Paula Collins
NY-21 Democratic nominee?
$287.83
JUN 27, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleAttorney
PartyDemocratic
Political ideologyModerate Democrat
LocationNew York
BackgroundAttorney
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EducationJD, Brooklyn Law School (2017)
Notable personal detailsPaula Collins is a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House in New York’s 21st Congressional District. She has worked as an attorney and accountant, operates the Law Office of Paula Collins, PLLC, and has taught cannabis law as an adjunct professor at Pace University’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law. She ran in NY-21 in 2024 and filed with the FEC to run again for NY-21 in the 2026 cycle.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Paula Collins criticizes large corporate tax breaks and frames them as harming the economy, and she supports using tax policy to push back against wealthy corporate interests. Her public statements emphasize reversing or opposing the Trump-era corporate tax cuts and prioritizing public investments rather than further tax giveaways.
Healthcare
Paula Collins has raised concerns about vulnerabilities in the healthcare system related to lack of reliable broadband and lists health-related topics among many district priorities, but she has not published a clear, detailed policy position on major healthcare reforms such as the ACA, Medicare expansion, or a public option in available campaign coverage. Her public statements emphasize infrastructure (broadband) as important to healthcare access rather than specifying support for a particular national healthcare model.
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Immigration & Border
The candidate has said immigration and the northern border are priorities for Congress and described support for "sensible immigration" and bipartisan action, but has not provided detailed policy prescriptions on asylum, enforcement, or pathways to citizenship in the cited public statements. Public reporting frames her approach as focused on local border impacts rather than a comprehensive federal policy platform.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Paula Collins supports protecting reproductive rights and lists protection of reproductive rights among her campaign priorities. She has been endorsed by reproductive-rights organizations and local reporting describes her as supporting New York’s pro‑abortion policy.
Climate & Energy
Supports acknowledging and addressing climate change through federal funding and policies to help communities adapt and develop new clean-economy industries; lists addressing climate change among her top campaign priorities. Does not present explicit calls to phase out fossil fuels or endorse Green New Deal–level prescriptions in the cited statements.
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2026
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Cycle 2026
Source: FEC
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