Runs a named 'Tackling Affordability' plank — 'the affordability crisis is no hoax.' Would massively expand federal child-care investment, raise and inflation-index the minimum wage, repeal Trump tax breaks while restoring safety-net cuts, and pass the PRO Act.

'A New York We Can Afford' — says families are 'getting nickel-and-dimed at every turn.' Would reverse Trump tariffs with a direct federal refund, expand the Child Tax Credit and EITC, cap child care at 7% of income, guarantee six months of paid parental leave, and ban junk fees.

Centers affordability on 'Freezing Trump's Tariffs' — legislation to outlaw Trump's tariffs on food and clothing, which he says cost the average family up to $2,400 a year.

Notes 'nearly two-thirds of New Yorkers cannot reliably cover basic needs.' Would push a $20 inflation-indexed federal minimum wage, universal child care via the Child Care for Every Community Act, an expanded CTC/EITC, and paid family leave.

Makes affordability one of her three pillars ('Unbossed'), calling herself the only middle-class candidate. Bundles universal health care, a simplified tax code that makes the wealthy pay more, affordable housing, and indexing Social Security to inflation.

His whole campaign is the 'Uplift Economy' — 'New York is too expensive. Rent is too high, groceries cost too much.' Tax relief for working people, fighting corporate price-gouging, and investing in 'the things that lower costs over time: housing, transit, healthcare, and jobs.'

Leads with the cost-of-living crisis — 'affordability has become a foreign word to far too much of this country.' Would expand the EITC and child-care tax credits and create a congressional 'Food Subcommittee' to watchdog grocery pricing.

Folds housing into affordability: expand federal housing tax credits and increase funding and eligibility for rental assistance.

'Housing is a human right.' A supply-heavy seven-point plan: declare a national housing emergency, repeal the Faircloth Amendment to unfreeze public-housing construction, modernize NEPA to fast-track affordable and transit-oriented projects, reform HUD's income formula to reflect real NYC wages, fund the NYCHA backlog, and tax speculatively held land.

'Jack's Housing Fairness Plan' — a federal renter tax credit, a NYCHA 'Fix-It-Now Caucus' to expedite repairs, and full repeal of the SALT cap for homeowners.

Would create a federal Social Housing Development Authority for permanently affordable, mixed-income housing modeled on Mitchell-Lama, repeal the Faircloth Amendment and fully fund NYCHA with tenant-led oversight, and expand HUD rental assistance.

'Affordable Housing Access' — a federal one-to-one match for state and city housing dollars so localities set priorities, build senior housing, and reverse NYCHA underfunding.

Three planks: limit how much housing large institutional investors can buy, increase federal funding for affordable housing, and strengthen tenant protections — plus letting veterans use VA loans for co-ops.

A hyper-local NYCHA focus: fight the planned demolition of buildings at the Fulton-Elliott and Chelsea Houses, demand federal repairs for the Stanley-Isaac and Amsterdam Houses, and push back on co-op and condo maintenance increases.

Supports 'Medicare for All or a similar universal plan,' stronger ACA subsidies, more community-based care, and action on prescription drug prices.

Backs a universal single-payer system via Medicare for All, expanded drug-price negotiation, drug importation, and capped insulin and out-of-pocket costs.

Supports a public health-insurance option open to all Americans as a step toward Medicare for All, reversing Medicaid cuts, and extending negotiated drug prices to the privately insured.

Her signature lane. Legislate a single-payer system by incrementally lowering the Medicare age until everyone is covered, dramatically expand community health centers, and cut drug costs by expanding Medicare price negotiation and conditioning publicly funded research on affordable pricing.

Backs universal health care 'starting with catastrophic coverage' and eradicating medical fraud.

A more market-oriented take: Health Savings Accounts for everyone and subsidies flowing directly to hospitals rather than insurers, to prevent financial ruin from a diagnosis.

'Healthcare is a human right.' A universal option that preserves private insurance, expanded Medicare dental/hearing/vision, fully extended ACA subsidies, and caps on life-saving drug costs.

Pledges to 'fight to abolish ICE' and back due-process protections for detained immigrants.

Calls ICE 'a lawless, paramilitary force' and would abolish it, prosecute agents who violate civil liberties, ban masked federal agents, fully fund immigration courts with a right to counsel, and protect DREAMers.

Lists 'Abolish ICE' among his named priorities alongside broader immigration reform.

Would 'abolish ICE and replace it with an accountable agency,' end raids and family separations, guarantee legal representation, and pass the American Dream and Promise Act.

Supports reforming ICE on a human-rights model and shrinking Customs and Border Protection's warrantless-search zone from 100 miles to 10.

Backs a more humane system, protecting H-1B workers facing layoffs from deportation and expanding legal and language services; frames immigrants as economic drivers.

Favors reform over abolition: a 'Blue Card' path to residence for long-term residents with clean records, a 25% increase in immigration judges, and ICE reforms (no masks, mandatory body cameras, stricter warrant rules).

'Fighting Back Against Trumpism' — use 'every procedural tool in our arsenal' to obstruct the GOP agenda and launch aggressive oversight once Democrats retake the House, plus the Protecting Our Democracy Act.

'A democracy that works' — 18-year Supreme Court term limits with an enforceable ethics code, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, Election Day as a federal holiday, restoring DOJ independence, and a constitutional amendment barring presidential self-pardons.

