Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - New York 23rd Congressional District in 2018 New York 2018 Primary Election.
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Get StartedSupports protecting the civil liberties of all individuals and end discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity Learn more
Supports increasing economic opportunities, ensuring minimum wage is a living wage, working to enact Medicare For All, and working for public education from universal Pre-K to college, and end the systemic racism our government enables to create a more level playing field Learn more
Supports ensuring that international trade practices do not fuel races to the economic bottom, which yield mass migrations of workers displaced from jobs in their home economies Learn more
Supports ensuring that farms and vineyards are able to access the skilled and sometimes seasonal workforce required, while honoring a commitment to living wages and safe conditions Learn more
Supports National Cooperative Extension System and local resources like the Cornell Cooperative Extension Learn more
Supports Micro and Guaranteed Farm Loans to ensure our farmers' access to capital when needed Learn more
Supports Value-Added Producer Grants to provide additional incentives for turning grapes to wine and milk to artisan cheeses Learn more
Supports ensuring living wages paid by all employers to curtail demand for undocumented low-wage employees and potential displacement of domestic workers Learn more
Supports protecting and reinvesting in our public schools, ensuring that they’re student-focused and teacher-driven Learn more
Supports Conservation Innovation Grants to ensure that our farms are incentivized to improve and enact conservation initiatives and other measures of sustainability Learn more
Supports Rural Energy for America Program funding, which allows farmers to produce additional revenue from developing renewable energy on their land and reduces expenses through energy conservation Learn more
Supports respecting sovereign nations and communities over corporations in considering Investor State Trade Dispute Settlements Learn more
Supports ensuring that international trade agreements focus on fair trade and enforcement of level playing fields Learn more
Supports ending partisan gerrymandering, strengthening voting rights and equality measures, and limiting the influence of big money and special interests on our legislators Learn more
Believes that legislators must be accountable to their constituents, and that special interest groups and their money have no place in our government Learn more
Supports working to end partisan gerrymandering which has systematically disenfranchised minorities of voting rights and reduced the power of their voices in government Learn more
Believes people who are guilty of domestic abuse should not have access to firearms Learn more
Supports a system of universal background checks that actually functions, with no loopholes Learn more
Supports funding for scientific study of gun-inflicted injuries and deaths so we have the data to understand exactly how and where people are dying so we can figure out why Learn more
Supports a bump stock ban Learn more
Supports protecting the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid until we achieve single-payer Learn more
Supports a new version of H.R. 676 – Medicare For All Act Learn more
Supports a “public-option” buy-in during the transition Learn more
Supports the New York Health Act, and, at the federal level, the waivers needed for NYS to enact it Learn more
Supports maintaining Medicare and Medicaid funding levels required to keep rural medical centers profitable, and to not shift burden onto States and Communities via increased property taxes Learn more
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