Candidate for New York State Senate - District 46 in 2024 New York General Election.
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Get StartedVote to repeal the HALT Act, a misguided law which removed the ability of corrections officers to move violent and dangerous felons to solitary confinement. Learn more
Oppose the culture of blaming hard-working law enforcement officers and block any measure to defund the police. Learn more
Remedy misguided “bail reform” policies, including: by restoring judicial discretion that will let our judges keep dangerous criminals off our streets; by prohibiting catch-and-release for repeat offenders, and; by making egregious crimes such as any crime involving a firearm, hate crimes, and domestic violence bail eligible offenses. Learn more
Significantly reform the “raise the age” law by streamlining the ability of prosecutors to move cases involving violent youth into criminal court rather than the more lenient family court. Learn more
Crack down on chronic shoplifting and organized retail theft by increasing penalties for repeat offenders. Learn more
Streamline New York’s business regulations and bureaucratic process by simplifying licensing requirements, capping the number of business-burdening rules, and restoring legislative oversight of opaque state agencies responsible for these rules and licenses. Learn more
Establish a per pupil education expenditure to student success ratio that would be used to determine school district effectiveness and require an audit of school districts with a failing ratio in order to get them back on the right track. Learn more
Support legislation to improve school outcomes by improving the basic wellbeing of students, including measures that would create a maximum legal temperature in the classroom, information about proper nutrition as part of the curriculum, remove legal impediments for access of students to fresh farm grown foods, and other initiatives that would provide for the physical needs of our state’s kids. Learn more
Demanding the state pass a budget that fully funds education. Our children should not be the sacrificial lamb for the out of whack political desires of the Senate and Assembly supermajorities. No more cuts for education aid at the expense of billions of dollars redirected to individuals that came to the country illegally. Learn more
Support a law prohibiting school district taxpayers from bearing the burden of new illegal immigrants relocated to their school district. Learn more
Eliminating harmful State-imposed electric bill surcharges that cost New Yorkers millions of dollars every year. Learn more
Supporting a refundable home heating tax credit for middle class individuals and families. Learn more
Opposing prohibitions on affordable fossil fuels used in home heating and cooking. Learn more
Work to ease the housing crisis by backing new tax incentives for developers to build in the Capital Region, mirroring the successful but discontinued 421-a program that worked in New York City. Learn more
Support legislation that would leverage state aid and state grants to municipalities in order to make cities withdraw their sanctuary city status. Learn more
Support Laken’s Law requiring law enforcement agencies to notify Federal immigration authorities when arresting a non-citizen, ensuring that any migrants who commit crimes face the full weight of their actions and legal status. Learn more
Eliminate the 700 million tax credit giveaway to Hollywood and pass the savings on to New Yorkers via tax cuts or other economic incentives. Learn more
Support measures which index income taxes to the rate of inflation, immediately providing tens of millions of dollars in tax relief to New Yorkers. Learn more
Vote for any version of creation of a property tax relief credit or legislation which would double the STAR exemption, creating billions of dollars in direct relief for homeowners. Learn more
Cut taxes for small businesses and farmers by increasing the corporate tax threshold to 500,000 and expanding small business exemptions. Learn more
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