I am running for the City Council to put
the Council on the side of Brooklyn’s neighborhoods.
My first priority will be to make certain that
the progress made in the war against crime continues.
I will work tirelessly with the new mayor and
police commissioner to reduce crime further. I
will fight to start a new program in each precinct
to assign officers to combat crime against senior
citizens.
I will fight to improve our education system.
We need to change a system that has failed our
city and shortchanged our children. Any system
that gives the largest borough, Brooklyn, the
same representation as the smallest borough is
broken and must be fixed. Any system that allows
one third of the schools to fail without holding
anyone accountable must be changed. We need to
give our principals and teachers sufficient resources
and support and pay them a fair and competitive
salary and to develop a system that holds them
accountable for their work. We also need to find
ways to support families who send their kids to
non-public schools.
We need to support the City University. As a
child of working class parents and as a graduate
of Brooklyn College, I know first hand the value
of an affordable quality public higher education.
As Councilman, I will use my experience to get
our neighborhoods their fair share of services
and improvements in the City Budget. I will work
to bring tax fairness to coop and condo owners,
protect homeowners and fight for tenant rights.
I will work to improve our train and bus service.
The MTA has been insensitive to our neighborhoods.
I will hold them accountable.
I will be on your side and on the side of all
of our neighborhoods.
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