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5 | City Council District | NY Area | Name | Policy Focus | Specific Policies | Relevant Experience | Website | Other Information | Did they write their own policy bio? | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | 1 | Manhattan | Li, Gigi | Preserving and securing affordable housing; protecting social safety net; supporting smaller businesses. | Chairperson of Community Board 3 (first Asian American in New York City to be elected to serve as board chair); Director of Neighborhood Family Services Coalition and specialized in youth development/afterschool services. | https://www.gigili.nyc/ | @gigi_k_li | No. They have not responded. | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | 1 | Manhattan | Maron, Maud | Focused on education, pandemic recovery, public safety, creating and protecting parks and green space, and addressing long term solutions to homelessness. | Protect existing parks and open spaces, while investing in more sports fields/play spaces; expand access to quality education for ALL students by raising standards in public education, adding more G&T programs and honors classes, & keeping the SHAT; provide zero or low interest loans to businesses impacted by COVID-19, & give Commercial Rent Tax relief to small businesses; reject all new jails; form a committee to examine how the city handles homelessness, especially regarding for-profit shelters. | President of Community Education Council in School District 2; member of CB2, co-authored the grant which secured funding for a green roof at MS 297; elected to serve on School Leadership Team (the state-mandated school community advisory panel); public defender; | https://www.maudmaron.nyc/ | @maudmaron | Commented against DOE initiative that focused on racial privilege and activism - https://nypost.com/2019/07/23/forget-reading-and-math-carranza-wants-focus-on-racial-privilege-activism/. | Yes. | |||||||||||||||||
8 | 1 | Manhattan | Marte, Christopher | Housing, small businesses, environment, education, transparent politics, and quality of life. | Develop rezoning plans; implement Chinatown Working Group Plan; increase affordable housing; expand Right to Counsel Act; pass Small Business Jobs Survival Act; overalhaul Small Business Services; fully fund citywide compost programs; invest in electric bus fleet for MTA and school buses; fund social initiatives like ACE, implement commercial waste zones; build modern schools; advocate for lower student to teacher ratios; use social workers instead of NYPD School Safety Agents; fund Summer Youth Employment Program; pass campaign finance reform legislation; host town halls. | New York State Director at Arena; served on Young Professionals Board of Defy Ventures to guide formerly incarcerated people on starting small businesses; cofounded 2 community gardens; cofounded Foresight Project which helps students from low-income communities with leadership development; volunteered at Bowery Mission; advocated for safe environmental conditions with Children First; | https://www.votemarte.com/ | @ChrisMarteNYC | Previously ran in 2017. | No. They have not responded. | |||||||||||||||||
9 | 1 | Manhattan | Gross, Jacqueline | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
10 | 1 | Manhattan | Lee, Susan | Small business, education, reducing crime, environmental resiliency. | Unknown. | Experience at the legal assistant department at an international law firm, where she leveraged the firm’s pro bono resources on matters referred by Human Rights Watch and Safe Horizon; Master’s in Public Policy from the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service; Program Manager for Development at AAFE Community Development Fund; Advocacy Fellow at Covenant House International; served on the Board of Directors of Nomi Network and the Board of Trustees of MercyFirst. | https://www.susanleenyc.com/ | Unknown. | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
11 | 1 | Manhattan | Low, Jenny | An equitable COVID-19 Recovery; Expanding healthcare access; Saving our small businesses; Defending and expanding affordable housing; and investing in education. | Expand healthcare access and increase funding to community health centers and public hospitals; support MWBEs and small businesses by suspending evictions; increasing paycheck support, and providing rent relief’; employee retraining; address food insecurity; protect tenants and defend Affordable Housing by strengthening rent law enforcement; support relief for small landlords; opposing overdevelopment, reforming NYCHA, and investing in truly affordable units; invest in Education, restore gifted and talented programs, and eliminate the digital divide; protect seniors, expand technology literacy, and support NORCs. | Vice-Chair of the New York State Democratic Committee; first Asian American Democratic District Leader elected in New York City; currently serves as the Director of Administrative Services Division at the New York City Council’s Office of Speaker Corey Johnson; has served as the Director of the Community Engagement Division; served for 30 years as a director on the board of the Chinese-American Planning Council; director and VP of the board at Eleanor’s Legacy (recruits, trains, and funds pro-choice Democratic women candidates in NY); volunteered with Rethink Food NYC to distribute over 650,000 meals during the COVID-19 pandemic; co-created Neighbors Helping Neighbors groceries delivery program. | https://www.jennylow.nyc/ | @jennylamlow | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
12 | 1 | Manhattan | Mihalsky, Dennis | Unknown. | Unknown. | English Second Language Teacher; President & Executive Director at Students Disrupting (organization which fights for student newspapers); Chapter Leader at United Federation of Teachers; Volunteer at New York Cares; Volunteer at NYC Anti-Violence Project; previous service as Director of Programming at Manhattan Young Democrats. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | 1 | Manhattan | Salas, Denny | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | https://www.dennysalas.com/ | @realdennysalas | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
14 | 1 | Manhattan | Winbush, Tiffany | Unknown. | Unknown. | Served three terms on Manhattan’s Community Board #1; advocated for the rights of women and girls throughout New York State alongside a mission-driven, women-empowered national organization; spearheaded community service initiatives throughout the borough of Manhattan with an over 100-year-old organization dedicated to public service; served as an alumni board member for the New York University School of Professional Studies; served in a number of leadership roles within the Parent Teacher Association; member of her local democratic club, the Downtown Independent Democrats. | https://www.tiffanyfornyc.com/ | @tiffwinbush | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
15 | 2 | Manhattan | Rivera, Carlina | Unopposed. | Unopposed. | Unopposed. | Unopposed. | Unopposed. | Unopposed. | v | |||||||||||||||||
16 | 3 | Manhattan | Bottcher, Erik | Public housing, mental health, small business recovery, racial justice, affordable housing. | Recovery that brings back our small businesses and theater industry; an end to the utterly shameful conditions in NYCHA housing; a society free of the systemic racism that affects every aspect of life for people of color; an end to the inequities in mental health care and housing that have created a heartbreaking homelessness crisis on our streets; a safe, livable city that works for everyone, not just the ultra-wealthy; affordable homes for full-time residents, not pied-à-terres and empty investment units. | Chief of Staff for Corey Johnson; liaison for LGBT communities during Cuomo's gubernatorial campaign; real estate agent. | https://www.erikbottcher.com/ | @ebottcher | LGBTQ+ | Yes. | |||||||||||||||||
17 | 3 | Manhattan | Fitzpatrick, Phelan-Dante | Civil rights, small business, NYS School System, criminal justice and crime reduction, homelessness, and saving Broadway jobs and theaters. | Oppose technology used to target protesters; Small Business Restart & Recovery program; fund schools; education on racial/social justice, working-class history, LGBTQ+ history, multilingual education, and vocational training; expand Community Safety Act to protect LGBTQ+ community; expand Crisis Management System; fund crime investigations; Ban the Box; continue bail reform; invest in restorative justice; fund shelters, drug/substance abuse programs, and job resource programs; equal pay; Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner at every hospital; end police use of facial recognition technology. | The operator of two small businesses in the district. | https://phelanforcitycouncil.com/ | LGBTQ+; Gun violence survivor | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
