[2] Aboushi's platform included plans to decline to prosecute charges stemming from poverty, mental illness, substance use, or sex work.
[6] Aboushi's experience as an attorney, a child of immigrants, and being Muslim led her to JFK Airport in Queens immediately following the announcement of President Donald Trump’s 2017 Executive Order 13769, one of the Trump travel bans, where she offered legal help to people who were affected by the order.
[9] Aboushi represented a 21-year-old woman who was hospitalized after being shoved to the ground by a New York City police officer during a May 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Brooklyn.
After he shoved the woman, the officer was suspended without pay and charged by the Brooklyn DA with misdemeanor assault and other offenses.
[citation needed] While Aboushi had significant victories throughout her career as a civil rights attorney, she wanted the opportunity to effect system-wide change through public office.