Candidate for New York State Assembly - District 75 in 2022 New York Primary Election.
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Get StartedMake sure that locally-owned, minority, women, and LGBTQ+ owned businesses get their fair share of government contracts. Learn more
Decriminalize sex work. Sex work is work. When it is criminalized, it increases the chances of people not coming forward if they experience abuse. Learn more
Work to ensure representation of local small businesses on Community Boards. Learn more
Support the labor movement’s efforts to organize workplaces and reach CBAs with employers. Learn more
Support restaurants still struggling due to necessary COVID restrictions by fighting for direct financial support to rehire staff and create tax incentives for businesses that were impacted by COVID-19. Learn more
Pass legislation that expands the state funding of education resources and materials on recycling and composting. Learn more
Mandating the development of off-shore wind farms. Learn more
Increasing the funding for urban solar arrays. Learn more
Continue to fund district needs in support of composting and electronic waste disposal. Learn more
Fund the expansion of recycling sorting facilities throughout the state of New York. Learn more
Supporting the expansion of hydropower accessibility. Learn more
Expand the reach of our Health and Hospital system. Learn more
Pass the New York Health Act. Learn more
And provide more scholarship incentives to CUNY and SUNY students to study medicine, healthcare management, and social work. Learn more
Ban apartment warehousing and update our housing tracking systems. Keeping apartments empty while the market is down contributes to the illegal conversion of rental units and legitimizes inflated prices. Learn more
Provide rent assistance to small businesses to ensure they survive this pandemic and can remain open. Learn more
Restore the nearly 32,000 apartments being used as illegal hotels in New York City to the market at an affordable rate, with rent-stabilized protections. It’s time for landlords acting in bad faith during this statewide housing crisis to pay up. Learn more
Stop landlords from illegally converting the floor plans of apartments where rent-stabilized and section 8 tenants live. Converting one-bedroom apartments to two- or three-bedrooms or increasing rent-stabilized fees to market value without a permit must have punitive consequences for the landlord and management company. Learn more
Support the governor’s plan to allow those who use food stamps to buy hot foods from local restaurants; especially those who are elderly, have children, or are disabled. This will not only ensure food security for the most vulnerable among us but will, additionally, provide financial support to our local restaurants. Learn more
Ensure the federal government to allow students to continue to be able to apply for food stamps without a work requirement even after the pandemic ends. I wholeheartedly support the hunger free campus bill to supply adequate resources to colleges to support students through food pantries and applications to food stamps. Learn more
Advocate for the Commercial Vacancy Tax. We need to give small businesses a leg up and make rents more affordable. This tax on large landlords will disincentivize keeping their properties unoccupied, and help small businesses remain open. Learn more
Advocate for the Commercial Rent Tax Pause. Businesses in Manhattan south of 96th Street are subject to an unfair tax of almost 4% on the rent they pay. We should provide relief to Manhattan’s small and medium-sized businesses by waiving their Commercial Rent Tax obligations for the duration of the pandemic. Learn more
Keep class sizes small with better student-teacher ratios. Teachers and students deserve to work in an environment conducive to learning. Learn more
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