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Maritza Davila
Maritza Davila is currently running for New York City Council to represent the 34th Council District including Williamsburg and Bushwick in Brooklyn, and Ridgewood located in Queens. Although born in Puerto Rico Mrs. Davila moved to Bushwick and has lived there ever since. She has been an integral part of the community by leading and participating in many boards and committees as well as leading them. Previously Mrs. Davila was the legislative assistant for New York State Assembly Member and Chairman of the Brooklyn Democratic Party, Vito Lopez.

Community Efforts
While Maritza Davila has not yet been elected to public office she has successfully campaigned and won enormous efforts for the community. Early on as a young advocate, she helped build the Kaboom children’s playground on Jefferson St in Brooklyn. The Kaboom playground was a vacant lot located on Jefferson between Knickerbocker Ave and Irving St that was transformed for the neighborhood youth as a small haven amidst drug dealing, violence and other crime.

Later on in the mid 90’s Maritza helped develop the Jefferson Street Neighborhood Garden. This garden is a tribute to the different walks of life in the neighborhood. Just as the corn, the lettuce, tomatoes, and other fruits and vegetables grow in harmony in the garden so do the people. Nothing grown is sold for profit but donated to each other in the way tribal villages would hunt and gather for the whole community.

Maritza Davila is a founding member of The North Brooklyn Coalition Against Domestic Violence and served as a board member for two years consecutively, helping to prevent family violence in the community.

Rise to the Top
As a product of Bushwick she obviously was not born into wealth. As a single parent for many years, she worked hard to improve her surroundings not only for her three children, but for the many children who live in the harsh conditions of underprivileged communities. It is obvious that in politics support is a requirement. Maritza Davila has been endorsed by many including Assemblyman Vito Lopez, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, State Senator Martin Malave Dilan, and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.. She has also been backed by The Working Families Party, Union 32 BJ, and United Auto Workers.

Platform
Maritza Davila has concentrated her efforts on many key issues that range from Affordable Housing to a better quality education system, health care, and economic stability. She will support tenant asscociations to advocate for tenants rights. Also, she has successfully created hundreds of jobs through her work with local merchants, small businesses and industrial firms, and will continue to increase job opportunity by advocating community preference hiring.