Candidate for New York State Assembly - District 37 in 2022 New York Primary Election.
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Get StartedJim Magee will fight Republicans who try to game the system by disenfranchising whole sections of the population. And Jim will work to protect election workers from threats and harassment from sore losers and reactionary groups. And he will make sure our election sites and systems are secure from tampering. Learn more
Jim wants to pass legislation to end “wrong church” voter suppression. Under current N.Y. law, if a poll worker instructs voters to submit a ballot then and there, at a polling place that they haven’t been assigned to, the entire ballot is thrown out. That’s wrong. Learn more
Jim Magee would start by making it tougher for people who commit assault and other violent crimes to get bail. Learn more
Jim Magee opposes book banning. Kids are resilient. They won’t suffer from reading Huck Finn, Maus or Harry Potter. Learn more
Jim also wants to increase the frequency of bus service, and make sure the MTA finally finishes construction on the 7 line — which has been going on since Jim was in high school (that was back in the 90s). Learn more
Jim Magee wants more scrutiny and control of the MTA, with an emphasis on rider safety and more reliable service. Learn more
Jim Magee wants to increase real estate taxes on properties worth over $5 million. And he wants to remove inequities in the property tax law that lets owners of multimillion dollar homes on Billionaire’s Row on 57th Street pay lower property taxes than someone with a row house in Sunnyside. Learn more
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