VOTE411 Voter Guide

Increased social housing is essential to address the housing crisis. In addition to advocating for the establishment of the Social Housing Development Authority and passage of the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, my office will provide resources and training on social housing development for tenants and landlords alike.

Despite the signatures of a majority of Democratic lawmakers in the Assembly, the New York Health Act has stalled for years due to the inaction of those afraid to draw the ire of private interests. There should be no "next session" for this legislation — it has the power to save lives now, and I will relentlessly fight for its passage.

In one of the wealthiest states in the country, the argument that we lack the resources to pay for crucial programs does not pass muster, and I am proud to center taxing the rich as a cornerstone of my campaign. I will support the Invest in Our NY legislative package, and will serve as a public voice to bring these bills to a vote.

There is no more time to waste, so I look forward to aggressively advocating for the full implementation of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act to comprehensively tackle the threats posed by climate change and reach net zero emissions in New York State, the Community Risk and Resiliency Act to increase our state infrastructure’s resiliency to flooding and other climate-associated risks, and a Cap-and-Invest program to cap greenhouse gas emissions while investing billions of dollars annually in climate projects across the state.

We must also work towards public renewable power, as it is inexcusable that utility companies keep charging us more money every year while providing unreliable services and continuing to burn fossil fuels, so I will urgently and fervently support halting any new fossil fuel infrastructure while prioritizing the divestment of New York State from fossil fuels.

I will continue to be a fierce advocate for legislation that would protect the safety of immigrants, regardless of documentation status — including the New York for All Act, the Coverage for All Act, the Dignity not Detention Act, the Access to Representation Act, and the Building Up Immigrant Legal Defense Act.

It is critical that New York protects access to reproductive and gender-affirming healthcare for all. I am committed to defending access to this lifesaving care, and will take action to prevent healthcare systems from restricting or ending this care due to political pressure or federal intimidation.

New York’s role in the crisis of mass incarceration is unconscionable, all the more so for its disproportionate impact on Black and brown communities. I will support critical sentencing reform bills, including the Eliminating Mandatory Minimums Act, the Second Look Act, and the Earned Time Act, and will advocate for legislation to promote rehabilitation over incarceration.

We must pass Assembly Bill A9014, which allows New York to redraw its Congressional maps mid-decade if another state does so first. This way, we can respond to other states' gerrymanders while still maintaining our own state's independent, non-partisan redistricting process.

We must also continue to build on the landmark voting protections for our state in the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York of 2022. As this law was enacted in the wake of the Supreme Court of the United States gutting Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act to keep these protections for our state, we must further strengthen in our own state the protections from Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court has struck down in Callais — the right of marginalized groups to not have their votes diluted in the process of drawing district maps.

aLegislatively: (1) Passing the EmPIRE Worker Protection Act to stop wage theft and raise over $200M annually for the NYS Department of Labor to enforce wage theft and other laws; (2) Passing the Stop Polluter Handouts bill which would end $350M annually in tax credits to the fossil fuel industry; (3) my bill to implement universal screening of children in Pre-K to 2 to determine if they are at risk of dyslexia or other reading difficulties.

Because of my experience fighting for environmental justice, I have been a leader in the Assembly on these issues. I was named this year’s Assembly Environmental Champion by the NY League of Conservation Voters. I passed NY’s major climate change and affordability bill in 2025: a repeal of the 100-foot rule that will save utility customers nearly $600M/yr. Going forward, we need to invest in the infrastructure needed to enable people to more easily convert to solar (quick and cheap to bring to scale), install heat pumps, and to support wind energy. We need to pass legislation to allow for virtual power plants, and end the obligation to serve natural gas.

While state elected officials have no authority in connection with the release of people illegally detained, we can use our collective strength in the state to bring public attention to these cases and pass legislation to hold ICE accountable for violations of state laws.

I also work with a group of legislators who collaborate to advance bills that will protect immigrants and their rights. Some of these are the NY for All, MELT, RADAR, and Access to Representation Act bills, as well as my bill to ban the use of tear gas and to enforce protections against wage theft which impacts immigrant workers (EmPIRE Worker Protection Act).

have been an active sponsor of the clean slate legislation, the Second Chance Act, Earned Time Act, Elder Parole, Marvin Mayfield Act, and others.

I have also been a staunch advocate for increasing funding for legal services across the state and locally including Brooklyn Legal Services, Brooklyn Defender Services’ Immigration Rapid Response, and others.

At the state level, we must do everything we can to ensure districts protect historically underrepresented groups, as laid out in the Voting Rights Act, which the Supreme Court just gutted in the Callais decision. I think we need to look seriously as how we redistrict in NYS. While I strongly supported the creation of an independent redistricting commission, it was too easily manipulated in 2022, resulting in litigation and re-drawing of certain lines in 2024. I am proud to have bee a sponsor of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act, which NY passed in 2022, the strongest state voting rights act in the country. We need to look at ways to further improve voter access and protections, including better funding our county Boards of Elections.