A Better Future, One Policy at a time
A Better Future, One Policy at a time
Key Issues & Concrete Solutions
Key Issues & Concrete Solutions
Check back each day for discussion of a new policy.
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Democratic Reforms
Overturn Citizens United: Politics should put people over profits; politicians should put constituents over corporations. We'll never get there without overturning Citizens United.
Close the Revolving Door: Serving in Congress is a privilege, not a profit opportunity. When former elected officials become lobbyists, voters lose faith in the fairness of the system.
Ban Congressional Stock Trading: Congresspeople of both parties should focus on improving the well-being of their constituents, the health of their communities, and the success of their country -- today, too many focus on their personal portfolio performance. Our elected officials should have to choose: retire and trade or remain and legislate.
Congressional Term Limits: Congress was never intended to be a lifetime appointment. When it is, American voters suffer.
Expanding Civil Rights Protections (Part I: Racial Discrimination): The Supreme Court has worked tirelessly to undermine critical pieces of civil rights legislation. I'll work tirelessly to pass the new laws that are desperately needed to undo those harms.
Health Care
Dental Care for Veterans: We honor our veterans when we treat them with the respect and dignity that they deserve. At the very least that includes providing VA dental coverage.
Infrastructure
Expand Public Transit: Public transportation is cheaper, safer, and more environmentally friendly than traveling by car. It also generates massive economic benefits for our communities and our country. We need to invest substantially more in improving the quality and quantity of our public transit.
Build More Housing: We need to build significantly more housing – intelligently. That means taking advantage of new/planned transit corridors, utilizing technology to make construction quicker and cheaper, and rethinking exclusionary zoning policies and building codes. It also means preserving our communities’ unique histories, investing in transportation to reduce congestion, and working collaboratively with local neighborhoods.
Develop Clean Energy: New York’s per-unit cost of electricity is more than 50% higher than the national average. Meanwhile climate change is decimating our communities – heatwaves kill hundreds every year, while floods destroy our homes and send our insurance premiums skyrocketing. New clean energy would decrease costs and increase quality of life, particularly for minority and low-income communities.
Other
Protecting Our Planet’s Cohabitants: Caring for the other species with whom we share the planet is the moral thing to do; more often than not, it is also in humans’ self-interest. The famous maxim, “the greatness of a civilization can be judged by how it treats its weakest members” should be broadened to include how it treats its non-human cohabitants.