Clarke introduced the Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act to cut rent in subsidized areas and advocates for reformulation of the area median income used by HUD to determine affordable housing.

Goldfarb supports universal, free child care.

Joshua Bristol is committed to tackling the affordability crisis, advocating for a 70% marginal tax rate, reforms to capital gains and inheritance taxes, and tax hikes on earnings or valuations over $1 billion to address wealth inequality.

Clarke is a strong supporter of the Green New Deal to reduce fossil fuel dependence and create clean energy jobs. She introduced the FEMA Climate Change Preparedness Act (H.R. 4823) to require FEMA to factor climate change into all policies, the BREATHE Act (H.R. 585) to amend the Clean Air Act, and H.R. 4737 requiring DHS to research and evaluate federal research on climate change mitigation approaches.

Goldfarb supports developing clean energy to lower New York's high electricity costs and combat climate change, particularly benefiting minority and low-income communities.

Bristol supports a federal Green New Deal to rapidly transition off fossil fuels, create jobs, fully fund NYCHA retrofits for energy efficiency and resilience, invest in grid modernization and community solar, expand federal transit funding, and enforce aggressive pollution standards on major emitters, with polluters paying for cleanup.

Clarke is a strong supporter of Medicare for All and fought against repeal of the ACA. She introduced a resolution to add Black Women’s Health Week as a national health observance, supported the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, and introduced and passed H.R. 5583 requiring CMS to expand and report on adult health quality measures including behavioral health. She also introduced and helped pass the Opioid Addiction Action Plan Act to enhance treatment and prevention of opioid addiction.

Goldfarb supports universal health care, arguing that high-quality health care should be accessible and affordable for all Americans, and that no one should have to choose between physical health and financial health.

Bristol advocates for Medicare for All, arguing that healthcare must be guaranteed and not tied to employment, based on his personal experience with a brain tumor and subsequent health issues.

Congresswoman Clarke introduced the Affordable Housing and Area Median Income Fairness Act to cut rent in subsidized areas, cosponsored the Public Housing Emergency Response Act to reinvest in public housing, and introduced the Hardest Hit Housing Act to provide additional funds for housing programs including capital activities, foreclosure mitigation counseling, and rental assistance. She also introduced legislation to prevent use of biometric recognition technology in certain federally assisted dwelling units.

Goldfarb supports building significantly more housing intelligently by leveraging transit corridors, using technology to lower construction costs, and reforming exclusionary zoning and building codes, while preserving community history and collaborating with local neighborhoods.

Bristol supports repealing the Faircloth Amendment to build high-quality public housing, strengthening tenant protections against unjust evictions and rent hikes, fully funding and modernizing NYCHA, expanding Section 8 vouchers and rent controls, and preventing property owners from leaving properties empty to end homelessness.

Clarke supports protecting DACA recipients and those impacted by deferred enforced departure. She introduced the ASPIRE Act to provide relief to temporary protected status eligible individuals, cosponsored the Access To Council Act to ensure undocumented individuals have a right to a fair legal trial, and cosponsored the Bahamas TPS Act for Hurricane Dorian victims. She is a proponent of abolishing ICE and cosponsored the ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act. As Co-Chair of the Caribbean Caucus, she works to build U.S.-Caribbean relations on trade, immigration reform, and development.

Goldfarb supports expanding legal immigration options, providing pathways to citizenship for undocumented immigrants already in the U.S., and restarting immigration enforcement from scratch.

Bristol supports abolishing ICE as a deportation force, ending private immigration detention, creating a more accessible pathway to citizenship, protecting Dreamers and TPS holders, guaranteeing due process in immigration courts, and ending programs that turn local police into immigration agents.

Clarke supports Paid Family Leave and voted to extend four weeks of paid parental leave for federal employees. She also supported the EMPOWER Act to deter, prevent, reduce, and respond to harassment in the workplace, including sexual harassment and assault.

Goldfarb supports establishing 'Jobs of National Priority' to match talent with critical roles facing shortages, incentivizing people to pursue those careers.

Bristol supports passing the PRO Act, cracking down on union-busting, making it easier for workers to organize, a four-day work week, minimum wage increases, closing contractor/employee loopholes in the gig economy, requiring standardized rest breaks, and imposing penalties on businesses hostile to unionization.

Goldfarb supports expanding civil rights protections, particularly against racial discrimination, to counteract Supreme Court decisions that have undermined civil rights legislation.

Bristol plans to release a policy on putting checks and balances back into government; the campaign page indicates a policy is coming soon.

Goldfarb supports substantially increasing investment in public transit, citing its benefits in cost, safety, environmental impact, and economic development.

Bristol plans to release a policy on affordable and accessible transportation; the campaign page indicates a policy is coming soon.

Bristol supports enforcing the War Powers Resolution, boycotting, divesting, and sanctioning to end the genocide in Palestine, an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, rights and safety for Israelis and Palestinians, and Palestinian right to self-determination. He also supports Puerto Rican self-determination through a ballot initiative including statehood, independence, or sovereignty in free association.

Goldfarb supports overturning Citizens United to reduce corporate influence in politics, closing the revolving door between Congress and lobbying, and banning congressional stock trading so that elected officials prioritize constituents over personal profit.

Clarke cosponsored the ICE and CBP Body Camera Accountability Act (H.R. 1013) to require agents and officers to wear body cameras during official operations to reduce mistreatment and abuse.