Vickie Paladino
NYC Council Member · Since 2022
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
Vickie Paladino represents District 19 of Northeast Queens, including Whitestone, College Point, Bayside, Little Neck, Douglaston, and parts of North Flushing. Elected in 2021 on a platform of change and transparency, she works to hold leaders accountable and protect her constituents' interests. In 2025, she was appointed Minority Whip of the Council's Minority Delegation.
- Career
- Small business owner and community activist (ran two small businesses in the district for nearly 40 years before entering politics)
Policy Priorities
- Public Safety & NYPD Support — Emphasizes public safety and support for the NYPD as a legislative priority
- Quality of Life — Focuses on the preservation of quality of life in her district
- Education — Listed as a legislative priority area
- Small Business Support — Supports small businesses, drawing on her own background as a small business owner
- Government Accountability — Committed to holding government and representatives accountable; ran on a platform of change and transparency
Issue Stances
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Issue Stances
Documented Positions
Sourced from public statements, votes, and news coverage. Only documented positions are listed.
Paladino has expressed support for Israel and called for Hamas to surrender. She described American pro-Palestinian protesters as "the worst people our society has ever produced" and called campus protesters "monsters" who must be "slayed."
Source →Paladino opposed the use of several New York City buildings as migrant shelters in 2022–2023 and worked toward the closure of a shelter at a former parochial school in her district.
Source →Paladino referred to Drag Queen Story Hour as "cultural indoctrination" and "child grooming" in 2022, which led to her removal from the City Council's Mental Health Committee in March 2023.
Source →Paladino is a vocal supporter of the NYPD. When a reporter documented illegal sidewalk parking by officers, she posted on X: "You can just tell when a guy has never been punched in the face," directing the comment at the reporter rather than the officers.
Source →Legislative Record
Installing safety signs near schools
Establishing a support fund for small retail businesses affected by roadway construction
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass, and the Governor to sign, legislation marking the month of December as Christian Heritage Month
A Local Law in relation to workforce stabilization payments for school paraprofessionals, and providing for the repeal of such local law upon the expiration thereof
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign legislation establishing a state-owned and state-funded homeowners insurance program to serve as an insurer of last resort
Resolution calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign legislation limiting or prohibiting the use of out-of-state catastrophe losses to determine homeowners insurance premiums in New York State
A Local Law to repeal sections 9-131, 9-205, 10-178, and 14-154 of the administrative code of the city of New York, relating to persons not to be detained and immigration enforcement
Prohibiting the operation of electric scooters and bicycles with electric assist in parks
Conduct & Ethics
The NYC Council's ethics committee voted to formally charge Paladino with disorderly conduct for violating the council's anti-harassment and discrimination policy following her Islamophobic social media posts.
Source →Paladino posted on X that a journalist reporting on illegal NYPD parking 'has never been punched in the face,' prompting criticism from a City Council spokesperson for the threatening implication.
Source →Following the 2025 Bondi Beach shooting during Hanukkah, Paladino posted on social media calling for the "expulsion of Muslims from western nations." The post was condemned by City Council colleagues and other politicians; she subsequently deleted it.
Source →In June 2025, Paladino called for the deportation of Zohran Mamdani — a naturalized U.S. citizen who immigrated from Uganda as a child — questioning his right to hold political opinions in the United States.
Source →Paladino made Islamophobic posts on social media claiming Mayor Zohran Mamdani was plotting a Muslim takeover and criticizing his appointment of Faiza Ali as chief immigration officer, stating 'New York is under foreign occupation.'
Source →Paladino published an op-ed in the Queens Jewish Link calling for the mass deportation of 'radical Muslims and those who support them' and advocating for a legal framework for denaturalization targeting Muslims.
Source →Paladino publicly urged Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the city's first Muslim mayor, to stay away from the 25th anniversary commemoration of the September 11 attacks 'out of respect for the families,' implying his Muslim faith disqualified him from attending.
Source →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 Vickie Paladino's service in District 19.