Baltimore City Council District 02 Choose 1
DUTIES: Baltimore’s law-making body is the 15-member City Council. The 15th member, the city council president, is elected city-wide. The primary responsibilities of the city council are to: Enact ordinances (laws) and resolutions of the city,Review and enact the annual Ordinance of Estimates (Operating and Capital Budgets),Enact revenue ordinances necessary to meet the anticipated expenses of the budget.SALARY: $78,577 as of 2023TERM: 4 yearsHOW ELECTED: Baltimore City is divided into 14 council districts. The voters of each district elect one member to the city council. In execution of their responsibilities, City Council members represent their district’s interests and serve their constituents as advocates with city government agencies.
Biographical Information
Background: What in your background and experience qualifies you to be a member of the Baltimore City Council?
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Crime: What specific plans would you propose to reduce homicides, violent crime, theft and vandalism in Baltimore?
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Education: How would you fund public education in Baltimore, while assuring the quality and ongoing structural maintenance of school buildings?
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Health: What strategies do you have to address continued health disparities in Baltimore? What will you do to make sure that the Health Department has the resources it needs to serve all residents?
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Climate and Environment As we face climate change and sea level rise, what would be your priorities to increase sustainable practices by the city and to increase the city’s resilience?
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Housing: What strategies do you propose to remove or rehabilitate vacant buildings and provide affordable housing through the new inclusionary housing bill and other means?
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Council Size: What are the advantages and disadvantages of reducing the size of the City Council?
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Biographical Information
Campaign Website
http://daniellemccray.com
Campaign Phone
410-709-8384
Campaign Email
danivmccray@gmail.com
Campaign Facebook
http://facebook.com/daniellemccrayd2
Campaign Instagram
instagram.com/daniellemccrayd2
Campaign Mailing Address
P.O. Box 18741
Baltimore, MD 21206
Baltimore, MD 21206
Background: What in your background and experience qualifies you to be a member of the Baltimore City Council?
As the 2nd District’s councilwoman, I have been a zealous consistent, and effective advocate for my constituents during my tenure.
Crime: What specific plans would you propose to reduce homicides, violent crime, theft and vandalism in Baltimore?
As a member of the City Council, it is imperative that we continue to take an active role in law enforcement efforts. I have worked closely with leadership in the Baltimore Police Department to ensure that law enforcement resources are being deployed in a way that is fair to all communities.
Education: How would you fund public education in Baltimore, while assuring the quality and ongoing structural maintenance of school buildings?
I support all efforts to make all of our schools 21st century schools, including tapping into funds from the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) for post-pandemic recovery, and infrastructure grants aimed at modernizing school facilities.
Health: What strategies do you have to address continued health disparities in Baltimore? What will you do to make sure that the Health Department has the resources it needs to serve all residents?
I am committed to making sure that all of our residents—regardless of zip code—have access to essential health services. In particular, I plan to continue to work with our city’s health department leaders to ensure that access to preventative medicine is a reality for all Baltimoreans.
Climate and Environment As we face climate change and sea level rise, what would be your priorities to increase sustainable practices by the city and to increase the city’s resilience?
The first step is awareness. We need to make sure that our neighbors and city leaders understand the importance of sustainable practices. As a council member, I will continue to take action through legislation and advocacy towards the key issues that address the environmental impact of our actions.
Housing: What strategies do you propose to remove or rehabilitate vacant buildings and provide affordable housing through the new inclusionary housing bill and other means?
Before voting to approve new development projects, I will continue to work closely with developers to better understand how affordable housing fits into their plans. I also support efforts to provide tax or grant incentives for those involved in the rehabilitation of vacant buildings/lots.
Council Size: What are the advantages and disadvantages of reducing the size of the City Council?
Maintaining the current structure ensures a more inclusive, effective, and responsive governance model that better serves the diverse needs of our city and its residents. Reducing the size of the City Council would pose significant risks to effective representation, specialization and expertise, consensus-building, and the overall workload and well-being of council members.
Biographical Information
Campaign Phone
443-248-9592
Campaign Email
azbrc@aol.com
Campaign Mailing Address
3807 Mayberry Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21206
Baltimore, MD 21206
Background: What in your background and experience qualifies you to be a member of the Baltimore City Council?
I have lived in Baltimore area my entire life. I have been a social worker for the past 20 years, serving low income families and clients. I care about people. I think the council needs new perspectives that can look at challenges differently and make new solutions. I have the highest integrity. I will always look out for the people.
Crime: What specific plans would you propose to reduce homicides, violent crime, theft and vandalism in Baltimore?
We need more good people to become police officers. We need to place a value on those who wear that uniform. Pay police more. The police are over worked right now and they simply cannot follow up on lower level crimes due to staff shortages. We need to listen to our states attorney and make it easier for him to do his job by promoting stricter penalties for gun crimes, as well as other crimes. We need to increase the number of homicide detectives.
Education: How would you fund public education in Baltimore, while assuring the quality and ongoing structural maintenance of school buildings?
I really think if we had had better oversight on funds coming to the city over all these years, we would have plenty of money to fix our school buildings and fund student learning. We NEED BETTER oversight. The money is there. We just need to get it to the right places. And cut some of the salaries of the CEO of schools and other upper management folks. They make way too much money.
Health: What strategies do you have to address continued health disparities in Baltimore? What will you do to make sure that the Health Department has the resources it needs to serve all residents?
I work for a non profit health clinic and so I know the importance of funding these vital clinics so that folks can get the medical treatment they deserve. Adequately funding the health department is a good step.
Climate and Environment As we face climate change and sea level rise, what would be your priorities to increase sustainable practices by the city and to increase the city’s resilience?
I am not willing to support anything that hurts our working families by putting burdensome requirements or regulations on them so we can fight climate change. Unit our country has everyone on board with a solid plan to fight climate change, hurting our citizens so we can "feel good" about what we are doing when we are not actually solving these issues does not make sense to me.
Housing: What strategies do you propose to remove or rehabilitate vacant buildings and provide affordable housing through the new inclusionary housing bill and other means?
Getting lower cost rentals is one of the biggest needs of our city. We need to work with outside organizations that want to help us in rehabilitating vacant homes. This is something I will fight to see happen. I would again, focus on proper oversight of federal dollars that come into the city so that it goes to projects such as these. How do we get rent down? I don't agree with rent controls. But I do think we need to incentivize landlords to lower rents. It can be done and will.
Council Size: What are the advantages and disadvantages of reducing the size of the City Council?
I think the size of the council currently is fine.