18 | 3 | Manhattan | Halasa, Marni | Coronavirus Recovery Plan, Housing, zoning, land use, and a public commission to investigate the NYPD. | Unknown. | Found Community Control of Land Use; founded NYCHA Kids Skate to pro bono teach kids living in public housing to skate; tenant activist; lawyer. | marniforcitycouncil.com | @Marni4council | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
19 | 3 | Manhattan | Schwartz, Arthur Z | Reallocation of the City budget, affordable housing, the rights of people with disabilities, mass transit, education reform, and zoning reform. | Shift budget money into jobs, job training, schools, housing, and health care; NYC to resume funding of the operating budget of the NYC Transit Authority so that buses can run; NYCHA tenants Bill of Righ; right to withold rent; stop closure of Beth Israel; all housing construction in the District have 40% affordable units; 7% of all City hires be people with disabilities; genuine, enforceable commercial rent control; provide massive funding for older New Yorkers; meaningful community board input in ULURP; patronage free Board of Elections. | President of Advocates for Justice (Public Interest Law foundation); represents New York Communities for Change; represents Jobs with Justice; civil rights/union lawyer; participated in protests for community (eg: prevented Costco being built on 14th St to build YMCA instead); organizer for presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders. | https://www.arthurzschwartz.com/ | @Advocat4justice | Clashed w/ Erik Bottcher by protesting new busway on 14th St. | Yes. | |||||||||||||||||
20 | 3 | Manhattan | Boghosian Murphy, Leslie | Focused on economic recovery/small businesses, quality of life, balanced affordable housing, education & environment. | Prioritizing small businesses, hospitality and arts to spark our economic recovery; create across-the-board affordable housing including security for the aging; a more equitable, integrated school system and smaller class sizes; strong commitment to environmental investment in new builds, NYCHA and transportation including an all-electric bus fleet; public transportation equity and investment; concentrate on safe, livable conditions for all; monthly office/resident meetings. | Serves on Community Board 4 Budget Task Force; active member of local NYPD Community Council working towards better community policing; created the Columbus Circle lemonade stand to raise thousands of dollars for the Young Center for Immigrant Children's Rights; created an initiative to get student teachers into Title I schools to provide live distance learning; fought to end life without parole for youth offenders and personally initiated the resentencing for certain minors in Florida; worked as an in-class assistant for Children's Aid Society; worked as an on-site aide for Homes for the Homeless in Hell's Kitchen and on special projects for NY Cares. | https://www.lesliefornyc.com/ | @LeslieBMurphy | EMMY® Award Winner for Societal Concerns Programming. | Yes. | |||||||||||||||||
21 | 4 | Manhattan | Powers, Keith | Criminal justice reform, saving small businesses, housing affordability, and good government reform. | Closing Rikers Island, ending solitary confinement, and changing the culture in our city jails. Keith is committed to supporting a just recovery during COVID-19, including his recent plan "Open for Business" to save small businesses. | Current City Councilman; Chair of Criminal Justice Committee (passed legislation to eliminate bail fees; stewarded vote to close Rikers); passed legislation to make it easier to run for office, protect tenants from unlawful conviction, protect small businesses, and broaden sexual harassment protections; negotiated deal with NYC's HPD to preserve affordable units at Waterside Plaza through 2098. | https://council.nyc.gov/district-4/ | @KeithPowersNYC | Incumbent. Unopposed. | Yes. | |||||||||||||||||
22 | 5 | Manhattan | Freeland, Billy | Affordable housing, criminal justice reform and decarceration, public transit and designing streets for people, public health and COVID-19, and environmental equity and the climate crisis | Unknown. | Officer and Secretary of Community Board 8; co-chaired the Community Board’s Charter Revision Task Force; progressive activist; general counsel for family's small business and former litigator at a major New York law firm; defended clients facing persecution; | https://billyfreeland.com/ | @BillyFreelandNY | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
23 | 5 | Manhattan | Kravitz, Joshua | Unknown. | Unknown. | Community Board member; District Leader 76th Assembly District; Chief Operating Officer at the Loan Source; former judicial fellow at the Supreme Court of the State of New York. | Unknown. | @JoshKravitzNYC | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
24 | 5 | Manhattan | Lamorte, Rebecca | Affordable Housing, Public housing protection, transit accessibility, small business support, green space accesibility, public education reform | Introduce legislation to mandate half of all new residential construction be affordable with set asides for senior, low-and mid-income and formerly homeless housing; Introduce ‘Community Land Trust’ legislation to empower local residents to decide how public land should be developed; Oppose private, market-rate development on public land and require any development of public land be fully affordable | Manhattan Community Board 8; member of East River Democratic Club's executive committee; member of Laborers Local 79; worked for prominent labor unions; worked on campaigns like Fight For $15 and the legislative push for the Construction Safety Act. | https://www.rebeccalamorte.com/ | @RebeccaLamorte | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
25 | 5 | Manhattan | Moscaritolo, Kim | Affordble housing, protection from eviction, safer streets for pedestrians, cyclists, buses, improving subway system and MTA, will pass legistation aimed at reducing carbon emissions and increasing sustainable modes of transport, criminal justice system should focus more on rehabilitaiton rather than punishment | Public funding for more infrastructre (parks, libraires, public spaces, transit); expand and improve the city's Right to Counsel program, which provides free legal representation to anyone facing eviction in housing court; increase resources for the Department of Buildings and HPD so that they can more effectively enforce housing laws and hold negligent landlords accountable; advocate for stronger housing laws in Albany; invest resources into community based policing and prison alternatives; helping businesses impacted by COVID-19 by pusing legislation to cap fees by third party vendorsand working with local Member of Congress to ensure the federal government is adequately funding and administering small business relief effort; reform the commercial rent tax to address rising costs of retail space. | District Leader; founded Yorkville Buy Local; founded For Freedoms Democratic Club; founding member of the White Roof Project; spent two years as Legislative Committee Chair of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence; organized volunteers to fight for marriage equality; community advocate; former video journalist at CNN | https://www.votekim.nyc/ | @kimmosc | Was awarded an Emmy for her contributions to CNN's coverage of the September 11th terrorist attacks. | Yes. | |||||||||||||||||
