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Fighting for Affordability, Dignity, and Shared Prosperity in New York

Economic Fairness & Progressive Taxation

If elected, I will fight to raise taxes on the wealthiest individuals and the most profitable corporations; not as a symbolic gesture, but as a fiscally responsible commitment to shared prosperity. New York has long been a national leader in progressive taxation and protecting working families, and while important progress has been made, the affordability crisis and erosion of the middle class demand bolder, permanent solutions.

I support the extension of the Temporary Personal Income Tax high-income surcharge through 2032 and will work to make progressive revenue solutions permanent so New York can sustainably fund healthcare, housing, childcare, and public services without placing further strain on working families.

Affordable Housing & Rent Stabilization

New York’s housing crisis is no longer confined to downstate communities. It has reached upstate cities, towns, and suburbs, often faster than local governments are prepared to respond. As a State Assembly Member, my responsibility is to pass legislation that benefits all New Yorkers.

On housing and rent stabilization, I will take an approach rooted in listening and leadership:

Listening to downstate colleagues with decades of experience navigating rent stabilization policy.
Leading upstate colleagues and communities through the realities of a changing housing market.

In many upstate suburban communities, resistance to affordable housing — reinforced by restrictive zoning laws and home-rule limitations — has made progress difficult. When local systems fail to meet the scale of the crisis, New York State must step up and act quickly.

New York has a proud history of prioritizing affordable housing, and I will support legislation that expands affordability, strengthens tenant protections, and helps decommodify the housing market so homes are places to live, not speculative assets.

Proven Local Leadership
As a member of the Hamburg Town Board, I voted to help secure over $56 million in affordable housing investment, supporting projects that are already delivering results:

Juniper Apartments — a 65-unit affordable housing development for income-eligible seniors and families, providing safe, accessible homes close to essential services.

Riley Brook Apartments — a completed $25 million, 70-unit mixed-income community developed through state partnerships and tax credits.

These projects reflect my commitment to turning policy into real homes for real people.

Universal Healthcare: New York Health Act

I enthusiastically support the New York Health Act (S3425 / A1466), the only comprehensive plan to establish a universal, single-payer healthcare system for all New York State residents.

For too long, New Yorkers have been trapped in a fragmented, expensive system that forces families to delay care, ration medication, or choose between their health and basic necessities. Healthcare is a right, not a privilege.

A single-payer system would:

Guarantee universal access to high-quality care.
Eliminate medical debt, insurance loopholes, and unaffordable premiums.
Contain long-term healthcare costs.
Provide economic security for workers and small businesses.

The time for incremental fixes has passed. New York can, and must, lead.

Care Economy: Home Care, Disability Justice & Aging with Dignity

I strongly support the Home Care Savings and Reinvestment Act and legislation to restore choice in CDPAP, because they confront a fundamental injustice: the systemic undervaluation of care work.

Home care workers, overwhelmingly women, women of color, and immigrant women, provide skilled, relationship-based care that allows seniors and people with disabilities to live with dignity and independence. Yet their labor has been consistently exploited by for-profit intermediaries.

By removing insurance companies from Medicaid-funded home care and reinvesting up to $3 billion annually back into the system, New York can:

Deliver fair pay for home care.
Reduce turnover and workforce shortages.
Improve continuity and quality of care.

I also support restoring nonprofit fiscal intermediaries in CDPAP to ensure consumers and workers have real choice, community accountability, and stability. Consolidation may promise efficiency, but too often it sacrifices care, trust, and continuity, as we’ve seen locally with organizations like the Western New York Independent Living Center.

Care work is skilled work. Essential work. Work worthy of respect and fair compensation.

Ending the Medicaid Global Spending Cap

I support eliminating the Medicaid Global Spending Cap.

This arbitrary cap has shifted an unfair financial burden onto counties, forcing them to cut public health programs, understaff clinics, and delay critical investments. It undermines long-term planning, depresses wages for healthcare workers, and prioritizes cost containment over community health.

Ending the cap would allow New York to:

Invest in preventive and community-based care.
Strengthen public hospitals and health centers.
Fairly compensate home health aides.
Relieve counties of an unsustainable fiscal burden.

Healthcare funding should be driven by real needs and outcomes, not an artificial ceiling.

Childcare Equity & Workforce Investment

New York State has an obligation to address the deep inequities in our childcare system. These failures hit hardest in communities that have been historically excluded from generational wealth and long-term economic stability.

Lower life expectancy means fewer grandparents available to support families. Limited retirement security forces older workers to remain in the workforce longer. Together, these realities strain families and leave parents with impossible choices.

Childcare workers themselves are also undervalued. Their pay must be addressed with the same urgency New York has shown for Personal Care Assistants and Home Health Aides. While recent reforms were a step forward, they do not go far enough.

A fair childcare system requires:

Public investment.
Workforce pay equity.
Recognition that childcare is infrastructure, not a luxury.

Constituent Engagement & Accessible Government

I will take a person-centered approach to public service.

That means meeting people where they are, at the time, place, and in the way that works best for them. Effective representation looks different in every community, and real solutions require partnership.

In Albany and in-district, I will prioritize access by:

Working with community leaders, block clubs, PTAs, faith organizations, and grassroots groups.
Ensuring under-resourced communities can easily connect with my office.
Showing up, not just expecting people to come to me.

Representation is not transactional. It’s relational.