Would establish nonpartisan redistricting standards and prohibit mid-decade redistricting, expand ballot access, and 'stand up to Trump.'

His entire campaign: 'Take back our democracy and defeat Trump's majority.' Promises to be a 'battle-tested fighter to protect the rule of law' and pursue Trump's impeachment — but offers essentially no other policy platform.

Enforce Congress's power of the purse against impoundments, overturn Citizens United, pass the For the People Act, and adopt ranked-choice voting.

Her 'Accountability / Unbought' pillar: congressional term limits, a ban on insider trading by officials, and Supreme Court ethics reform.

Calls erosion of voting rights 'a direct assault on democratic principles' and backs same-day and automatic registration, stronger Voting Rights Act enforcement, congressional term limits, and 18-year Supreme Court terms.

Said he would have opposed Sen. Sanders's bill to withhold offensive weapons from Israel; his own platform addresses antisemitism domestically but not Israel directly.

Backs a two-state solution as 'the only viable option,' says the current Israeli government has been an obstacle to peace, and would reform the Leahy Laws via the SAFEGUARD Act to bar weapons to human-rights abusers while massively increasing Gaza aid.

To the field's left on arms: supports blocking offensive-weapons sales to Israel (would co-sponsor Rep. McCollum's bill) while still funding defensive systems like Iron Dome; coverage notes his position has shifted.

'I don't support the withholding of aid from Israel' — would have opposed the Sanders arms bill, while saying disagreements should be worked out diplomatically.

Among the most pro-Palestinian in the field: calls for an immediate permanent Gaza ceasefire, says 'the United Nations has documented genocide in Gaza,' backs the Block the Bombs Act, and supports 'a free sovereign Palestinian state and democratic Israel.'

Says the U.S. should end ongoing support for Israel unless it recognizes Palestine and abides by international law.

Pro-Israel framing — 'Israel is not a genocidal country, and not an apartheid country.' Combat antisemitism using the IHRA definition while easing restrictions on Palestinian commerce and targeting Hamas's arms sources.

Would ban congressional stock trading, codify the Constitution's Emoluments Clauses, and refuse corporate PAC contributions.

Would ban members of Congress and their spouses from trading individual stocks and pass a constitutional amendment to outlaw super PACs and dark money; personally rejects corporate PAC money.

'No PAC Jack' — pledges to refuse super PAC, corporate PAC, and big-tech/AI money and to require transparency for all contributions. Reporting has questioned how fully he has kept the pledge.

A constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United and public small-dollar matching for campaign financing.

Core 'Unbought' pillar: ban insider trading by officials and impose Supreme Court ethics reform.

Supports a national moratorium on new data centers pending environmental review, antitrust scrutiny of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic, wage insurance for displaced tech workers, and deepfake protections.

Wants to nationalize his RAISE Act with mandatory safety testing for frontier AI ('we shouldn't let tech billionaires deploy potentially dangerous AI without safety testing'), give people ownership of their data, and tax large AI labs to fund an 'AI Dividend' for workers it displaces.

'AI Hurts' — targets AI-driven 'surprise fees' (like algorithmic rental-car damage charges) as a hidden consumer tax, with transparency mandates and an easy dispute process; pledges to take no AI money.

Would pass a Frontier AI Safety and Security Act requiring independent pre-deployment review with authority to block unsafe models, plus a GDPR-style federal privacy law.

Backs 'responsible AI regulation' and consumer protections for cryptocurrency with clear rules.

As a software engineer, focuses on workers: protections against layoffs and 'algorithmic discrimination in hiring, housing, lending, healthcare, and criminal justice,' plus retraining.

Supports the clean-energy transition, holding polluters accountable, climate-resilient infrastructure, and rejoining the Paris Accord.

A federal climate Superfund on major emitters, eliminating fossil-fuel subsidies, Green New Deal-style union jobs, and reversing EPA/NOAA cuts; says leaders should 'reject corporate oil money.'

Would explicitly grant the EPA authority to regulate greenhouse gases, hold polluters accountable, and reform permitting so renewables get built faster.

Supports the Green New Deal framework, building electrification and weatherization, ending fossil-fuel subsidies, and opposing new pipelines, LNG terminals and federal drilling — plus a 'Climate and Health' agenda on extreme heat and disease.

'Resilient Climate and Environmental Policy' — fight corporate polluters, advance a clean-energy transition and environmental justice, and protect public lands and urban green space.

Invest in renewables — wind, solar, nuclear, and waste-to-energy methane conversion — and rejoin the Paris Climate Accords.

Universal background checks, reinstating the assault-weapons ban, red-flag laws, mental-health investment, and opposing National Guard deployment to cities without consent.

Treats gun violence as a public-health crisis: reinstate the federal assault-weapons ban, universal background checks, a national red-flag law, and CDC gun-violence research.

'The Ricochet Rule' — federal penalties on states whose trafficked guns turn up at NY crime scenes, plus a joint ATF-DOJ anti-trafficking task force (cites that ~80% of recovered NY crime guns crossed state lines).

Pairs gun-violence reduction with investment in mental health care.

Centers subway safety — two police officers on every subway train and enhanced federal public-safety funding, paired with drug-treatment and mental-health programs; would move gun cases to federal court and target trafficking source states.