Tony Avella vividly remembers his 2021 loss to Vickie Paladino.

“And remember, I only lost by 387 votes, even though there was a red wave,” he said recently.

And while the Democrat is determined to prevail in this November’s rematch, the Republican incumbent said she has several advantages.

“Everybody knows who Vickie is,” she said of herself. “Everybody knows who Vickie is. And that’s [a] great thing. So, how’s this run going to be different? My record.”

After declaring victory in his primary, Avella, the former state senator and City Council member, will face off against Paladino, the firebrand familiar to culture wars, for Council District 19 in northeast Queens.

“He was a waste of space,” Paladino said of her rival. “He lived off of your tax dollars and mine, OK? I was one of his constituents.”

Avella said: “This time around, people have seen her erratic behavior, her hate speech and how ineffective she is.”

Avella seeks to tie Paladino to Rep. George Santos, whom she supported until his many lies and alleged crimes came to light.

“So we have two ineffective people in Congress and in the council,” Avella said. “This is unacceptable for northeast Queens.”

Paladino’s campaign points to a January statement in which she called on Santos to resign “if evidence of lawbreaking is brought by any of the multiple official investigations taking place.”

The City Council member said her work for the district includes proposed legislation to protect condo and co-op owners from the financial burden of retrofitting their homes to adhere to Local Law 97, which is intended to curb greenhouse emissions.

“Local Law 97 has got to be postponed and the goalposts need to be pushed,” Paladino said.

Avella said he has a “plan of attack” for Local Law 97 that includes a bond act to have the government fund the necessary retrofits.

“Yes, we need to address climate change,” he said. “But the cost of that should not be put on the backs of co-op and condo owners who can’t afford to do the improvements.”

Both claim their strength in a more politically centrist district is working across the aisle.

“Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, you have to work together to get things done,” Avella said. “And I think I have a history of that.”

“It’s not working with Democrats, it’s working with people,” Paladino said. “And that’s what I do best.”

Avella is running on the Democratic line and third party one called Taxpayers Unite.

Paladino has the Republican and Conservative party lines, including one called Common Sense.