Candidate for New York State Senate - District 60 in 2020 New York General Election.
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Get StartedDefend life at all stages, and conform our laws reflect the intrinsic value and personhood of every human life, whether young or old, terminally ill or not yet born. Learn more
Repeal the failed bail reform law and allow judges to, without bias, impose bail to ensure court appearances, minimize flight risk, and protect the public; ensure appropriate penalties for those duly convicted of a crime, but also protect due process so no one is convicted on false allegations; move prosecution of on-campus sexual harassment from college administrators to the courts, where prison sentencing is possible and due process rights are protected; provide courts and prosecutors with required resources so trials are accurate and quick; and reject prostitution decriminalization, and instead rescue people from prostitution and trafficking. Learn more
As your State Senator, I’ll fight to: Ensure students are not over-tested; Replace Common Core standards with common-sense standards reflecting skills students need to be productive members of society; Empower teachers with the flexibility and resources to teach students as they know best; Restore authority to parents to choose the educational system that best meets their child’s needs without hassling from the government, whether that be through public, private, or home school education; Improve public schools, assuring parents their child will receive excellent education; and Reject attempts to “reimagine education” that involve eliminating classrooms or teachers. Learn more
I’ll fight to: Ensure communities have a say in local renewable energy development projects; Establish a commission of scientists and engineers to determine how to reduce auto emissions on the Peace Bridge; Research safe, sustainable hydrogen power, with the goal of implementation to turn New York into an energy exporter; Ensure renewable energy sources, such as offshore wind turbines, do not impinge upon our natural resources or waterways; and Remove unnecessary regulations impeding the free-market development of renewables. Learn more
As your State Senator, I’ll fight to: Work with Republicans and Democrats to ensure equitable access to healthcare for all, including those with preexisting conditions; Educate people about healthy habits to reduce the overall need for healthcare; Require insurance plans to completely cover annual exams to catch health problems early; Eliminate surprise medical bills. Learn more
Establish a bipartisan select committee to find a solution to the Medicaid spending crisis that maintains the highest standard of care for New Yorkers who rely on Medicaid; Encourage Buffalo’s blossoming medical research corridor with grant funding and through other means; Reject mandatory vaccinations for infections communicable only by voluntary activity and reinstate religious exemptions for mandatory vaccinations. Learn more
As your State Senator, I’ll fight to: Create a “punch list” of roads and bridges that need repair or replacement, and immediately begin working down the list; Develop innovative and cost-saving methods of infrastructure operation and maintenance; Provide funding to improve light timings at intersections to minimize waiting and idling; and Revitalize our rail system and commission a study on expanding light railways in heavily-populated areas. Learn more
As your State Senator, I’ll fight to: Lower our taxes, simplify our tax code, and eliminate nickel-and-dime taxes wherever possible; Ensure government spending efficiency to pass the savings on to taxpayers; Eliminate unnecessary regulations on small businesses and end unfunded mandates; Commission a study on how to revitalize or demolish abandoned housing to promote new growth; and Reform the legislature rules to require any vote for tax increases ensures Upstate’s voice cannot be ignored by a downstate majority. Learn more
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