• Criminal Justice

  Bonsell supports restoring judicial discretion to consider public safety when setting bail for repeat violent offenders, while preserving protections for low-income defendants charged with non-violent offenses. She also calls for transparent risk assessment tools and closing loopholes that allow individuals with multiple violent arrests to cycle through the system without meaningful review.

• Education

  Bonsell lists 'Keeping gender ideology and politics out of the classroom' as a principle on her campaign page.

• Housing

  Bonsell calls for overhauling the property tax assessment system to eliminate disproportionate burdens on multifamily buildings, replacing the housing development framework with affordability metrics for New York City, removing long-term vacant units from rent stabilization if they need major rehabilitation, providing tax credits for capital repairs, and returning rehabilitated units to market-rate status.

Issues Alina is raising that aren't a shared debate across the field.

• Equal Rights and Opportunity for All

  Bonsell lists 'EQUAL RIGHTS AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL' as a principle on her campaign page.

• Energy Independence

  Bonsell supports reopening Indian Point, investing in nuclear infrastructure, lifting the state ban on fracking to access natural gas reserves, opposing inefficient solar infrastructure spending, and requiring honest accounting of grid reliability and emissions in energy legislation.

• Environment / Nuclear Energy

  Bonsell lists 'ENVIRONMENT' and 'Nuclear Energy adoption' as principles on her campaign page.

• Family Court Reform

  Alina Bonsell proposes raising evidentiary standards for temporary orders of protection, enforcing custody orders with consequences for violations, establishing firm case timelines, increasing oversight of court-appointed professionals, and reforming child support enforcement to prevent coercive tactics.

• Hate Crimes

  Bonsell pushes for full prosecution under Article 485 in bias-motivated cases, clarifying evidence requirements for proving bias, requiring precinct-level hate crime data reporting, and establishing a dedicated hate crimes unit in Manhattan and outer borough district attorneys' offices.