MTA Fares
NYC residents deserve to pay less than tourists and out-of-towners. We shouldn’t be charged the same as people from New Jersey or Connecticut.
By reallocating surplus funds, we can lower fares for locals immediately—putting money back in our pockets.

Congestion Pricing
Stop taxing locals just for living here.
Imagine being charged every time you enter or exit your own driveway. That’s exactly how unfair it is right now.

Taxes & Waste
NYC isn’t suffering from a lack of revenue—it’s drowning in wasteful spending.
It’s time to cut the unnecessary expenses and stop burdening working-class families.

This isn’t rocket science—it's basic economics for the people who call this city home.

Homeownership Can Ease the Rental Crisis … If We Do It Right

New York’s housing crisis isn’t just about high rents, it’s about limited pathways to ownership. We talk a lot about affordability, but not enough about how to move working and middle-income families from renting to owning.

Here’s the truth:
When middle-income families become homeowners, they leave the rental market. That reduces demand and helps stabilize rents for everyone else. It’s one of the smartest, most sustainable ways to ease the housing crisis — without relying solely on rent caps.

As your Councilmember, I’ll push for targeted, practical policies that open the door to homeownership:

• Tax incentives for buildings that allow FHA financing and low down payment options for first-time buyers.

• Streamlined approval and city-backed incentives for co-ops and condos to opt in to FHA eligibility.

• Down payment assistance programs in partnership with city-backed lenders, credit unions, and nonprofits — especially for long-time residents, city workers, teachers, and first-generation buyers.

This isn’t radical policy, it’s common-sense investment. Instead of rewarding vacancy and speculation, let’s reward stability and long-term community building.

Fair Rent Policies: Balance for Tenants, Owners & Local Businesses

Rent policy in New York must protect tenants, support small businesses, and create responsible incentives for property owners. Right now, all sides are losing, and our neighborhoods are paying the price.

Here’s how we fix it:

• Vacancy taxes on warehoused rent-regulated apartments and commercial spaces, if it’s sitting empty without active leasing efforts, the city deserves a share of that loss.

• Responsible destabilization — allow property owners to deregulate only if they meet strict criteria:

  • 10+ years of continuous ownership

  • Proven tenant stability

  • No outstanding violations

  • Documented capital improvements

  • A one-time fee to the city to create new rent-stabilized housing

• Leasing enforcement — if landlords keep storefronts or apartments vacant, they must lower asking rents or face fines. This city needs movement, not gridlock.

And we must give small businesses a real shot.

Let’s give entrepreneurs, creatives, and community-serving businesses access to reasonable rents, not impossible ones. We can educate wealthy retail property owners about the long-term value of active, lively storefronts, not just for their bottom line, but for the soul of the city.

Let’s fill our commercial corridors with culture, art, community, and vibrancy, not just banks and chain stores. A thriving NYC means opportunity on every block, not “For Lease” signs gathering dust.

Smart Development: Build What We Actually Need

Too many so-called "affordable" units are priced beyond the reach of everyday New Yorkers. That’s not working, for residents or developers.

I’ll advocate for a development approach that reflects reality:

• Prioritize deeply affordable studios and one-bedrooms, especially in neighborhoods where single adults and seniors are struggling to stay.

• Reform AMI benchmarks so affordability is based on local incomes — not inflated regional figures.

• Give developers flexibility to build units that pencil out and serve a real need — while holding them accountable for transparency and community input.

• Encourage collaboration with local landlords and small property owners, not just large-scale developers.

Let’s stop pretending we’re solving the housing crisis with units no one can afford, and start building for who actually lives here.

Align School Hours with Work Hours
We’re expected to work 9 to 5, yet schools run only until 2:40pm.

• The money is there to extend school support until at least 5:30pm, so parents aren’t forced to pay out of pocket for extra care.
  It’s basic economics that supports both children and working families.

Strive for Excellence
New York is home to some of the best schools in the country—let’s ensure every public school reaches that potential:

• Invest in improvements from elementary through high school so our children have every opportunity to succeed.