Issues

Pass Good Cause Eviction & Right to Remain
Support the creation of community land trusts
Oppose RAD, the Trust & Blueprint for NYCHA
Fight for a Tenants Bill of Rights in the NY Constitution
Supports Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA)
Increase funding for Disability Rent Increase Exemption (DRIE) and Senior Citizen Rent Increase Exemption (SCRIE)
In support of the Chinatown Working Group Plan
Fight for the creation of ADA compliant housing and preserve ADA compliant units without conversion and universal design
Expand housing opportunities for LGBTQ+/TGNCNB youth and young adults

Institute a statewide $15 minimum wage (although Jasmin believes we must push for more)
Eliminate at-will employment
End the 24 hour workday and end wage theft
Fight to hold companies accountable that make billions of dollars while paying minimum wage with no benefits to workers
End corporate tax breaks & loopholes to increase funding for public services
Support the end of subminimum wages
Unionize the legislative staff
Pay a livable wage to all state staffers & interns, end all unpaid internships
Support programs like NYC @ Work Program to increase disability employment
Decriminalize sex work & related offenses in New York

Disability Justice

Support fully accessible transportation systems in compliance with the ADA
Expand bus routes & increase frequency of service
Make public meetings & functions 508 compliant & accessible, including requiring sign language interpreters, CART services, & large print format material
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
Extend New York State Human Rights Law to protect students with disabilities in public, private & charter schools
Support open meetings law & ensure that hybrid options are accessible

Establish tuition-free CUNY & SUNY
Expand the student loan forgiveness program
Expand NYC's universal pre-K program statewide
Push for universal broadband to ensure technological equity in our schools
Modify mayoral control to put the power back in community control
Support curricula that speaks to underrepresented community's history (LGBTQ+/TGNCNB, disabled, immigrant/migrant)
Support social entrepreneurship as part of education
Support upskilling & re-skilling in secondary & postsecondary education to promote readiness for 21st Century jobs

Invest in climate resilient infrastructure particularly in our housing and transportation system
Support multivariate studies on climate and its impact on public health for underrepresented communities
Support accessible evacuation plans
Support a Green New Deal for Public Housing
Fortifying coastlines against flooding
Pushing for New York to transition to 100% clean energy by 2030, in accordance with the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act of 2019 (CLCPA)
Expand the NYS Solar for All program
Support the NY Build Public Renewables Act
Support Energy Efficiency, Equity and Jobs
Support Fossil Fuel Subsidy Elimination Act

Support Business Committed to Access & Inclusion (BCAI)
Establishing commercial rent control
Establish a public option for banking
Enforce anti-trust laws to ensure small businesses are not destroyed by monopolies
Support the Excelsior Contracting Opportunities Initiative
Support Seed Funding for Small Businesses
Ensure that our district sees the Funding for Small Businesses of the Future opportunities
Support municipal efforts to develop grants for small businesses run by women of color, immigrants, people with disabilities & the LGBTQ+/TGNCNB community

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
Ensure that NY remains a safe haven for women coming to NY for care
Support a single payer system that honors the retirees and allows a transfer in their benefits to another state or area
Support to amend the public health law, in relation to health facilities and services in correctional facilities
Support the LGBTQ+/TGNCNB long-term care facility residents' bill of rights
Support gender affirming care
Invest in funding for free & accessible healthcare to immigrants

Support call to end qualified immunity
Support trainings on the Race-Class Narrative Project
Push for the release of the $10B in emergency funding for the AAPI community
Support increased funding for community deescalation & bystander intervention training
Support the COVID–19 Hate Crimes Act
Advance accurate Holocaust education, implementing the Never Again Education Act
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
Increase funding for multilingual Know Your Rights training, emergency preparedness & workplace protections for immigrant persons & populations
Support the New York for All Act
Expand the New York Immigrant Family Unity Project

Zoning for accessibility
Support congestion pricing
Expand busways & express bus lanes across New York
Expand the Fair Fares program
Review city (NYCDOT) & state (NYSDOT) studies & recommendations to promote pedestrian, traffic, & vehicular safety with understanding that bike lane designation is a municipal issue
Support making Citibike a new & completely public utility
Support safe & accessible curb cuts at intersections & bus stops

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