The attorney who helped lead the first impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump is running for Congress in New York on a platform of democracy reform, saying “that is the issue above all issues right now.”

“We cannot move forward on our fundamental rights, on our housing, immigration, infrastructure, health care policy if we don’t have a democracy,” Daniel Goldman told Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Wednesday.

The former lead counsel for House Democrats is running in the competitive, open seat that spans Lower Manhattan and brownstone Brooklyn. Goldman faces more than a dozen candidates, including former Mayor Bill de Blasio, Rep. Mondaire Jones, Assembly member Yuh-Line Niou, and Councilwoman Carlina Rivera.

But Goldman — a former assistant U.S. Attorney and counsel for the House Intelligence Committee — argues his experience running Trump’s first impeachment makes him the right man for the moment, as Republicans across the country push to changes election laws in the wake of Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

“I look at what’s going on with these January 6th hearings and what Donald Trump and his Republican Party are doing to try to steal the next election,” Goldman said. “It felt to me like my unique and specialized experience and skills from leading the impeachment investigation were exactly the kind of experience we need right now in Washington.”

Goldman is calling for term limits on Supreme Court justices and the abolishment of the electoral college, both of which would require constitutional amendments. The onetime candidate for New York attorney general also called for hearings on what he called “bogus allegations of voter fraud” made by Republicans.

Despite his focus on democracy reform, Goldman says he “can walk and chew gum at the same time” when it comes to prioritizing policies his potential constituents care about. When asked about the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project — which would reconstruct a Lower East Side park to reduce flood risk — Goldman hedged, agreeing with the goals of the project while criticizing its execution.

“We’re not going to have this opportunity again. We’re not doing this again in 10 years,” Goldman said. “On the flip side, we cannot steamroll our communities.”

The project has drawn anger and legal action from activists and some in the local community over a concern their input was not taken into account and that the project requires cutting down hundreds of trees.

Goldman raised $1.2 million since his campaign began a month ago.