Patrick Martinez

Wants to increase state school aid, especially Foundation Aid, saying funding is one of the most important factors in the quality of a student's education. Supports passing universal child care and strengthening 3-K and pre-K programs.

Supports bills to let judges reconsider excessive sentences (Second Look Act), expand good-time and merit-time programs in prison (Earned Time Act), end mandatory minimum sentences (Marvin Mayfield Act) and give people over 55 who have served 15 years a parole hearing (Elder Parole). Opposes the death penalty and supports outlawing solitary confinement.

Wants to protect Mitchell-Lama housing, including the Big 6 Towers in the district, by making sure it has the funding to stay affordable. Supports creating a Social Housing Development Authority to add permanently affordable housing statewide and passing the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, which would give tenants the first chance to buy their building when the owner sells.

Supports more disaster funding and fully funding sewer system upgrades, including lead pipe replacement, protection against contaminants and more sewer capacity, saying Queens residents have suffered flooding, damage and loss of life.

Supports safer street redesigns for all travelers, pointing to Roosevelt Avenue and Broadway, and backs the Interborough Express and QueensLink projects to address slow trains, long waits and limited subway access.

Supports passing New York for All to stop local agencies from cooperating with ICE and establishing a right to counsel for people in immigration proceedings. Backs the New York Health Act so everyone can get health care regardless of immigration status.