Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives - New York 15th Congressional District in 2020 New York Regular and Presidential Primary Election.
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Get StartedIn addition to striking the Hyde Amendment to allow low income women on Medicaid to have the right to choose, we need Medicare for All, funding of public hospitals, community clinics, invest in doulas and culturally sensitive healthcare access to eliminate racial disparities largely responsible for the black maternal mortality crisis, fight for universal: childcare, paid family leave, pre-k, free school lunch, child allowance to make it easier for families to rear their children in the community. Learn more
Halt all discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identification, mandate organizations receiving federal funding to commit to non-discriminatory practices, expand civil rights testing to determine discrimination in the delivery of services and accessing entitlements; with a Homes Guarantee, address the homelessness crisis being experienced in the LGBTQ community. Fight for a federal equivalent of New York State’s Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), prevent weaponization of religion to discriminate against and harm LGBTQ community. EDUCATION JUSTICE Fully invest in public schools, end the privatization of our public schools and the school to prison pipeline, cancel all student debt, hold lenders and the federal government accountable for issuing loans to students with limited to no background in financial literacy. Stand with teachers to demand a starting salary of $60,000, support the Free CUNY movement to push for tuition-free public college and universities, push for culturally responsive education that centers the contributions of black and brown communities in the development of this country. MONEY IN POLITICS End the corruptive force of big money in our local politics, introduce public financing matching program at the federal level, advocate for Congressional term limits, reject corporate PAC money, campaign contributions from predatory real estate developers, landlords and contracts that steal wages from our workers so that elected leaders can have the independence to put the needs of our communities first, not the lobbyists or corporate elite. WHY I’M FIGHTING To me, The Bronx represents a beacon of hope, a source of strength, a path to a better life and is the embodiment of the American Dream for my family and I. It provided my family refuge after we left the NYC family shelter system and welcomed us into its vibrant cultures and communities. My identity is inextricably linked to the resilient and humble borough that shaped my life and values. For far too long, those who have represented the Bronx have failed to look out for our collective good or protect the most vulnerable. We have suffered neglect, abuse, and exploitation. We urgently need to organize now to reclaim the power that belongs to us! Our communities face immediate threats on many fronts. I will fight for a Homes Guarantee to secure housing as a universal human right, press for passage of a Green New Deal working alongside the South Bronx’ environmental justice community with employment designed to heal the environment for everyone, leaving no one without shelter and a Medicare-for-All system guaranteeing that no one will die for lack of money for medical care. We need to wage a working-class revolution that centers our families, domestic workers, our self-determination, an end to mass incarceration and political cronyism. To that end, I am rejecting contributions from corporate PACs, pharmaceuticals, lobbyists, predatory real estate developers and contractors to fund our grassroots campaign. This race is about leaving behind the transactional politics of a broken political system and embracing the transformative politics the Squad is forging in Washington that is based on moral clarity and political courage to do the right thing by our communities. Our competition might have wealthier connections, but we have the people! We need you to donate, door knock and build community with us so that we can spread our grassroots message throughout the district! None of this will be possible without the support and involvement of our communities. When we hold one another accountable, we walk together into liberation. Let's fight for the future we've earned! DONATE NOW DISTRICT 15 MAP Neighborhoods Mott Haven, Hunts Point, Melrose, High Bridge, Port Morris, Clason Point, Morrisania, Concourse Village, East Tremont, Tremont, Morris Heights, Castle Hill, University Heights, Bronx River, Belmont, Shorehaven, Claremont Village, Fordham, West Farms, Longwood, Mount Hope, Soundview and Harding Park. JOIN THE CAMPAIGN First Name * Last Name * Email * Phone (###) ### #### Message Zipcode * How would you like to help? Make Calls Send Texts Host an Event Receive Updates Submit Copyright © 2019 López for The People, All rights reserved. López for the People PO BOX 1226 Bronx, NY 10451 Email contact: info@lopezforthepeople.com Paid for by López for The People DONATE NOW. Learn more
End cash bail, solitary confinement and private prisons, invest in language justice, institute community oversight board for communities disproportionately affected by police brutality and mass incarceration. Institute oversight for prosecutors at the federal level, decarcerate women and children, restore voting rights, legalize marijuana to promote economic justice in black and brown communities disproportionately impacted by mass incarceration related to marijuana, invest in restorative justice practices to prevent people from ending up in the prison system to begin with, put a moratorium in place for new jails until these conditions are met. Learn more
The United States must cease interference in the democratic processes of other nations, whether through the use of unilateral coercive measures (sanctions), forced imposition of neoliberal austerity plans through the IMF, or through both covert and overt warfare. In every corner of the world, frontline communities are innovating responses to food scarcity, housing shortages, and climate change. These solutions have the best chance of building toward a liberated future since they are time-tested, sourced locally, and implemented through collaboration. Learn more
Universal healthcare coverage for all is a moral obligation in the wealthiest country in the world. We need to replace for profit insurance companies with a single payer federal government healthcare fund to ensure universal coverage and move towards a democratically public owned pharmaceutical sector. With this fund we will be able to reduce costs per capita and for the first time negotiate with pharmaceutical companies bringing down the cost of prescription drugs, thereby eliminating out of pocket costs like co-pays, deductibles, and premiums, companies, unions and individuals will see cost reductions throughout a fair transition. Learn more
Secure housing as a universal human right, institute universal rent control, fully re-invest in public housing, build 12 million units of social housing to end homelessness in America especially as children and veterans are concerned, de-commodify housing to put an end to real estate and land speculation, establish a People’s Housing Commission, National Tenant Bill of Rights, reparations to reverse the impact of generations of redlining. Learn more
Abolish ICE, demilitarize the border, keep families together, institute Right to Counsel in immigration court, repeal 1996 immigration laws, provide whistleblower visas for immigrant workers to stop ICE workplace raids when undocumented workers unionize against owner exploitation, pass federal day labor protections, ban the criminalization of undocumented people, expand DACA, support pathways to citizenship, DREAM Act, repeal discriminatory HUD housing policy that targets mixed status families. Learn more
Fight excessive military spending and redistribute savings to domestic social programs that address the root causes of poverty, divest from financial institutions that invest in the military/prison industrial complex, instituting a universal Participatory Budgeting program at the Federal level as a way of creating a path for our communities to have more decision making power over the budget appropriations process. Learn more
Support a national ban on Right to Work and reinstate public worker’s right to strike by amending the Taft-Hartley Act, unions for all workers, pass the Workplace Democracy Act, raise federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, protect Davis-Bacon, stand with trade unions against wealthy developers and union busters, fight for passage of Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act, reject trade deals that hurt the working class, create pathways for the community to access union apprenticeships. Learn more
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