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Ramses Frias is from Elmhurst. He currently resides with his family in Elmhurst.

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Ramses currently works as a member navigator for EmblemHealth. He's previously worked for Fidelis Care. 

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Ramses Frias's campaign for New York City Council Member, District 25, is his first entry into politics. 

Opposes congestion pricing, saying it "unfairly targets working-class families who already bear a heavy tax burden."

Supports small businesses and wants to encourage greater community engagement and collaboration.

- Opposes congestion pricing, saying it "unfairly targets working-class families who already bear a heavy tax burden."
- Supports small businesses and wants to encourage greater community engagement and collaboration.

Economy

Wants city agencies to take a more proactive approach to sanitation by cleaning streets and addressing illegal dumping and public urination.

- Wants city agencies to take a more proactive approach to sanitation by cleaning streets and addressing illegal dumping and public urination.

Public Services

Supports policies that will make housing more accessible to working-class families and help keep the area affordable for long-time residents.

Opposes the "City of Yes" initiative, which aims to increase housing density and develop more housing in residential areas.

- Supports policies that will make housing more accessible to working-class families and help keep the area affordable for long-time residents.
- Opposes the "City of Yes" initiative, which aims to increase housing density and develop more housing in residential areas.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports increasing law enforcement and strict penalties for criminals to restore order and safety.

Plans to address crime, human trafficking, and illegal brothels.

- Supports increasing law enforcement and strict penalties for criminals to restore order and safety.
- Plans to address crime, human trafficking, and illegal brothels.

Public Safety

As of August 22, 2025, Ramses Frias’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Energy & the Environment

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Ramses Frias

Ramses Frias is from Elmhurst. He attended public school in the area from elementary to high school. He lives with his family in Elmhurst.

Wants city agencies to take a more proactive approach to cleaning up streets and addressing illegal dumping.

As of August 22, 2025, Ramses Frias did not have a website or any information online.

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Ricardo is originally from Nicaragua. He attended Hillcrest High School and earned degrees in journalism and forensic psychology. He lives in Jackson Heights, New York.

Ricardo previously served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He later worked as a security guard at Merrill Lynch and at The College Board. He also served as a police officer with the New York City Police Department, where he was assigned to the 73rd Precinct. After retiring from the NYPD, he served as president of his co-op board and as president of the Jackson Heights Coops Alliance.

Ricardo Pacheco previously ran for City Council in 2023 and State Assembly in 2024 but did not win.

Supports stricter enforcement against unlicensed vendors.

- Supports stricter enforcement against unlicensed vendors.

Supports creating additional after-school programs.

- Supports creating additional after-school programs.

Supports funding for homeless services to help individuals become self-sufficient.

- Supports funding for homeless services to help individuals become self-sufficient.

Advocates for repealing "harmful policies" like cashless bail, raising the age of criminal responsibility, and discovery laws that "let criminals go free."

Opposes decriminalizing prostitution and legalizing "sex work" as a regulated industry, saying "Our focus should be on eradicating human trafficking and exploitation."

- Advocates for repealing "harmful policies" like cashless bail, raising the age of criminal responsibility, and discovery laws that "let criminals go free."
- Opposes decriminalizing prostitution and legalizing "sex work" as a regulated industry, saying "Our focus should be on eradicating human trafficking and exploitation."

Plans to address access issues on 34th Avenue, including safety concerns related to e-mobility vehicles and unlicensed mopeds and e-bikes.

- Plans to address access issues on 34th Avenue, including safety concerns related to e-mobility vehicles and unlicensed mopeds and e-bikes.

As of September 16, 2025, Ricardo Pacheco’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Plans to advocate for reopening and expanding the Creedmoor Mental Facility and creating more mental health facilities.

- Plans to advocate for reopening and expanding the Creedmoor Mental Facility and creating more mental health facilities.

Supports funding public schools and libraries.

- Supports funding public schools and libraries.

Ricardo Pacheco

Shah Haque is the president and founder of World Human Rights Development  USA (WHRD).

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Shah previously ran for New York City Council, District 25 in 2021 but did not win.

Supports lowering taxes to reduce financial burdens on families and stimulate economic growth.

- Supports lowering taxes to reduce financial burdens on families and stimulate economic growth.

Supports and empowers immigrant communities.

- Supports and empowers immigrant communities.

Wants to reduce crime to improve neighborhood safety.

- Wants to reduce crime to improve neighborhood safety.

As of September 16, 2025, Shah S. Haque did not have a website or any information online.

Shah S. Haque

Shah previously ran for New York City Council District 25 in 2021 but did not win.

Shekar is originally from Queens, New York. He earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering from The Cooper Union and a law degree from the University of Michigan Law School. He lives with his wife Zoe and their two children.

New York City's 25th City Council district - Wikipedia

Shekar previously worked as a civil rights attorney at Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, where he directed the fair housing and tenant advocacy divisions. He also co-founded Communities Resist, a legal services organization.

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Shekar Krishnan currently serves as the New York City Council Member for District 25. He was first elected in 2021 and is serving his first term.

As Parks Chair, negotiated the highest budget ever for NYC Parks.

Supports funding for universal childcare, public schools, the City University of New York (CUNY), and senior centers.

Supports funding programs that aim to combat bigotry and support LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities.

- As Parks Chair, negotiated the highest budget ever for NYC Parks.
- Supports funding for universal childcare, public schools, the City University of New York (CUNY), and senior centers.
- Supports funding programs that aim to combat bigotry and support LGBTQ+ and immigrant communities.

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Opposes "inhumane sweeps" of homeless individuals, advocating for necessary services instead.

- Believes housing is a human right.
- Opposes "inhumane sweeps" of homeless individuals, advocating for necessary services instead.

Supports closing Rikers Island but opposes the plan to open borough-based jails.

Supports ending qualified immunity for police and other law enforcement individuals.

Supports establishing supervised drug consumption spaces in his district.

Supports full decriminalization of sex work and opposes the Nordic model, which criminalizes purchase and facilitation while decriminalizing sale.

Supports full decriminalization of sex work.

Supports legislation banning solitary confinement in all jails and prisons, including city jails.

Supports measures to reduce gun violence and wants to invest in mental health, housing, safe streets, and youth programs.

- Supports closing Rikers Island but opposes the plan to open borough-based jails.
- Supports ending qualified immunity for police and other law enforcement individuals.
- Supports establishing supervised drug consumption spaces in his district.
- Supports full decriminalization of sex work.
- Supports legislation banning solitary confinement in all jails and prisons, including city jails.
- Supports measures to reduce gun violence and wants to invest in mental health, housing, safe streets, and youth programs.

As of August 22, 2025, Shekar Krishnan’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports abortion access and co-sponsored legislation to expand access to abortion and contraceptives.

Supports investing in public hospitals and ensuring quality healthcare for all.

- Supports abortion access and co-sponsored legislation to expand access to abortion and contraceptives.
- Supports investing in public hospitals and ensuring quality healthcare for all.

Supports revising the curriculum to accurately reflect the history of Christopher Columbus's colonization and its impact on indigenous communities.

- Supports revising the curriculum to accurately reflect the history of Christopher Columbus's colonization and its impact on indigenous communities.

Shekar Krishnan

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- Council Members oversee city agencies, ensuring they effectively serve the public and address community needs. ​

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