Issues

Housing
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Pass Good Cause Eviction & Right to Remain
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Support the creation of community land trusts
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Oppose RAD, the Trust & Blueprint for NYCHA
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Fight for a Tenants Bill of Rights in the NY Constitution
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Supports Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)
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Increase funding for Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) and Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE)
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In support of the Chinatown Working Group Plan
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Fight for the creation of ADA compliant housing and preserve ADA compliant units without conversion and universal design
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Expand housing opportunities for LGBTQ+/TGNCNB youth and young adults
Labor
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Institute a statewide $15 minimum wage (although Jasmin believes we must push for more)
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Eliminate at-will employment
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End the 24 hour workday and end wage theft
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Fight to hold companies accountable that make billions of dollars while paying minimum wage with no benefits to workers
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End corporate tax breaks & loopholes to increase funding for public services
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Support the end of subminimum wages
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Unionize the legislative staff
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Pay a livable wage to all state staffers & interns, end all unpaid internships
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Support programs like NYC @ Work Program to increase disability employment
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Decriminalize sex work & related offenses in New York

Disability Justice
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Support fully accessible transportation systems in compliance with the ADA
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Expand bus routes & increase frequency of service
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Make public meetings & functions 508 compliant & accessible, including requiring sign language interpreters, CART services, & large print format material​
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Improve disability voting rights by ensuring state funding for accessible early voting & automatic & same-day voter registration, incorporating braille options & easy to return mail in voting
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Extend New York State Human Rights Law to protect students with disabilities in public, private & charter schools
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Support open meetings law & ensure that hybrid options are accessible
Education
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Establish tuition-free CUNY & SUNY
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Expand the student loan forgiveness program
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Expand NYC's universal pre-K program statewide
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Push for universal broadband to ensure technological equity in our schools
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Modify mayoral control to put the power back in community control
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Support curricula that speaks to underrepresented community's history (LGBTQ+/TGNCNB, disabled, immigrant/migrant)
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Support social entrepreneurship as part of education
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Support upskilling & re-skilling in secondary & postsecondary education to promote readiness for 21st Century jobs
Green New Deal
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Invest in climate resilient infrastructure particularly in our housing and transportation system
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Support multivariate studies on climate and its impact on public health for underrepresented communities
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Support accessible evacuation plans
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Support a Green New Deal for Public Housing
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Fortifying coastlines against flooding
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Pushing for New York to transition to 100% clean energy by 2030, in accordance with the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act of 2019 (CLCPA)
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Expand the NYS Solar for All program
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Support the NY Build Public Renewables Act
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Support Energy Efficiency, Equity and Jobs
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Support Fossil Fuel Subsidy Elimination Act
Small Business
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Support Business Committed to Access & Inclusion (BCAI)
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Establishing commercial rent control
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Establish a public option for banking
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Enforce anti-trust laws to ensure small businesses are not destroyed by monopolies
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Support the Excelsior Contracting Opportunities Initiative
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Support Seed Funding for Small Businesses
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Ensure that our district sees the Funding for Small Businesses of the Future opportunities
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Support municipal efforts to develop grants for small businesses run by women of color, immigrants, people with disabilities & the LGBTQ+/TGNCNB community
Healthcare
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Support the NY Health Act which covers ALL medically necessary care, including medical, prescription, vision, dental, hearing, long-term care and support services, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and reproductive care
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Ensure that NY remains a safe haven for women coming to NY for care
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Support a single payer system that honors the retirees and allows a transfer in their benefits to another state or area
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Support to amend the public health law, in relation to health facilities and services in correctional facilities
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Support the LGBTQ+/TGNCNB long-term care facility residents' bill of rights
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Support gender affirming care
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Invest in funding for free & accessible healthcare to immigrants
Hate Crimes Prevention
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Support call to end qualified immunity
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Support trainings on the Race-Class Narrative Project
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Push for the release of the $10B in emergency funding for the AAPI community
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Support increased funding for community deescalation & bystander intervention training
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Support the COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act
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Advance accurate Holocaust education, implementing the Never Again Education Act
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Support the establishment of a working group within the department of health to promote racial equity throughout the state & address issues related to racism as a public health crisis
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Increase funding for multilingual Know Your Rights training, emergency preparedness & workplace protections for immigrant persons & populations
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Support the New York for All Act
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Expand the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project
Public Transportation
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Zoning for accessibility
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Support congestion pricing
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Expand busways & express bus lanes across New York
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Expand the Fair Fares program
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Review city (NYCDOT) & state (NYSDOT) studies & recommendations to promote pedestrian, traffic, & vehicular safety with understanding that bike lane designation is a municipal issue
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Support making Citibike a new & completely public utility
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Support safe & accessible curb cuts at intersections & bus stops
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