• Affordability

  Nathaniel Hezekiah III identifies a real affordability problem and pledges to fight back in Albany. He supports a path to homeownership, housing assistance, and measures to help families build generational wealth.

• Education & Youth Empowerment

  Hezekiah supports expanding 3-K for all students statewide and a 2-K pilot, expanding the Excelsior program for college access, giving parents options including public charter schools, ensuring compliance with reduced class size in NYC, and developing trade school programs through partnerships with unions and school districts.

• Housing Justice

  Hezekiah will fight to ensure Mitchell-Lama residents are not priced out, hold landlords accountable, combat rising costs, increase capital improvement support, strengthen enforcement, increase penalties for code violations, improve coordination between state and city agencies, ensure transparent reporting, support tenant organizing, and support construction of affordable rentals and co-ops through tax credits.

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

• Economic Development That Benefits Our Community

  Hezekiah plans to enhance access to capital and technical support for small businesses, enrich MWBE certification and bonding opportunities, and establish a taskforce with labor and stakeholders to address workforce changes from artificial intelligence.

• Access to Care

  Hezekiah will invest in supportive housing models that connect residents to wraparound services and increase mobile crisis intervention supportive services to meet communities where they are.

• Transportation Equity & Infrastructure

  Hezekiah will work with the MTA to enhance bus routes throughout Queens and expand crosstown bus options, support responsible development with transparency and strong building standards, and ensure community investments include hiring local contractors and offering jobs and training programs.