Brett Wynkoop

Pledges to introduce legislation expanding school choice so parents in the district can more easily reach charter schools and other alternatives.

Plans to prohibit medical mandates as a condition of employment, housing, education, public accommodations or government benefits, to criminalize non-health-care requirements to disclose personal health information, and to bar centralized government medical-data registries. Supports expanded veteran mental-health and substance-use services, including peer counseling.

Plans to speed up flood barriers and resilient waterfront infrastructure, including a storm-surge gate at the Gowanus Canal, and supports energy-efficiency upgrades in homes and buildings to cut utility costs and waste.

Wants to attract union-supported jobs while putting worker rights, fair wages and protections against exploitation first. Plans to require state contracts to prefer U.S.-based vendors, manufacturers and farmers, and to restrict state investment in foreign-government-controlled companies that do not meet set market, labor and environmental standards.

Wants more funding and simpler access to supportive and rapid-rehousing programs for veterans, and proposes requiring large-scale developers to pay the full cost of needed Con Edison grid upgrades before construction.

Says he testified before the City Council in favor of auditable voting machines with paper ballots.

Wants stronger judicial oversight and discipline, including transparent review of judges who repeatedly issue unsupported or unconstitutional rulings, and full, accurate court records through court reporters or reliable electronic recording to support appeals.