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Jeannine Kiely

Democratic

Climate

Jeannine Kiely states she will fight for climate justice, coastal resilience, and meeting emissions targets.

Jeannine Kiely campaign page - Issues overview

Healthcare

Jeannine Kiely supports making healthcare affordable, accessible, and accountable to patients. She advocates for defending and strengthening Medicaid, investing in primary care, and co-sponsoring the New York Health Act to achieve universal healthcare. She also supports stronger investment in community health centers, public hospitals, school-based care, and telehealth, as well as sustained state investment in mental health and substance-use care, including harm reduction and treatment on demand. She supports continued action to safeguard abortion access, contraception, and gender-affirming care.

Jeannine Kiely campaign page - Health Care

Housing

Jeannine Kiely supports building more housing with a focus on affordability, including transit-oriented development, statewide permitting of multifamily housing, additional density bonuses for affordable housing, legalizing basement apartments and accessory dwelling units. She also supports anti-displacement tools such as expanding SCRIE and DRIE, a statewide Right to Counsel, expanding the Housing Access Voucher Program, strengthening Good Cause Eviction protections, and passing Net Loss Provision legislation. She advocates for funding social housing and creating a dedicated Deeply Affordable Housing Program for households below 30% AMI.

Jeannine Kiely campaign page - Housing

Education

Jeannine Kiely supports equitable funding for all students by reforming the Foundation Aid formula to reflect real costs and provide more funding to high-needs districts. She advocates for science-backed curricula, teacher training, and structured literacy instruction, as well as increased investment to recruit and retain bilingual educators. She also supports allowing older, late-arriving newcomers to attend high school for a minimum of four years and allowing those with interrupted formal education to remain in school until age 23. She supports leveraging state influence to support SUNY and CUNY.

Jeannine Kiely campaign page - Education

Immigration

Jeannine Kiely states she will defend immigrants, LGBTQ+ New Yorkers, disabled residents, and other minority communities as they face threats from President Trump.

Jeannine Kiely campaign page - Issues overview

Reproductive Rights

Jeannine Kiely supports continued action to safeguard abortion access, contraception, and gender-affirming care, and to ensure providers can practice safely in New York without political intimidation from hostile states. She fought for the passage of Prop 1.

Jeannine Kiely campaign page - Health Care

Transportation

Jeannine Kiely supports MTA funding, street safety, and pedestrian accessibility. She advocates for automated enforcement with protections, regulating last-mile delivery, expanding cycling infrastructure, dedicated bus lanes, and congestion pricing with discounts for low-income New Yorkers and exemptions for people with disabilities. She also supports phasing out Class 3 e-bikes and tighter controls for e-motos/mopeds.

Jeannine Kiely campaign page - Transportation

No public position yet on Labor, Voting Rights & Election Reform, Elections, AI, Tech & Privacy, Mental Health Investment, Public Safety & Criminal Justice Reform, LGBTQ+ Protections, LGBTQ+ Rights and Gender-Affirming Care, Protect Small Businesses and Cultural Spaces, Animal Wellness & Subsidy Reform, Animal Welfare, Arts, Thriving Arts and Culture, Universal Childcare, Civil Rights, Courts, Justice for All, Disability & Accessibility, Government Transparency & Ethics, A Government that Delivers, Government Transparency, Innovation & Job Creation, Ending Street Homelessness, LGBTQIA+, Preserving Neighborhood Character, Revenue, Protect Seniors, Dignity for Aging and Disabled Neighbors, Sexual Violence Prevention, Substance Use Treatment and Public Health, Economic Equality, Solving Traffic Violence

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