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Senator Saval and Philly Legislators Co-Host COVID Vaccine Virtual Town Hall
Senator Saval is Sworn in to Serve the 1st Senatorial District and People of Pennsylvania
2021 Swearing-In Ceremony
Senator Saval’s Swearing-In Day
State Legislators Push for Eviction, Foreclosure Protections Ahead of Looming Deadline
HARRISBURG – January 4, 2021 – State Senators Vincent Hughes (D-Philadelphia/Montgomery) and Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) were joined by State Representatives Elizabeth Fiedler (D-Philadelphia) and Sara Innamorato (D-Allegheny) in a call to extend eviction and...
Pennsylvania State Senators Call For Extension On Ban Of Evictions
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — More help could be on the way for renters and homeowners struggling to pay their bills during the pandemic. New legislation calls for extending the ban on evictions. As many as 240,000 Pennsylvanians are at risk of possibly losing their homes on...
Sen. Saval Renews Push to Suspend Evictions, Foreclosures Through COVID-19 Emergency
CommentaryCOVID-19 In season of sharing, Pa. must show it cares
Last week, a graphic was shared on Twitter that showed the deadliest days in American history. Of the top ten days, four of them were in December of 2020, with the highest being on December 9, 2020, when we lost more than 3,000 American lives. The coronavirus is...
Senator Sharif Street and Senator-Elect Nikil Saval Call on Governor Wolf and Department of Corrections to Free the Vulnerable
PHILADELPHIA, PA — December 17, 2020 —In response to the high rate of COVID-related deaths among people incarcerated in Pennsylvania jails and prisons, Senator Sharif Street and Senator-elect Nikil Saval hosted “Free the Vulnerable,” a press event to shed light on the...
Senator Saval: Free the Vulnerable
Architecture Critic Nikil Saval Joins the Pennsylvania State Senate in a Time of Crisis
We ask the newly elected urbanist and organizer about his ongoing fight for workers’ rights, affordable housing, and a Green New Deal. Born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents from Bangalore, India, Nikil Saval’s journey to the Pennsylvania State Senate has taken him...
Newly Elected Senator Saval Begins Service, Announces Leadership Team
PHILADELPHIA, PA − December 7, 2020 —Incoming State Senator Nikil Saval assumed responsibilities of the role last Tuesday, December 1, announcing a fully staffed office and leadership team with strong connections to the community. Saval, a writer and longtime labor...
Senator-Elect Saval Remarks on PA CARES 21
How South Asian American socialist candidates are helping lead the left
When Zohran Mamdani, a housing foreclosure counselor, became one of the first two South Asians elected to the New York state Assembly this month, he felt pride — but also anger. “It’s both an extremely exciting feeling and an extremely infuriating one,” said Mamdani,...