26 | 5 | Manhattan | Shimamura, Tricia | Affordable housing, transportation, parks/open space, education, overdevelopment, and quality of life. | Close affordable housing loopholes and increase units at every income level; transit accessibility improvements and expand ferry network; create an association for Ruppert Park and redesign both Ruppert and John Jay Park; expand pre-k; fund special needs education; create new Community Schools; address "hollow space" or "mechanical void" loopholes in zoning laws; repair East River Esplanade; bring down costs and improve resiliency on Roosevelt Island; repurpose the Marine Transfer Station to be used as emergency response only. | Deputy Chief of Staff to Congresswoman Maloney; Director of Government Relations in the Office of Government and Community Affairs at Columbia University; CB Member | https://triciaforny.nyc/ | @Tricia4NYC | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | 5 | Manhattan | Sosa, Christopher A | Affordable housing, education reform, racial justice, environmental protection, and government ethics. | Increase affordable housing units and expand public housing; expand voter access; reduce NYPD budget by $1 billion; increase community and public school funding; expand Right to Council program; fund addiction services, HIV prevention, and accessible health screenings; expand Fair Fares program; improve MTA accessibility; enact Campaign Zero police reforms; Elected Civilian Review Board; implement UBI; launch ICE Alerts NYC program to protect from ICE raids; ban horse carriages. | NYS Senate Communications Director; Stonewall Democrats member; served on teams that sponsored and passed NY State DREAM Act; nonprofit education PR director; political adviser on criminal justice issues; 10+ years as journalist. | https://sosafornyc.com/ | @ChrisSosa | LGBTQ+ | Yes. | |||||||||||||||||
28 | 5 | Manhattan | Menin, Julie | Unknown. | Unknown. | Currently serves as an adjunct professor of law and public policy at Columbia University; 2020 New York City Census Director; previously served as the Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Affairs; launched a new Earned Income Tax Credit initiative that resulted in over $260 million being returned to low-income New Yorkers; created a new city initiative to seed over 10,000 kindergarteners with a college savings account; created and chaired the board of New York City Kids Rise, a not-for-profit organization; previously served as Commissioner of Media and Entertainment where she implemented dozens of initiatives to increase gender equity; served as a seven-year Chair of Manhattan Community Board 1; Several weeks after 9/11, she founded the not-for-profit organization Wall Street Rising, which focused on the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan; served on the board of the Women’s Campaign Fund, where she helped launch She Should Run, a nationwide initiative that has encouraged thousands of women to run for elected office; served on the board of Eleanor’s Legacy, an organization in New York focused on electing more Democratic women statewide. | https://juliefornyc.com/ | @JulieMenin | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
29 | 6 | Manhattan | Lind, Sara K | Upholding progressive values so that all of our residents can have the best quality of life, in the best neighborhood in the city, moving toward solutions on these issues will also help mitigate the effects of COVID, infrastructure and transportation systems and sustainability, affordable housing, small business support, and education. | Rent support and means-tested vouchers to address rent burden and chronic homelessness; invest in Women and Minority-owned business and support neighborhood revitalization to drive foot traffic to retail corridors; incentivize recycling and sustainability programs designed to contain litter and keep the rats out; support integration of public schools starting at the early childhood and primary level to ensure equitable education; public health protocols to ensure our families are safe as they go back to jobs, schools and regular life. | Executive Director for 21 in ’21; worked with community leaders to pass Ranked Choice Voting; worked for Clinton 2016 campaign; ran several local campaigns; did pro bono work for asylum-seekers at Skadden; former student organizer for sexual health education. | https://www.saralind.nyc/ | @saraklind | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
30 | 6 | Manhattan | Omura, Jeffrey | Arts and Culture recovery, affordable housing and homelessness, supporting small businesses. | Enlist companies that profited during the pandemic to create an Arts & Culture Relief Fund; Create Promotional Campaign to lure back tourists; Expand worker protections; Reform commercial property taxes and reform mortgage rules to reduce sky high rents on small business owners; streamline regulatory hurdles for small businesses; support multi-pronged affordable housing approach; streamline process for getting people off the streets and into permanent supportive housing; Fully fund NYCHA; pied-a-terre tax. | Elected officer of Actors' Equity Association; founding member and leader of Fair Wage OnStage, the movement to demand higher wages for Off-Broadway stage managers and actors, that gave Equity leverage to negotiate record-breaking wage increases up to 83%; fieldwork for John Kerry, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden. | https://www.jeffreyomura.com/ | @jeffreyomura | LGBTQ+; will be the first Japanese-American ever elected to office in New York State. | Yes. | |||||||||||||||||
31 | 6 | Manhattan | Weiner, Zack | Focused on the Homelessness Crisis, Vacant Storefronts | Treatment First; Assertive Community Treatment; Supporting Infrastructure for Kendra's Law; Transparent Metrics; Start Up Retail | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
32 | 6 | Manhattan | Brewer, Gale | Unknown. | Unknown. | Current Manhattan Borough President; previous City Councilwoman of this district | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||||
33 | 6 | Manhattan | Gold, David | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
34 | 7 | Manhattan | Ordonez, Maria | Housing reform, criminal justice reform, communication between city council representatives and their constituents, and public education reform. | Fund public housing; advocate for giving democratic control to public housing tenants; develop transparent and democratic rezoning processes; diversify students attending specialized high schools; increase funding to non-specialized high schools; have schools offer free SAT/ACT testing preparation; provide social worker and library to every school; remove NYPD from schools; defund NYPD; instate hiring freeze and reduce overtime in NYPD; restrict standards for use of force and ban chokeholds by NYPD; disarm NYPD and ban use of military equipement; permanent closure of Rikers. | Youngest delegate in NY to be sent to DNC (delegate for Bernie Sanders); elected County Committee Member (youngest Latina party elected official of New York); community organizer; organized graduate student strikes at Columbia; worked at Manhattan Borough President's Office; volunteers as a voter register; | https://www.mariaordonez.nyc/ | @MariaOrdonezNYC | Youngest female and Latina representative if elected; youngest city council candidate; Columbia Student. | Yes. | |||||||||||||||||
35 | 7 | Manhattan | Abreu, Shaun | Housing reform, tenant rights, criminal justice reform | securing stable housing, implementing a fair rent forgiveness bill, which would provide landlords with financial aid while keeping families in need in their homes without bearing the cost of rent, addressing food insecurity for elders and low-income communities, increase attorney capacity under the Right to Counsel law and establish a new initiative to provide free legal services to vulnerable small businesses. | Tenant's Rights attorney, served as a member of his local community board, a board director for his local park, and a court-appointed special advocate for children in foster care, worked on the campaign of Congressman Adriano Espaillat and for city council members and state legislators. | https://www.facebook.com/shaunfornyc/ | @ShaunAbreu | No. They have not responded. At this point I'm assuming out of spite. | ||||||||||||||||||
36 | 7 | Manhattan | Ortega, Corey | Criminal justice reform, housing equity, social services provision, economic inequality, educational equity, climate and transportation. | Redirecting budget into community services in areas most over-policed and underfunded; pass the Small Business Jobs Survival Act and Commercial Rent Stabilization bill; increase minimum percentage of affordable units in all new development with a more accurate AMI; increase budget for enforcement of fair housing and other housing violations by landlords; cancel rent and other debt payments for duration of pandemic; include racial impact analysis in environmental review process; universal child care, streamline provision of and increase quality social services. | https://www.facebook.com/corey.ortega | @mrortegany | Yes. | |||||||||||||||||||
