• Education

  Cunningham prime-sponsored legislation to establish a CUNY center for excellence in urban education (A02196), a high-impact tutoring pilot program (A02625), a grant program for laundry equipment in schools (A02192), and the advanced coursework expansion incentive grant program (A05450). He also sponsored bills to require school districts to establish a language assistance program for limited English proficient parents (A04516) and to establish open enrollment schools (A08975).

• Affordable Housing

  Cunningham has prime-sponsored legislation to establish an affordable housing program (A02658), the Faith-Based Affordable Housing Act (A03647), and a bill requiring community median income be used by certain affordable housing programs in NYC (A11137). He also sponsored bills to create a first-time homebuyer assistance program (A04089), a first-generation homebuyer assistance program (A04098), and to impose an additional real estate transfer tax on sales by large investors (A04074).

• Community Safety

  Cunningham prime-sponsored the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Act (A04050), a bill to establish an independent inspector general in each county for police oversight (A02667), and a youth outreach department within police departments (A04064). He also sponsored a bill requiring firearms safety certificates (A04085) and establishing the offense of vehicular homicide (A10772).

Issues Brian-Christopher is raising that aren't a shared debate across the field.

• Cost of Living and Consumer Protection

  Cunningham prime-sponsored a bill to require the establishment of automatic payment plans (A00168), a user-friendly benefits cliff calculator tool (A04070), and a bill to disregard the federal child tax credit in calculating federal adjusted gross income (A04106). He also sponsored a bill to increase the tax exemption amount on clothing and apparel (A04233) and to require utility companies to reimburse consumers in the event of a prolonged power outage (A04232).

• Artificial Intelligence

  Cunningham prime-sponsored a bill requiring artificial intelligence technology used in professional fields to be developed and maintained in consultation with experts in such fields (A09219) and a bill requiring the department of labor to study the long-term impact of artificial intelligence on the state workforce (A04550).

• Animal Protection

  Cunningham prime-sponsored a bill relating to the use of canines trained to detect drugs and firearms during inspections of day care facilities (A04097).

• Climate and Environment

  Cunningham prime-sponsored the Electric Super Highway Act (A04053), a sea level rise mitigation and adaptation plan for NYC (A04236), a study on climate resilient crops and climate smart farming (A04293), and the New York urban and community tree planting and forestry program act (A07455). He also sponsored bills to require the DMV to create a vehicle scrappage program for zero-emission vehicles (A04486) and to establish renewable electric generation pilot programs (A04588).

• Government Ethics and Oversight

  Cunningham prime-sponsored the New York municipal asset forfeiture accountability act (A07815) and a bill providing for review of bail data reports by the state commission on judicial conduct (A07451).