Shirley Aldebol
NYC Council Member · Since 2024
What This Office Can Do
- Proposes and votes on city laws
- Approves or rejects the city budget
- Holds agencies accountable through public hearings
- Directs discretionary funds to local projects
Background
Shirley Aldebol serves as the Council Member for New York City's District 13 in the East Bronx, representing neighborhoods including Pelham Parkway, Morris Park, Throggs Neck, and City Island. Born and raised in the Bronx by parents who migrated from Puerto Rico, she spent over 35 years as an organizer and leader in the Labor movement before her election to City Council. She bought a home in Throggs Neck twelve years ago and raised her son Emilio there as a single mother.
- Career
- Labor organizer and union leader with over 35 years of experience; earlier career as a child welfare caseworker
Policy Priorities
- Labor and Workers' Rights — Spent over 35 years organizing and leading in the Labor movement, including winning collective bargaining rights for public employees in Puerto Rico and securing prevailing wage for NYC Schools' cleaners and handypersons.
- Working Families Advocacy — Draws on her background fighting for working people to advocate for District 13 constituents at City Hall.
- Community Representation — Leverages strong connections to the East Bronx community across neighborhoods including Pelham Parkway, Morris Park, Throggs Neck, and City Island.
Issue Stances
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Issue Stances
Legislative Record
Resolution recognizing animals as sentient beings and calling on the New York State Assembly to pass, the New York State Senate to introduce and pass companion legislation, and the Governor to sign, A.107, recognizing animals as sentient beings statewide and establishing that animals can be victims of a crime
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign bills A.9390-B/S.9082-A, which would help protect property owners, tenants, and occupants from property adjusters in the immediate aftermath of damaging event.
Resolution calling upon the United States Congress to pass, and the President to sign, H.J.Res.80/S.J.Res.38, establishing the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment
Home improvement business and contractor licenses for applicants with wage nonpayment or underpayment violations
Requiring pharmacies and food retail stores to staff self-service checkout areas and impose a 15-item maximum for self-service checkout purchases to help combat retail theft
The establishment of the minimum wage
A Local Law in relation to the establishment of a department of health and mental hygiene task force on NYC 988, and to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to a public education campaign and reporting on NYC 988
A Local Law in relation to workforce stabilization payments for school paraprofessionals, and providing for the repeal thereof
Conduct & Ethics
Data sourced from NYC Legistar, NYC Campaign Finance Board, NYC Conflicts of Interest Board, and curated public records. This page is a permanent record of Shirley Aldebol's service in District 13.