37 | 7 | Manhattan | Gould Cummings, Marti | Housing reform, criminal justice, public education, and small businesses. | Invest in public housing and NYCHA; defund NYPD by at least $1 billion; reinvest $9 billion for jail into community; provide rehabilitation for formally incarcerated; desegregating public schools; raise teacher salaries; provide schools with at least one social worker; provide COVID-19 relief to small businesses; ensure rent stabilization for small businesses. | Member of CB9; founded Hell's Kitchen Democrats. | https://www.martiformanhattan.com/ | @MartiGCummings | LGBTQ+, Drag Queen. (Nonbinary - they/them pronouns). | No. They have not responded. | |||||||||||||||||
38 | 7 | Manhattan | Cohen, Daniel M | Affordable Housing, Public Schools, Climate Change, Racial Equity, Small Businesses and Criminal Justice Reform | Lifelong district resident, work for a housing nonprofit; Advocating for 500 affordable housing units in district; NYC public-school graduate/parent, on school PTA; need smaller classes, increase pay and expanded second language; Climate change: NYC must improve global warming preparation; hold police accountable, advocate for racial justice and protect communities; provide capital to companies start/restart in the recovery, invest in POC & women-owned businesses; criminal justice reform is a restorative system with incarceration alternatives; expand health care through community health clinics. | Housing advocate; VP of nonprofit Housing partnership; previously started affordable housing consulting firm; former mortgage officer at nonprofit affordable housing lender; advisor on the city's allocation of federal aid for the 9/11 recovery. | https://www.cohen2021.com/ | @DanCohenNYC | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
39 | 7 | Manhattan | Melendez, Lena | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | https://linktr.ee/votelena2021 | @leana2121964 | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
40 | 7 | Manhattan | Tejada, Luis M | Unknown. | Unknown. | Part of the Rent Guidelines Board Coalition, where he helped mobilize hundreds of engaged tenants to achieve one-year rent leases’ freeze for two consecutive years; national leader at the Dominican Electrical Workers’ labor union named SITRACODE; founded the “Mirabal Sisters Cultural and Community Center” (MSCCC), a grass-roots, community-based organization, which advocates preserving and defending affordable housing, quality education for NYC children and social justice for the working class; one of the founders of the following coalitions: Northern Manhattan is Not for Sale (NMN4S), Language Access Coalition, Stabilizing NYC Coalition (SNYC), The Coalition to Preserve the Community (CPC) against Columbia University Expansion Plan, Real Rent Reform (R3). | https://luistejadaforcitycouncil.com/?fbclid=IwAR2SNXvfyZk_9c6yfwRtzIkqEoUAKwNzEt-3xmZ_5soMlHREUcOH_8w8VeQ | Unknown. | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
41 | 7 | Manhattan | Aguilar, Alberto | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
42 | 7 | Manhattan | Quinones, Carmen | Unknown. | Unknown. | Former Democratic State Committee Member; tenant association president; political organizer. | https://www.facebook.com/Carmen-Quinones-For-City-Council-District-7-105157821346581/ | @VoteQuinonesNYC | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
43 | 7 | Manhattan | Lynch, Stacy | Unknown. | Unknown. | Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs to Mayor de Blasio; Former Assistant Commissioner at the Department of Youth and Community Development; former General Counsel at Bill Lynch & Associates; founded Junior Liberty League; former associate at the Marshall Firm. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
44 | 7 | Manhattan | Estrella, Miguel | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
45 | 7 | Manhattan | Sanchez, Raymond | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
46 | 7 | Manhattan | Toomer, Jeanette | Equity in education, more affordable housing, criminal justice reform, improve health and hospital care for women; funding for revival of theater industry. | Literacy education initiatives, more AP classes and closing the achievement gap for black children; mandatory anti-bias training for police; take police out of schools/give contracts to youth development cbos; more access to truly affordable housing for all, and prosecute housing fraud; create pathways for promotion in employment for minorities; end medical apartheid for black women who die in disproportionate numbers while in labor; improve access to women’s reproductive health and hospital services; lower infant mortality rate off black babies in New York; fund initiatives to revive theater industry. | Relevant paid experience includes 18 years in public school education, high school English teacher, three years teaching first year College Composition; serves on Executive Committees of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the Association of Black Educators (ABENY); Member, Education Advocacy Committee, New York Urban League (NYUL); Chairperson, Resolutions Committee, NCTE Annual Conference 2017; Parent Leader, school Parent Associations; Founding Member, Amsterdam Homesteaders; Several years as president and secretary of Nationbuilders Housing Development Fund Corporation (HDFC) - housing cooperative. | https://www.facebook.com/Toomer-for-City-Council-D-7-118847879961328/ | Unknown. | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
47 | 8 | Manhattan | Ayala, Diana | Housing, homelessness, unemployment; crime reduction/prevention, civil rights, and K-12 education. | Unknown. | Current City Council member. | https://council.nyc.gov/diana-ayala/staff-directory/ | @DianaAyalaNYC | Incumbent. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | |||||||||||||||||
48 | 8 | Manhattan | Mapp, Tamika | Criminal justice/police reform; climate change; family court reform; housing for all; quality education; small businesses. | Unknown. | Veteran; Girl Scout leader; small business mentor; PTA President; County Committeewoman. | https://www.mapp.vote/ | @FriendsofTamika | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
49 | 9 | Manhattan | Jordan, Kristin R | Police accountability/abolition, affordable housing, education, redistribution of wealth, senior care. | Divert funding from NYPD and prisons to invest in alternatives, give real power to an elected Civilian Review Board, and close Rikers without building new jails; universal rent control and rent stabilization, redefine affordable housing, and house the homeless; provide smaller class sizes and a culturally rich cirricula while expanding the Community School program; increase taxes on the 1%; support and fund senior centers; on a mission to disrupt the district with radical love for H.A.R.L.E.M. | Literary specialist at Harlem Boys & Girls Club; teacher and teaching artists for Directions for Our Youth and Girl Be Heard; presented as public speaker/guest lecturer at Circle of Voices, the Kennedy Center, Hostos Community College, and Montclair State University; Social Justice Chair for United Methodist Women at Salem Church; member of Soka Gakkai International; coordinates Uproar Poetry Group; literary activist. | https://kristinforharlem.com/ | @Kristin4Harlem | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
50 | 9 | Manhattan | McDaniels, Ruth | Economy, quality of life, and human rights. | Housing for homeless community and returning incarcerate citizens; commitment to local jobs for community residents; increased mental health initiatives; dependable mail delivery; equitable public education; clean streets & trash cans on every corner; increased community oversight of law enforcement; new alternatives to incarceration; divestment from for-profit prisons. | Worked as a Peace Officer for the NYC Department of Education, a Level 3 Supervisor for the NYPD’s School Safety division, and a Sergeant at the NYC Department of Human Resources Administration’s Police Department; VP for the 32nd Precinct Community Council and a member of the Clergy Council; President of the BUFNY/II Harlem Tenant Association and Founder of Harlem Blooms. | https://www.friendsofruthmcdaniels.com/ | Unknown. | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
