NY Assembly · Assembly District 37

Wants to defend and expand rent stabilization and Good Cause Eviction protections, give tenants the first chance to buy their building when a landlord sells, and create a state Social Housing Development Authority to build permanently affordable homes. Backs a rent freeze for stabilized units and rent stabilization for small businesses.

Supports a universal child care law and restoring free tuition at CUNY. Backs more transparency and accountability for charter schools, and ending the requirement that school districts offer charter schools space in public school buildings.

Supports a more progressive state income tax that raises taxes on the highest earners, a higher state corporate tax rate, and letting New York City levy an additional 2 percent tax on individuals earning $1 million or more.

Supports ending coordination between ICE and local law enforcement in New York, barring immigration detention facilities in the state, and banning face coverings and plainclothes for ICE and other federal agents during civilian immigration actions. Backs a universal right to a lawyer for anyone facing deportation in immigration court.

Supports a $30-an-hour state minimum wage and a bill to end the misclassification of workers as independent contractors, and pledges to extend protections to app-based and freelance workers. Supports extending paid family leave from 12 to 26 weeks and covering adjuncts and other teachers and professionals in nonprofit or religious settings.

Supports making MTA buses free, building the Interborough Express rail link between Queens and Brooklyn, and extending G train service back to Forest Hills. Backs the Super Speeders bill to address reckless driving.

Supports fully carrying out the Build Public Renewables Act, moving the state toward publicly owned renewable energy, and a bill to power public schools with renewable energy.