Candidate for New York State Senate - District 59 in 2022 New York Primary Election.
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Get StartedAdopt heightened air quality standards for public schools. Systematically upgrade ventilation in public school buildings with money already available from the federal government. Learn more
Overhaul the state’s social studies framework to ensure our students learn the most accurate, inclusive version of history we can teach — one that more accurately reflects our country’s past transgressions as well as the contributions of previously unsung Americans. Add LGBTQ+ history to the curriculum including the Stonewall Riots. Passing a state law to stop local school boards from passing their own versions of the “Don’t Say Gay Bill”. Learn more
Expand free school meals programs to include dinner for any student who wants it. Ensure more funding for after-school programs so that financial status is not a hurdle to attendance. Combat cyberbullying through hiring additional social workers for schools and empathy training for teachers. Learn more
Create a comprehensive New York OSHA that covers all workplaces to protect against COVID and other similar viruses. Currently, New York’s OSHA-approved state plan only covers state and local government workplaces. Create a New York Works Progress Administration to directly hire and put job-seeking New Yorkers to work. Learn more
Impose a pied-a-terre tax to disincentivize speculative purchasing of housing stock. Repeal 421-a, which effectively subsidizes gentrification, encouraging luxury development in what were once affordable neighborhoods. Learn more
Adopt a housing-first approach where unhoused individuals are immediately placed in both vacant apartments and hotel rooms — without requiring them to jump through bureaucratic hoops. Learn more
Ban discrimination in home appraisals. Support rezoning efforts to undo redlining. Learn more
Fund the New York Housing Authority (NYCHA). This will allow us to revamp existing public housing to address hazardous conditions, disrepair, and spatial inequality. It will also allow us to expand public housing development. Fund ventilation upgrades in all existing public housing and subsidize the purchase air filtration units to combat the spread of COVID-19 and other airborne pathogens. Fund energy efficiency upgrades for all public housing. Firmly oppose all privatization efforts of our public housing. Learn more
Freeze evictions statewide for the duration of the pandemic. Pass the Housing Access Voucher Program to establish a fund to subsidize rent for struggling New Yorkers. Pass Good Cause to stop unjust rent hikes and evictions. Learn more
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