1% holding 50% of all stocks and mutual funds. Capital concentration fuels authoritarianism and erodes democratic accountability. Democracy should not end at the ballot box, it should extend into the economy.
Taxation redistributes income, but leaves concentrated ownership and power intact.
Legal rights without material access are incomplete. You can have the right to start a business, but no capital. The right to participate in democracy, but no time or security to do so.
Ownership determines access. Access determines freedom.
The Solution
Democratic Ownership expands who can own, govern, and benefit from productive assets. It turns formal rights into practical freedom by giving workers, communities, and the public a real stake in the institutions that shape economic life.
Democratic Ownership does not abolish markets. It expands who can compete within them.
Instead of confiscation, it changes who owns, governs, and accumulates capital, moving beyond redistribution to restructure power itself.
Three Pillars
1. Worker Ownership
Expand financing and legal structures that enable workers to acquire firms, share profits, and participate in governance. Ownership and management can be distinct, but workers deserve a stake and a voice.
2. Community Ownership
Housing, infrastructure, utilities, and local assets should be owned and governed by the people who live with their consequences. Things like community internet service providers, cooperative housing, and local infrastructure funds create stability and reduce profit-seeking.
3. Public / National Ownership
When corporations function as public infrastructure, the public deserves equity, governance seats, and shared returns. If public goods built it, the public should own part of it. Citizens will serve by lot as shareholder proxies, establishing both control and ownership.
Democratic Ownership is a deepening of democracy through competition that allows for more owners and stakeholders and dilutes the concentration of wealth that is driving authoritarianism.
Palestine: Statehood and Accountability for Israel & the US
In 2024, Evan ran against AIPAC darling Dan Goldman to protest his support of Netanyahu’s policy of genocide against the Palestinian people. Evan’s campaign starts with the immediate moral need for the U.S. to rein in the far-right Israeli government and recognize its intent to destroy the Palestinian nation and decimate its people. As a new voice in Congress, Evan will raise the visibility of a broader solution involving negotiations with multiple regional parties, respecting Palestinian self-determination and bringing accountability for war crimes committed by Hamas and the Netanyahu government.
Israel’s response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, killing over 800 civilians, is disproportionate and is being conducted illegally in its targeting of civilians. As of February 2026, over 70,000 Palestinians- 3.3% of the pre-Oct. 7th population of Gaza, the vast majority of whom are civilians, have been reported killed in Israel’s unchecked military response. No one knows the true count.
Evan recognizes the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in hearing South Africa’s charges of genocide against the Israeli government and, as a member of Congress, will work to ensure U.S. compliance with the ICJ’s decisions. Evan also supports Rep. Rashida Tlaib in her efforts to defend the Palestinian people and condemns the vote to censure her, particularly by her Democratic colleagues like Dan Goldman.
Immigration: Amnesty for the Undocumented and Citizenship for DREAMers
As Democrats, we need to be clear that immigrants are welcome and a necessary component of our identity, labor force, and relative prosperity. Evan calls for immediate citizenship Dreamers and anyone brought to the US as a child, amnesty for undociumented Americans and a pathway to citizenship, and an expansion of work visas for non-white collar jobs.
Economic Justice: Debt Consolidation and Reparations
Access to equitable and fair credit is crucial for any family or individual. Evan proposes a multi-trillion dollar debt fund for Americans to consolidate their underwater mortgages, collections debt, high-interest student loans, and other onerous obligations at an interest rate below the Fed rate. We bailed out Wall Street in 2008 with massive loans at 0% interest rates, why can’t we bail out individuals and families?
The historical legacy of slavery continues to cause systemic economic inequality that must be addressed. Evan believes we need to acknowledge where the Federal government has been active and complicit in perpetuating racism. An easy place to start is to hold hearings on the legacy and continuation of the discriminatory mortgage lending practice known as redlining.
He will work to advance H.R. 40, a measure to establish a “Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans (that) shall examine slavery and discrimination in the colonies and the United States from 1619 to the present and recommend appropriate remedies.”
Tackling the Housing Crisis
Evan will aggressively pursue solutions at the federal level to lower the high cost of rental housing and increase home ownership rates in New York City neighborhoods by taking on powerful Wall Street firms.
His top agenda items include enforcing existing rent stabilization laws and bringing transparency to the real estate market by creating a breakthrough, publicly available database of rent-stabilized units.
Going further, Evan will push for the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act, a bill introduced in Congress that would ban hedge fund giants from purchasing single-family homes and condos, a potentially landmark change that would re-balance the housing market. Also, Evan will support the creation and federal funding of a Social Housing Development Authority to build low—and middle-income housing. He supports an immediate expansion of the Section 8 program and an extension of the deadline to find housing to 6 months.
Medicare for All
We saw during the pandemic that it was possible to extend coverage to those Americans who couldn’t afford Obamacare on the exchanges or get coverage through an employer. This would be simple and quick to reinstate and alleviate untold financial hardship and physical suffering for millions of New Yorkers and Americans.
Abortion Rights & Access
Evan’s political organizing has been focused on defending individual bodily autonomy. Evan will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the most passionate advocates in Congress for access to abortion, reproductive health care, gender-affirming care, and protect a woman’s right to seek an abortion across state lines — without fear of prosecution or imprisonment, an area where the federal government can bring its full legal force to bear.
Evan will fight to keep the issue of abortion access and reproductive rights front and center in Congress by calling for direct aid (including cash cards to facilitate access to care in the Free States and money for legal representation) to women in the Red States who are barred from access.
Ultra-conservative provisions prosecuting women with charges — up to murder — for seeking care across state lines are in clear violation of the Constitution.
LGBTQ Rights and Protections
Now is not the time to back down in the fight to advance LGBTQ+ rights, especially those of the Transgender community. We need a Transgender Bill of Rights. We also need to protect the LGBTQ+ community across this country from privacy violations resulting from the death of Roe v Wade and the rise of Trump.
Green New Deal
Evan stands firmly behind the groundbreaking Green New Deal bills legislators including AOC and Jamaal Bowman have introduced. These initiatives address the urgent threat of climate change and lay the groundwork for a just and equitable economy. They emphasize massive investments in clean energy, modern infrastructure, and green jobs, ensuring that we transition away from fossil fuels in a way that lifts up our most vulnerable communities. By championing GND legislation, Evan is committed to creating sustainable, resilient environments and empowering workers with the skills and opportunities needed for a prosperous green economy. This is more than a climate plan; it’s a comprehensive strategy for economic revival, public health, and social justice, promising a thriving future for all.