51 | 9 | Manhattan | Simpson-Amsterdam, Sheba T | Education, sustainable senior services, and housing reform. | Increasing funding in schools, moving money defunded from NYPD budget into NYCDOE budget to provide more nurses, guidance counselor, social workers, STEAM programs and financial literacy; removal of police officers from all schools; access resources for all seniors and better food for homebound seniors; home visits for seniors who live alone; affordable housing for long-time Harlem residents; low-income housing for those who make <50k/year. | Worked with NYCDOE for 21 years primarily as special education teacher; Dean of Students; currently a Site Supervisor at a Regional Enrichment Center. | http://www.shebaforcitycouncil.com/ | @ShebaSimpsonNYC | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
52 | 9 | Manhattan | Perkins, Bill | PREVIOUS LEGISLATION: | Introduced Patriot Act Resolution in City Council which mandates that anti-terrorism policies be implemented in a way that doesn't infringe on fundamental liberties; opposed racial, ethnic and religious profiling; sponsored legislation to protect the rights of LGBT communities; fought for the Living Wage. | Incumbent | https://council.nyc.gov/bill-perkins/ | @BillPerkinsNYC | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
53 | 9 | Manhattan | Rosser, Mario | Unknown. | Unknown. | Organized for the Obama campaign and started an initiative to help small businesses in Harlem grow; served as Chair of the NY Young Leadership Board at America Needs You (nonprofit); mentored high school students through my fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha Young Scholars program; organized protest marches and advocated for increased funding for anti-violence community-based organizations; volunteered at food banks in Harlem during COVID-19. | https://www.mariorosser.com/ | @MarioRosser | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
54 | 9 | Manhattan | Allen, William | Unknown. | Unknown. | Youngest New Yorker appointed as a Trustee of a Community School District and First Teenager appointed to a Community Planning Board; Delegate, NY County Judicial Convention; National VP, College Democrats; Student Representative, Public Affairs Committee, CUNY Board of Trustees; Honorary Degree Committee, CCNY; CCNY Envoy to Dominica; CCNY Graduating Class President; CCNY Student Ombudsman; Congressional Black Caucus Envoy to Egypt; NYC Youth Employment Planning Council; NYC Youth Council; Community Advisory Board, NYC Health & Hospital Corporation. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
55 | 9 | Manhattan | Cleare, Cordell | Unknown. | Unknown. | Founding member of the Michelle Obama Community Democratic Club; served as chair to the New York City Coalition to End Lead Poisoning; worked for over 18 years for New York State Senator Bill Perkins and last served as his chief of staff; on the Advisory Board for the African American Day Parade; Bernie Sanders Delegate in 2016. | Unknown. | @CordellCleare | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
56 | 9 | Manhattan | Clennon, Joshua | REAL Affordable Housing, Small Business, Education and Youth Services, Green Infrastructure, and Public Safety Reform. | Creating universal rent relief fund permanent income based housing, and homeownership opportunities; Expanding access to healthcare (NYC Cares) and taskforce to investigate health disparities in black/brown communities Raise city revenue and revitalize small businesses with a public banking system Fully fund public schools, CUNY, and expand summer youth employment Invest in green infrastructure to create new jobs, clean streets, and improve quality of life and wellness in our community. | Appointed in 2018 to Community Board 10 and elected Treasurer in 2020; serves as the Chair of the District Needs Taskforce; joined the NAACP in 2016 and became a next-gen fellow in 2019; elected Co-Chair of Economic Development for NAACP Mid Manhattan Branch in 2019; joined the Uptown Democratic Club in 2017 and was appointed as the youngest Executive Director in 2018; DNC delegate for Bernie Sanders in 2016; member of the Hillary for America Millennial Victory Fund. | https://joshuaclennon.com/ | @JoshuaClennon | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
57 | 9 | Manhattan | Council, William | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
58 | 10 | Manhattan | Reed, Everett R | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
59 | 10 | Manhattan | Perez, Josue G | Education, cleaner & safer neighborhoods, protecting tenant and local business, and bringing more programs & funds. | More tutoring programs in math, science and ELA; more programs for youth, parents, an local businesses; keep rent controlled; stop rent hikes on small businesses. | Teaches math and computer science in the Theodore Roosevelt Campus; coordinated Beauty and Joy of Computing to bring computer science to minority and young women; actively involved supporting “Paid Family Leave” and “Fight for 15”; founding member of Fuerza Dominicanos Por el Cambio; advisor and member of the board of directors of “Amor Sin Frontera”; National Commission of Human Rights Inc.; UFT delegate. | https://www.josueperez.org/about/ | @CityCouncilNYC | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
60 | 10 | Manhattan | Garcia, Johanna | Education, affordable housing, and equality, fairness, and basic justice. | Unknown. | Served as Chief of Staff in the City Council for Robert Jackson and now as his Chief of Staff as State Senator; member on the School Leadership Team at her children’s school; President of the School District's Presidents Council; President of the Community Education Council; founding member of Northern Manhattan Not for Sale. | https://www.votejohannagarcia.com/ | @JohannaG_NYC | Endorsed by State Senator Robert Jackson, State Senator Alessandra Biaggi, Corruption Fighter Zephyr Teachout, Vote Mama PAC, NYC KIDS Pac, and IATSE Local I, Stagehands. | No. They have not responded. | |||||||||||||||||
61 | 10 | Manhattan | De Los Santos, Manny | Unknown. | Unknown. | Elected District Leader for the 72nd Assembly District; former public school social worker; works in Government Relations; works with and supports many of our local not-for-profit organizations securing City And State funding; organizer of voter and census drives, tenant, housing, and immigration forums. | https://www.facebook.com/MannyDeLosSanto/ | @MannyDeLosSantos | Recognized leader in City & State’s Rising Stars, 40 under 40. | No. They have not responded. | |||||||||||||||||
62 | 10 | Manhattan | Fernandez, Angela | Affordable Green Housing; Green & Dignified Work; Safety, Wellness & Recreation; Educational Equity; Economic Prosperity; Co-governance framework. | Unknown. | Human rights attorney; grassroots organizer. | https://www.angelafernandez.nyc/ | Unknown. | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
63 | 10 | Manhattan | Pina, Tirso | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
64 | 10 | Manhattan | De La Rosa, Carmen | Unknown. | Unknown. | New York State Assemblywoman for Assembly District 72. | https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Carmen-N-De-La-Rosa/contact | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
65 | 11 | Bronx | Padernacht, Daniel A | Affordable housing, health and well-being, public safety, skills-based education and transportation. | Work with State officials to subsidize rent arrears; maintain safe environments through the course of the pandemic to keep the curve flat; eliminate test-oriented education and create a model that focuses on analytical skills; identify vulnerable populations (especially seniors) and provide for their basic needs; initiate programs to help small businesses recover and succeed; provide monthly training for police officers in de-escalation, reacting to high stress scenarios and non-lethal tactics; incorporate green infrastructure in construction and transportation; maintain and create transportation to meet present and future demands. | Attorney; part of a project team creating over 450 apartments of affordable housing in the Bronx; has represented numerous tenants pro-bono in housing disputes; acted as pro-bono counsel for the Fort Independence Park Neighborhood Association (FIPNA) in a lawsuit against New York City; member of Bronx Community Board 8 (served as Chair for three years); teaches students the basics of law and civics at P.S. 95. | https://www.votedanpadernacht.com/ | Unknown. | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
