Senator Nikil Saval is a father, husband, writer, and organizer representing the First Senatorial District in the Pennsylvania legislature. He serves as Democratic Chair of the Senate’s Urban Affairs & Housing Committee and Chair of the Senate’s Philadelphia Delegation. Saval’s legislative work is focused on addressing Pennsylvania’s ongoing housing, mass incarceration, wage, and climate crises, while simultaneously pushing for structural change. His office led the creation of the Whole-Home Repairs Program, which establishes a one-stop shop for home repairs and weatherization.

Saval is also a journalist and has written extensively for The New York Times and The New Yorker and served as co-editor of literary journal n+1 (he remains on its board). He authored Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace (Doubleday, 2014) and the newly released Rage in Harlem: June Jordan and Architecture (Sternberg Press, 2024).