• Public Education

  Lilah Mejia supports investing in reading programs to improve literacy, supporting parents navigating IEPs and special education services, bringing more resources into public schools, expanding after-school and youth programs, and ensuring every child has access to safe, supportive learning environments.

• Housing Rights

  Lilah Mejia supports protecting NYCHA and fully funding public housing, preserving rent-stabilized and Mitchell-Lama housing, fighting displacement, expanding truly affordable housing (not luxury development), holding landlords accountable for unsafe conditions, and supporting tenants in organizing and knowing their rights.

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

• Disability Access

  Lilah Mejia supports ensuring ADA compliance across transit (including Delancey Street stations), expanding services for people with disabilities, supporting families navigating disability services, investing in inclusive public spaces and programs, and advocating for dignity and independence for all.

• Mental Health

  Lilah Mejia supports expanding community-based mental health services, investing in programs like clubhouses and peer support models, increasing funding for youth and family mental health care, ensuring culturally competent services, and addressing mental health as part of overall public safety.

• Resilience

  Lilah Mejia supports investing in disaster preparedness and community resilience, strengthening infrastructure to protect against flooding and extreme weather, supporting local mutual aid networks and emergency response efforts, ensuring equitable disaster recovery for working-class communities, and bringing resources to the most at-risk neighborhoods.

• Seniors

  Lilah Mejia supports protecting seniors from displacement, expanding access to affordable healthcare and home care, strengthening senior centers and food access programs, ensuring services are accessible in seniors' languages, and investing in programs that keep seniors connected.