Jasmin Sanchez

Sanchez opposes charter expansion that diverts resources from neighborhood public schools and supports fully funding public schools to ensure every child has access to a high-quality education regardless of zip code.

Illapa Sairitupac

Illapa believes public education should be accessible and excellent, and that the city's future is shaped by its public schools.

Mariama N. James

Mariama James believes that schools and youth programs in Lower Manhattan have not kept up with the growing number of families, leading to overcrowded classrooms and uneven opportunities.

Jasmin Sanchez

Sanchez supports expanding community-based healthcare including federally qualified health centers, school-based clinics, and mobile health units; integrating mental health care with increased Medicaid reimbursement rates and non-police crisis response; lowering prescription drug costs through negotiation, public manufacturing, and out-of-pocket caps; and ensuring healthcare access for immigrants, LGBTQIA+ communities, people with disabilities, and other marginalized groups regardless of immigration status.

Illapa Sairitupac

As a former social worker, Illapa believes the state has an obligation to provide high-quality healthcare to every New Yorker regardless of employment, citizenship status, pre-existing conditions, or ability to pay.

Mariama N. James

Mariama James supports full Medicaid and Medicare funding, and opposes the '24 Option' that would reduce access to nursing home and rehabilitation services. She notes that healthcare is deeply personal in her district, especially for those affected by 9/11.

Jasmin Sanchez

Sanchez believes housing is a human right and supports dramatically increasing deeply affordable housing for households earning 30-50% of AMI and below, fully funding public housing capital needs, expanding social housing models, strengthening Mitchell-Lama-style affordable housing, expanding SCRIE and DRIE eligibility, and fully funding rental assistance and supportive housing.

Illapa Sairitupac

Illapa supports affordable housing through tenant organizing, building tenant associations, pressuring negligent landlords, passing tenants' rights legislation, and creating community land trusts. He believes private developers and big landlords have controlled housing and that New Yorkers should take back control of their homes.

Mariama N. James

Mariama James supports building 100% affordable housing on the jail site, opposes NYCHA privatization and demolition, and aims to protect Elizabeth St. Garden. She emphasizes that housing in Lower Manhattan is disappearing and that longtime residents are being pushed out.