Priorities

Trump-Proof NYC
Reclaiming Public Space
Housing Justice
Community Care
Secure Jobs & a Living Wage

Trump-Proofing New York

I will stand with my immigrant neighbors and trans and queer siblings in pursuit of justice and securing their full rights against this tyrannical, fascist government.

I believe in unequivocal justice and dignity for all New Yorkers and will use my role in City Council to its maximum potential to support the abolition and prosecution of ICE while defending trans and queer rights.

  • Pass a suite of immigrant justice bills that Eric Adams obstructed, including:

    • The New York Trust Act, which allows New Yorkers to sue when city agencies like the Department of Corrections and the NYPD illegally cooperate with federal immigration authorities

    • The Safer Sanctuary Act to strengthen our sanctuary city laws by prohibiting ICE and CBP from maintaining offices on NYC Department of Correction (DOC) property, including Rikers Island

    Use my council office to fund and organize:

    • Know Your Rights trainings for our immigrant neighbors.

    • Legal aid for immigrants detained by federal immigration authorities

  • Increase funding to community organizations and legal services to protect LGBTQ+ New Yorkers and those seeking sanctuary in New York

    • Establish a $20 million city fund for gender affirming care

    • Create a $15 million legal defense fund to protect our Queer and Transgender communities

    • Beef up New York’s anti-discrimination agencies to enforce the law as the Federal government refuses to protect people of color, people with disabilities, women, people with disabilities, and the LGBTQIA+ community

    • Double the budget of the New York City Human Rights Commission’s law enforcement unit

Reclaiming Public Spaces as a Human Right, Not a Luxury

It’s nearly impossible to exist in public without spending money; that must come to an end. As a Councilmember, I will take action to reclaim the public realm and bring back third spaces, which disappeared through hostile city policies and the prioritization of corporate interests over people-centered spaces.

We must focus on pedestrianization, fully funding public parks, community and recreation centers, and ensuring small businesses can also survive the cost of living crisis. That includes pushing for commercial rent stabilization, reviving outdoor dining, and building more public green spaces in a district with some of the fewest public parks in the city.

    • Secure free buses by working with the Mayor and state lawmakers.

    • Expand the Fair Fares program to cover all seniors, people with disabilities, and those already enrolled in city or state benefit programs.

    • Construct busways to speed up the slowest routes in our district, including the M42 and M34.

    • Establish signal priority for buses to reduce delays caused by traffic congestion.

    • Use the city's contract leverage over Lyft to freeze Citi Bike fares.

    • Fully pedestrianize Broadway to open more public space for residents and visitors.

    • Widen and protect bike lanes to improve safety for cyclists and pedestrians.

    • Pass universal daylighting legislation to increase visibility at intersections and protect pedestrian lives.

    • Expand and maintain curb cuts citywide to ensure safe, accessible sidewalks for seniors, disabled New Yorkers, and mobility device users because true public space includes everyone

    • Expand public library service to 7 days a week so every New Yorker has access to learning, connection, and safe community space.

    • Double our city’s park budget to maintain, improve, and grow our public green spaces.

    • Fully fund and expand access to public community and recreation centers, making them welcoming, inclusive, and truly public.

Building Housing Justice for All

For too long, city government enabled the private market to have nearly unfettered influence over who gets to live in New York City and forced working and middle class New Yorkers to pay the price through displacement, exploitation, and housing.

True affordable and social housing will never be obtained through reliance on arbitrary formulas and solely market-based tools. The Council has also deprioritized NYCHA tenants and the deeply affordable housing we truly need in District 3.

    • Pass the Community Opportunity to Purchase Act (COPA) to give tenant groups and nonprofits the first chance to buy buildings when landlords sell.

    • Fully fund the Right to Counsel so all tenants have legal support in eviction proceedings and when demanding critical repairs from landlords.

    • Restore the City Council’s subpoena authority to investigate and hold slumlords accountable for dangerous, negligent conditions.