66 | 11 | Bronx | Martin, Abigail J | Creating an affordable NYC that is just and equitable for all. Housing, transit, criminal legal reform, overhauling the DOE, and economic development. | Accelerate the creation of low income housing for homeless, senior, and low income New Yorkers using union labor, subsidize small landlords and cancel rent, keep public transit affordable; bring new and good jobs to NYC and through the Climate Mobilization Act, marijuana industry (once legal), fixing NYCHA, and universal childcare; start a UBI program in NYC, and tax multimillionaires and billionaires to help rebuild from the COVID crisis; overhaul the criminal legal system and DOE; address food insecurity, fully fund SYEP, and fully fund CUNY. | Worked for seven years at Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), which advocates for children in foster care; recruited and led a team of over 200 volunteers from throughout New York City who worked to ensure that children placed with under-resourced foster care agencies received what they needed; worked at Montefiore Hospital's Child Advocacy Center, coordinating the efforts of the Administration of Children's Services, the NYPD's Special Victims Division, the Bronx District Attorney's Office; appointed as a student advisor and adjunct professor at Columbia University’s School of Social Work. | https://www.abigail4thebronx.com/ | @Abigail4theBX | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
67 | 11 | Bronx | Haller, Jessica | Resilience, Sustainability and Equity across Climate and Food Justice, Transportation, Health access, Housing, and K-12 and Higher Education (CUNY). | Improve air quality - low emission zones, reduce preventable asthma; long-term sustainable affordable housing, full carbon divestment AND investment pensions; Expand transit, decarbonize, and innovative micro-transit; Reduce heat vulnerability and inequitable deaths, improve green space and community space; local green jobs and jobs to thrive; partner with labor to build equitably and sustainably; equitably fund Public Education, investment in CUNY to grow middle class; Abolish food deserts and create local food ecosystem; mandate composting, introduce new revenue opportunities. | Climate activist; named leader of the Climate Reality Project by Al Gore; tech entrepreneur who founded two companies; Vice Chair of the Board of Hazon; board member of the Riverdale Nature Preservancy; advisory board member of Eden Village Camp | https://www.jessicahaller.com/ | @JessicaHaller | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
68 | 11 | Bronx | Dinowitz, Eric | Education, housing, seniors, electoral reform, green infrastructure, and worker rights. | Restorative Justice, Mental Health, and Expanding Social-Emotional Learning; smaller class-sizes; expand rent regulations; fight Airbnb; ensure affordable housing for seniors; ensure access to technology for seniors; improve absentee voting process; prevent voter purges; ensure city agences comply with open data laws; increasing elevators to subway stations and easier bus access; change fairs on Metro North to match MTA; build green roofs and solar panels; expand environmental education; fund parks; raise minimum wage; paid family leave; integrate/protect immigrants. | Special education teacher; former chapter leader in the United Federation of Teachers; chair of the Aging Committee on Community Board 8. | https://www.dinowitzforcouncil.com/ | @EricDinowitz | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
69 | 11 | Bronx | Sierra, Marcos | Unknown. | Unknown. | Program Coordinator at Regional Aid for Interim Needs, Inc; Chair of Education, Youth, Libraries, and Cultural Affairs at Community Board 7; District Leader 80th Assembly District; worked at NY Board of Elections as a Clerk, Supervisor, and NVRA List Maintenance Coordinator. | https://www.marcossierra.nyc/ | @VoteforSierra | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
70 | 11 | Bronx | Berkley, Carlton | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
71 | 11 | Bronx | Lora, Mino | Unknown. | Unknown. | Founded the People’s Theatre Project, a theatre and social justice nonprofit; serves on the New York Immigrant Coalition (NYIC) leadership council; serves on the Northern Manhattan Agenda (NMA) leadership council; during COVID-19 organized a fundraiser to hand-deliver direct aid to families, and connect undocumented residents with additional support; co-organized a Children’s March for Black Lives in Upper Manhattan. | https://minoforthebronx.com/ | @MinoLora | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
72 | 12 | Bronx | Hamilton-Johnson, Pamela | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | @PamJ4NYCCouncil | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
73 | 12 | Bronx | Riley, Kevin C | Unknown. | Unknown. | Worked for the Speaker of the Assembly Carl E. Heastie for a decade, as a Constituent Liaison and now the Community Relations Director; elected District Leader of 83rd Assembly District in 2016; worked for the New York Foundling as a Skills Coach; produced a book for his Constructive Action Plan titled “Establishing a Better Relationship between Constituents and Elected Officials Of the 83rdAssembly District of New York State”; founded a non-profit organization called Music Over Violence; founded The Dad Gang, a nationwide organization; volunteers as a mentor for President Barack Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative. | https://www.rileyforthebronx.com/ | @KevinCRiley | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
74 | 13 | Bronx | Gjonaj, Mark | PREVIOUS LEGISLATION: | Introduced a COVID-19 business relief bill to suspend schedule change premium when state of emergency modifies fast food restaurant operations; introduced second COVID-19 business relief bill to call upon NYS legislature to sign a bill that ensures insurance companies cover business interruption claims related to the COVID-19 state of emergency; cosponsored 2 police reform bills for transparency and accountability; extensive list of proposed legislation on site. | Incumbent | https://council.nyc.gov/mark-gjonaj/ | @MarkGjonajNY | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
75 | 13 | Bronx | Velasquez, Marjorie | COVID-19 Recovery, Food, Employment, Education, Civil Rights. | Build funding for stocked food pants; expand access to community spaces for families to get meals on weekends; fight for investment expansion and unemployment insurance to be expanded to undocument immigrant families; pass paid family leave; increase funding for public schools; fight for increased broadband access and technology training for parents, teachers and students; prioritize equal access to education; work on systemic reforms, including a moratorium on school closures. | District Leader 82AD Part B; Municipal Services Chair Bronx Community Board 10; Board member of Amplify Her NYC, The Broad Room NYC, and Bronx River Alliance. | https://www.mvelaz.nyc/ | @mvelaznyc | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
76 | 14 | Bronx | Aquino, Fernando A | Unkown. | Unknown. | Adjunct. Former Press Secretary & Spokesperson to the NY Attorney General. | https://www.facebook.com/faquino/ https://publ.campaign-view.com/ua/SharedView?od=27218d28c96aa859ea0eee98ccc73a6f51185630859ca1fd0&cno=11a2b0b20b66540&cd=184d77c1db323d12&m=8 | @FernandoA | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
77 | 14 | Bronx | Abreu, Adolfo | Economic development, community safety and health, education, democracy, and housing. | Permanent housing for homeless NYers; protect homeownership by investing in small owner-occupied buildings; comprehensive mental health services; protect and strengthen safety net, including public hospitals; invest in teachers, social workers, counselors, and mental health professionals at schools; make CUNY free for NYers; ensure living wage; protect small businesses through commercial rent stabilization and M/WBE reform; Remove ICE and the NYPD from social services, homeless outreach, public hospitals, and New York City schools; non-citizen municipal voting for local issues. | Organizer and civic leader | https://adolfo.nyc/ | @adolfoabreu16 | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
78 | 14 | Bronx | Rivera, Haile M | Addressing socioeconomic disparities, affordable housing, senior citizen / youth services, education, and criminal justice reform. | Co-founded non-profit Hands On New York, Inc. to help low-income individuals and families; Bronx Field Organizer for Faith in New York; Obama campaign worker and field organizer; ran Bronx operations for Adriano Espaillat 2014 Congressional Campaign | https://hailerivera.com/ | @HaileRivera2021 | Recognized as a “Rising Star” by City Hall News’ The Next Generation of Political Leaders in New York – Rising Stars: 40 Under 40 | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
