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Touro College—AAS Paralegal Studies
Data last updated 10/21/2026
Candace Niles reported more than nine years of experience in the pharmacy and healthcare field, including six years working with senior citizens at Healthfirst on medication adherence and access barriers. She reported currently working as a Patient Engagement Specialist assisting patients with medication access, delivery, scheduling, and care coordination, and said she was a criminal justice student pursuing a paralegal career.
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Candace Niles emphasizes healthcare affordability and access, drawing on her pharmacy/Healthfirst experience with seniors, Medicare members, medication adherence, and patient care coordination. Her stated positions support lowering prescription drug costs, expanding healthcare access, preserving public funding for providers such as Planned Parenthood, and opposing restrictions that interfere with FDA-approved medication access.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Niles said her affordability agenda includes fighting for prescription drug affordability so seniors and families are not forced to choose between food, rent, and medicine.
SourceNiles identified expanding access to healthcare as part of addressing unequal economic opportunity and helping working families, seniors, and future generations.
SourceNiles cites her professional background helping Medicare members overcome medication-access barriers and assisting patients with medication access, delivery, scheduling, and care coordination as a basis for her healthcare advocacy.
SourceNiles strongly agreed that qualified providers, including Planned Parenthood, should receive public funding for services such as cancer screenings, contraception, STI testing and treatment, preventive care, and other healthcare services.
SourceNiles strongly disagreed with enforcing the Comstock Act to restrict abortion-inducing drugs, saying healthcare decisions should be guided by medical professionals and evidence-based care rather than outdated restrictions.
SourceCandace Niles frames her Economy & Jobs agenda around affordability, stronger worker and youth opportunity, and protecting NY-13 residents from displacement and predatory economic practices. She supports workforce development and local employment pathways, progressive tax relief for working families, tenant and homeowner protections, and a mixed economy with private enterprise plus government action to protect workers and consumers.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Niles supports investments in education, workforce development, and local employment pathways that lead young people in NY-13 to stable, meaningful careers.
SourceNiles agreed that people who can afford to pay more taxes should do so in order to provide relief for working families.
SourceNiles says her affordability plan starts with housing, including protections against unfair rent increases, expansion of truly affordable housing, and preventing longtime residents from being priced out.
SourceNiles identified rising cost of living and housing, unequal economic opportunity, and declining trust in government as three of the district's biggest challenges.
SourceCandace Niles has only a limited publicly documented immigration position: she says she would stand up to Trump administration policies when they hurt NY-13 immigrants.
Specific Actions & Proposals
In a Patch candidate Q&A, Niles said she would not be afraid to stand up to the Trump administration when its policies hurt immigrants and other communities in NY-13.
SourceCandace Niles has not held legislative office, so no climate or energy votes or bill sponsorships were found. Her available public statements support climate action through clean energy, grid modernization, energy efficiency, resilient infrastructure, public transit, equity-focused federal investment, and cleaner transportation options such as bike lanes with community input.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Niles says the federal government should reduce emissions and supports investments in clean energy, a modern electrical grid, energy efficiency, resilient infrastructure, public transportation, and clean-energy jobs.
SourceNiles says climate policy must be equitable and that federal climate investments should prioritize low-income communities and communities of color that have faced disproportionate pollution and environmental hazards.
SourceNiles supports bike lanes as a way to reduce accidents, support cleaner transportation, and improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians, while saying major street redesigns should include community input.
SourceSmarter.Vote categorizes Niles's Patch statement on bike lanes and cleaner transportation under Climate/Energy, noting her support for cleaner transportation paired with community input on redesigns.
SourceCandace Niles frames education mainly as part of youth opportunity and economic mobility, emphasizing investments in schools, vocational training, workforce development, after-school programs, mentorship, and pathways to stable careers. Available public records show no roll-call votes or sponsored legislation because she is a non-incumbent candidate, and she did not answer iVoterGuide’s specific questions on eliminating the U.S. Department of Education or foreign funding of education.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Niles says young people in NY-13 deserve more than underfunded schools and limited job prospects and supports investments in education, workforce development, and local employment pathways leading to stable careers.
SourceIn her VOTE411 profile, Niles identifies expanding access to good-paying jobs, education, vocational training, and healthcare as part of addressing unequal economic opportunity and rebuilding trust in government.
SourceIn a Patch candidate Q&A, Niles says she wants to invest in prevention for youth through more after-school programs, job training, mentorship, mental health support, and safe spaces.
SourceCandace Niles frames public safety as a combination of prevention, accountable emergency response, safer street design, and protection from threats, harassment, and housing-related fraud. Her public statements emphasize community input, youth services, mental-health support, respectful law enforcement, and carefully balanced restrictions that protect safety without infringing constitutional rights.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Niles says making New York safer should start with prevention, including after-school programs, job training, mentorship, mental-health support, and safe spaces so young people have opportunity before entering the justice system.
SourceNiles supports law enforcement that responds quickly and respectfully while also addressing quality-of-life issues, housing insecurity, substance abuse, and lack of services.
SourceNiles says any buffer-zone bill should protect residents from threats, harassment, blocked access, and unsafe conditions while also protecting free speech and avoiding unfair overreach.
SourceNiles supports safer crossings, better lighting, traffic calming, and protected bike lanes where they make sense, but says major street redesigns should include residents and local businesses and avoid creating hardship for emergency vehicles and working families.
SourceNiles supports stronger enforcement, education, and legal protections to stop deed theft, prevent housing scams, and preserve generational wealth for vulnerable homeowners.
SourceVOTE411 Voter Guide
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/candidate-detail.do?id=73188949Fetched: biography, education, professional background
iVoterGuide
https://ivoterguide.com/candidate/95093/race/33821/election/1487Fetched: biography, education
OpenSecrets search results
https://www.opensecrets.org/search?order=desc&q=Candace+Niles&sort=D&type=allFetched: campaignFinance
Patch
https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/amp/34282229/election-q-a-meet-ny-13-candidate-candace-nilesFetched: issuePositions
Candace Niles campaign issues page
https://candaceandfriends4congress.com/issuesFetched: issuePositions
iVoterGuide candidate profile
https://ivoterguide.com/candidate/95093/race/33821/election/1487Fetched: issuePositions
Harlem Patch candidate Q&A
https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/election-q-meet-ny-13-candidate-candace-nilesFetched: issuePositions
VOTE411 candidate guide
https://onyourballot.vote411.org/candidate-detail.do?id=73188949Fetched: issuePositions
Patch
https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/election-q-meet-ny-13-candidate-candace-nilesFetched: issuePositions
Smarter.Vote
https://smarter.vote/races/ny-house-13-2026/compare/?candidates=darializa-avila-chevalier,manual-williamsFetched: issuePositions
Smarter.Vote
https://smarter.vote/races/ny-house-13-2026/compare/?candidates=darializa-avila-chevalier%2Cmanual-williamsFetched: issuePositions
Candace and Friends 4 Congress Issues
https://candaceandfriends4congress.com/issuesFetched: issuePositions
Harlem Patch Candidate Q&A
https://patch.com/new-york/harlem/amp/34282229/election-q-a-meet-ny-13-candidate-candace-nilesFetched: issuePositions
iVoterGuide Candidate Profile
https://ivoterguide.com/candidate/95093/race/33821/election/1487Fetched: issuePositions
Candace and Friends for Congress
https://candaceandfriends4congress.com/issuesFetched: issuePositions