    • Direct discretionary funds toward tenant organizing, empowering residents to form tenant associations and fight back collectively.

    • Expand deep affordability requirements for publicly subsidized housing development

    • Prioritize social housing development over luxury construction in public land use decisions, ending giveaways to for-profit developers.

    • Push the state to create a Social Housing Development Authority to build a next generation Mitchell-Lama

    • End Billionaire James Dolan’s tax break for Madison Square Garden to fund NYCHA

    • Pass a vacancy tax on landlords who warehouse rent-stabilized and affordable units who keep homes empty while New Yorkers sleep on the streets.

    • Implement a pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes, shifting the burden off working-class New Yorkers and onto wealthy investors who treat our city like a playground.

    • Support legislation to limit bulk sales of housing to private equity and hedge funds, preventing corporate landlords from monopolizing our housing stock.

    • Require public disclosure of LLC ownership of rental property to increase transparency and stop bad actors from hiding behind shell companies.

Investing in Community Care

The city must ensure that all New Yorkers can live dignified lives across every stage of life. That means passing universal childcare, building out supportive housing and community health infrastructure, strengthening senior centers, and constructing a fully resourced Department of Community Safety.

In District 3, we are home to several Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities, and our cost-burdened aging population is growing rapidly. These are our parents, our neighbors, our future selves. It’s time for a city that values care—for children, families, seniors and for every New Yorker, from cradle to grave.

    • Tax the rich to fund truly universal childcare: Eric Adams left a $12 billion hole in the NYC budget for Mayor Mamdani to clean up.

    • We need the state to levy a 2% surcharge on millionaires and match New Jersey’s corporate tax rate to take care of Adams’s mess and deliver the affordability agenda.

    • Establish and fund the Department of Community Safety to lead non-police responses to mental health crises, quality-of-life concerns, and community conflict.

    • Guarantee access to shelter, legal aid, and stable housing for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence—without requiring a police report.

    • Expand neighborhood-based clinics to meet urgent reproductive, sexual, and primary care needs—especially after the closure of key providers in Manhattan.

    • Expand Public Home Care: Launch a Public Home Care Corps that offers city-funded, unionized home care jobs to support older adults aging at home while creating thousands of good jobs.

    • End 24 hour shifts for care workers and ensure care workers have a living wage and dignity on the job

    • Expand eligibility and outreach for SCRIE and DRIE to ensure more low-income seniors and disabled New Yorkers can afford to stay in their homes.

    • Streamline the application and renewal processes for rental assistance programs by cutting red tape and eliminating unnecessary documentation burdens.

    • Make it easier to report accessibility violations by improving the city’s complaint systems, offering multiple formats for submissions, and increasing transparency and enforcement around ADA compliance.

The Right to a Secure Job and a Living Wage

District 3 is home to many working-class tenants and workers, including rank and file union activists, baristas, non-union home health aides, and deliveristas. All are workers deserving of basic protections, including the right to a stable job and freedom from arbitrary firings, not to mention an affordable and reliable means of commuting.

Specifically, we need to pass the Secure Jobs Act, ensure a municipal jobs guarantee, and establish a $30 minimum wage for city workers.

    • Raise the minimum wage to $30 an hour, with increases tied to the cost of rent so that wages keep up with the true cost of living in New York City.

    • Demand pay equity for care workers and paraprofessionals, recognizing their vital labor with wages that reflect the value they bring to our communities.

    • Build out a municipal jobs guarantee, ensuring every New Yorker has access to stable, dignified work that serves the public good.

    • Pass the Secure Jobs Act to end unfair and arbitrary firings and give workers real job security.

    • Pass the Delivery Protection Act to rein in Amazon and protect app-based workers from exploitation.

    • Double the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection’s enforcement budget to ensure our labor laws are upheld across industries.

    • Champion a city-level EmPIRE Act to empower unions and community groups to enforce worker protections when city enforcement falls short.