79 | 14 | Bronx | Sanchez, Pierina A | Dismantling structural barriers through social justice, housing as a human right, economic opportunity, and education & youth services. | Dismantle structural racism; uproot bias against our trans and queer neighbors; protect our immigrants; fight to increase wages for our workers in all policy making; save the NYCHA; invest in local entrepreneurs; increase support to small business; fight for good jobs; ensure classrooms are adequately resourced; ensure student access to programming after school, on weekends and over summers; and ensure all households have access to a high quality internet connection. | Senior Advisor for Housing, Economic Development and Labor in City Hall; Served in the Obama White House; Urban planner at Regional Plan Association; Advocated to expand early education programs at Agenda for Children Tomorrow; helped immigrant families stabilize their status in the U.S; spent 2 years working in the City Council District 14 office; organized buildings to fight landlords for repairs | https://www.pierinasanchez.nyc/ | @PiSanchezNYC | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
80 | 14 | Bronx | Tapia, Yudelka | Unknown. | Unknown. | District Leader for the 86th Assembly District | https://www.yudelkaforthebronx.com/ | @YudelkaTapia | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
81 | 14 | Bronx | Solano, Socrates | Unknown. | Unknown. | Served with Rep. Charles Rangel's in his district; worked for then-Senator Hillary Clinton; worked for City Council Speakers Peter Vallone and Gifford Miller; worked as a Criminal Justice Coordinator for The Doe Fund, a non-profit that helps the homeless get off the streets and ex-offenders reintegrate into society. | https://www.socratessolano.com/ | @Socratessolano | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
82 | 15 | Bronx | Bravo, Ischia | Affordable housing, tuition-free CUNY, public transit, police reform, close budget deficit by taxing the 1% and education equity. | Tax billionaires to close our budget deficit; Build affordable housing that working families can actually afford; Make CUNY and vocational programs 100% tuition-free; Demilitarizing the NYPD, providing police recruits with training in racial bias, de-escalation, and conflict mediation, accountability and independent investigations of misconduct; Increase education funding for more after-school programs, gifted and talented programs, and free in-school tutoring services; Protect our public transportation from any service cuts or fare increases; get NYC powered by 100% renewable energy by 2030. | Current District Manager for Bronx Community Board 7; worked as a Housing Liaison in the Office of Congressman Serrano; worked with New York State Senator Jose Serrano as District Office Director; worked at two local community-based organizations that focused on addressing housing; served as the Executive Director for the Bronx Democratic County Committee; worked on revitalizing the Bronx Young Democrats. | https://www.bronxbravo.nyc/ | @Bronxbravo | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
83 | 15 | Bronx | Crespo, Elisa | Unkown. | Unknown. | Education Liaison at the Bronx Borough President's office; former student activist | https://www.elisacrespo.com/ | @elisacresponyc | LGBTQ+, actually lives in D-12. | No. They have not responded. | |||||||||||||||||
84 | 15 | Bronx | Feliz, Oswald | Education, segregation, housing, and the pollution/asthma crisis. | Desegregating NYC public schools; bring Green New Deal to The Bronx; increase homeownership for public housing residents; building a deck of green space can be built over the Cross Bronx Expressway to connect neighborhoods and reduce pollution. | State Committeeman for the 78th Assembly District; president of the newly formed Northwest Bronx Democrats for Change, a political club closely aligned with Congressman Adriano Espaillat; attorney specializing in housing; part-time instructor at Hostos Community College. | https://felizfornyc.com/?fbclid=IwAR37VFn4zOIsaFNUgJ0Ide2uZshzP_3JzRZI4I0T11QdhZtfxIQk6OxYQpE | @FelizforNYC | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
85 | 15 | Bronx | Sanchez, John | Economic development, housing, education, transportation, healthcare, sanitation, and criminal justice reform. | Partner with labor/non profits to fund worker training, municipal broadband, legalize rental apartments in areas that limit opportunities for homeownership and rentals, expand the basement apartment conversion program, pedestrianize the Grand Concourse, expand Busways and Open Streets, redevelop the Old Fordham Library into a job center, transform the the Borough Hall site at Tremont Park into recreation center, establish a Bronx Birth Center, expand Clean Curbs program for Sanitation, free financial literacy workshops, municipal control of MTA. | District Manager of Bronx CB6; Deputy Chief of Staff to the State Assembly; community leader. | https://www.johnsanchezforny.com/ | @NYJohnSanchez | Yes. | ||||||||||||||||||
86 | 15 | Bronx | Soldevilla, Altagracia | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
87 | 15 | Bronx | Gopal, Latchmi | Unknown. | Unknown. | Currently works as Director of Communications and Strategic Partnerships for Unemployed Workers United; previously served on the national leadership team for By the People, an organization holding Trump accountable by building local support throughout the country for his impeachment and removal from office; served as the National Distributed Organizer for the Bernie 2020 Presidential Campaig; serves as lead organizer with Rider’s Alliance; member of the Democratic Socialists of America Uptown/Bronx Chapter; serves on the Associate Board of WHEDco, a nonprofit that works to create thriving family-oriented neighborhoods in the South Bronx, the nation’s poorest congressional district. | https://gopalforthebronx.org/ | @LatchmiGopal | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
88 | 15 | Bronx | Lozano, Lilithe | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
89 | 16 | Bronx | Coello, Leonardo | Education, affordable housing, employment, and capital support. | Treating education as an ecosystem that impacts all aspects of life; support children who are unmotivated, least prepared, and lack vested stakeholders; push measures that will takes steps toward addressing the racial wealth gap; help District 16 residents and descendants of individuals harmed by the housing discrimination; closing the gender wage gap through addressing issues of location, child care, work hours, and education. | Youth Advocate for Children's Aid Society; developed athletic, mentoring, and after school programs for students; Assistant Director and Head Dean of Students at Promise Academy; School Director; Over 15 Years Experience Managing Summer Youth Programs; Budget management for NYCDOE Learn To Work High School Program Student Stipend Program; Volunteered as Spanish Translator for Elderly Residents at Housing Court. | https://votecoello4bx.org/ | @LCoello4BX | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
90 | 16 | Bronx | Diallo, Abdourahamane | Unknown. | Unknown. | General Secretary - Bronx Borough President African Advisory Council; Founder at Guineans Succeeding in America | https://abdourahamanediallo.com/?fbclid=IwAR03BVZmL-0cFFryJ9e-uKURM99tta2dZjZ0TdwzQocarg2UKPnFJFyGS_k | @VoteForDiallo | Taxi driver; Immigrant from Guinea; studied poverty alleviation | No. They have not responded. | |||||||||||||||||
91 | 16 | Bronx | Smith, Uniqua S | Unknown. | Unknown. | Founder of Build the Bronx; High School Teacher | https://www.facebook.com/SmithCityCouncil16/ https://www.smithforcitycouncil.org/ (latter not a private connection) | @UniquaSSmith | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
