Zakir Choudhury

Supports expanding community-based policing to strengthen neighborhood relationships, violence-interruption and prevention programs for at-risk youth, and investment in mental-health response teams and crisis intervention services.

Supports enforcing equal pay and workplace protections, and backs union jobs and fair wages.

Supports responsible budgeting, greater transparency in state spending and cutting government inefficiency. Wants to reduce regulatory burdens on businesses where appropriate and connect families to workforce development programs.

Wants to address rising energy and utility costs with measures that lower bills and strengthen grid reliability.

Supports fair funding for District 87 schools, more after-school and youth development programs, and support for teachers and classroom resources.

Supports increasing the supply of affordable and supportive housing, strengthening tenant protections to prevent wrongful evictions, and securing funding for critical repairs in public and rent-regulated housing.