Johnson advocates for investing in youth programs, mentorship opportunities, and future-ready skills training.

Samantha Johnson is a long-time NYCHA resident and community organizer who advocates for affordable housing, stopping deed theft, and protecting NYCHA residents from displacement. She has lived experience with broken elevators, heating failures, and neighbors forced out of their homes.

Johnson supports ending subminimum wages so that employers pay full wages and tips are extra, and strengthening worker protections.

Johnson supports ending mass incarceration, fighting detention, and investing in community-led safety and restoration.