92 | 16 | Bronx | Stevens, Althea | Housing as a Human Right, Building Communities, and Helping the Whole. | Fund NYCHA, require city council oversight for RAD conversations; rent stabilization laws; create paths to low income home ownership; invest in bus system; make all subway stops ADA accessible; expand Fair Fare Program so residents will have access to half fare on subways and buses; defund NYPD to fund community; income allowance programs; development of grocery stores; incentivize healthy vendors; develop wraparound services for youth development programming; creating and fund more Cure Violence programs; fund crisis services | Sat on a number of Advisory Committees, including the New York City Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs, New York City Housing Authority Tenants' Association, the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF) Inc. and government agencies; Non-profit worker; voting-rights organizer, led strategy workshops to address gang policing; created annual youth forums and community celebrations to bridge relationships between residents and neighborhood partners. | https://www.althea4citycouncil.org/ | @Althea4theBX | Honored by Council member Ayala as a Women's History Month Honoree for her exemplary community work in 2019 | No. They have not responded. | |||||||||||||||||
93 | 16 | Bronx | Filius, Yves | Unknown. | Unknown. | Currently serves as elected male District Leader in the 77th Assembly District; serves on the Boards of Directors at the Harriet Tubman/Ella Baker Charter School, Friends of Crotona Park, VIP Community Services, and Jerome A. Greene and Jackson Democratic Clubs; worked as a Community Liaison in the New York State Assembly for the 79th and 77th Assembly Districts; worked with New York City Council in the 16th District as Director of Outreach; worked at New York City Public Advocate to support small business owners and community leaders with navigating city processes; served as the Political Director of the New York State Young Democrats Caucus of Color where he organized efforts to get out the vote (GOTV); worked as Political Director for the Bronx Democratic Party; worked at New York Civil Liberties Union, a nonprofit which fights for a fair New York on issues ranging from racial justice to immigrants’ and student rights to police transparency and accountability; volunteers at the St. Augustine Youth Group and Food Pantry. | https://nycyves.com/ | @YvesSwayze | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
94 | 17 | Bronx | Brown, Lattina | Affordable housing, immigration, education, gun and gang violence, women’s rights. | Works for the City Council- Office of General Counsel and has experience in the the non-profit organization field; Community organizer for tenant’s rights and issues relating to drug dealing, gang activity, and human trafficking within her community; teamed up with the 41st precinct and the Legal Aid Society to bring much needed change to her community | https://lattinabrown.com/ | @LattinaBrown | No. They have not responded. | |||||||||||||||||||
95 | 17 | Bronx | Salamanca, Rafael | PREVIOUS LEGISLATION: Brought thousands of affordable units to his district and focused on ensuring access to new apartments for residents of all incomes; drove more than $52 million in capital investments to his district to create jobs; required companies investing in the community to hire local residents; has committed to providing children in the Bronx with access to a quality education. | Incumbent | https://council.nyc.gov/district-17/ | @Salamancajr80 | No. They have not responded. | |||||||||||||||||||
96 | 17 | Bronx | Jimenez, Melody | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | Unknown. | No. I couldn't find any way to contact them. | ||||||||||||||||||
97 | 18 | Bronx | Farias, Amanda | Education, criminal justice, resiliency, jobs and economy and equality for all. | Career and technical education; programs beyond the school day; restorative justice; divestment from PD; prioritize re-entry programs; no new jails; green and open space; retrofitting nycha; elimination of two-fare zones; expand multimodal mobility; advocate for expanded use of SNAP; provide internet access; participatory budgeting; support pathways to citizenship; citywide translation services; growing housing affordability; protecting housing in our communities through expansion of rent stabilization; fund & defend NYCHA; protect and expand the labor movement. | State Committeewoman of the 87th Assembly District; Assistant Director at The Consortium for Worker Education managing workforce development programming in the Bronx; manages $1.4 million grant through JP Morgan Chase Foundation’s ‘New Skills for Youth Initiative';managed the City Council’s Women’s Caucus; served as the Director for Participatory Budgeting in the Council. | https://www.amandafarias.nyc/ | @AmandaFariasNYC | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||
98 | 18 | Bronx | Jackson, Darlene | Fair housing, economic justice, quality education, transit equity, public safety/health. | Transfer shelters to permanent/affordable/supportive/transitional housing; provide onsite case management for families with NYCHA, support universal housing vouchers; UBI; Bronx Restoration Plaza to support small businesses; Expand SYEP and other programs to help New Yorkers get jobs; worker organizing rights; cut school administrative costs and invest in front-line staff; Free after school/Saturday programs for all students; eliminate NYPD’s role to trauma services and other healthcare professionals; decriminalize marijuana and prostitution; convert Rikers Island to a solar farm | Community organizer and activist; community organizing fellowship with the New York Civil Liberties Union; participated in the Women Influencing & History (WISH) advocacy training program with College and Community Fellowship; led a citywide campaign centering the voices, experiences, and needs of women impacted by mass incarceration; educated the public about the recent NYC charter revision; active public member at her local community board | https://www.darlenejackson2021.com/about | @DarleneforCD18 | No. They have not responded. | ||||||||||||||||||
99 | 18 | Bronx | Lara, Eliu A | Affordable housing, community infrastructure, criminal justice reform & community policing, stronger economy/small business & workers' rights, education. | Teacher for the last 26+ years; served the school community as Dean of Affairs, Youth Development Coordinator, Youth Leadership Coordinator, and as a member of the School Executive Board, Chairing the School Leadership Program and as President of the School Executive Board; fourth Bronx High Schools District Representative for the United Federation of Teachers (UFT); delegate for the New York State United Teachers (NYSUT); a National Delegate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and a member of the UFT Executive Board working for the New York City Department of Education for the last 26 years; community Pastor; Executive Secretary of the Dominican United Pastors Association of the State of New York; worked at Ministry of Agriculture in the DR | https://www.dreliulara.com/ | @eliuabrahamlara | No. They have not responded. | |||||||||||||||||||
100 | 18 | Bronx | Mujumder, Mohammed | Unknown. | Unknown. | Appointed as a member of the Local Community Board in the Parkchester; worked with the City of New York as a Housing Advocate/Case Worker and received recommendation from Congressman Jose Serrano; actively involved with social activities as community activist and immigration reform advocate; founder and president of Bangladesh-American Community Council (BACC), a nonprofit organization; Since 2005, he has been hosting a free community information clinic every Saturday; set up Census 2010 recruiting center at his office for the benefit of the local people and all Bangladeshi-Americans who are unemployed or in need for additional income; received awards and recommendations from various government and social organizations such as NYC councilman Leroy Comrey Award, New American Democratic Club Award, Bangladesh-American Chamber of Commerce Award, BCC Award, New York Friend Society Award; joined the Rotary Club of Central Bronx in 2003 and served as the President of the club for two consecutive terms 2005 - 2007; in 2005, he was recognized and awarded with the “Service Above-Self” Award, by the Rotary Club of Central Bronx; in 1989 Mr. Mujumder established and since then has been serving as the president of PTIL, INC., a Bronx-based Income Tax, Immigration, and Legal Service firm dedicated to helping the community; in 2010 New York City council awarded Mr. Mujumder a Proclamation recognizing his life long social work and dedicated services to the Immigrant community; in 2010, Mr. Mujumder was elected as a Member of the Bronx Democractic Party County Committee. | https://mujumdernyc.com/bio | @mujumderbx | No. They have not responded. |