I am running for mayor
because I have a plan to make New York City work
for all New Yorkers. I do not believe that the policies
of the last eight years need to set the stage for
the next four.
In the first New York, everything’s fine. Wall
Street’s jumping. Disneyland has come to Times
Square.
But in the other New York, too many public school
children are trapped in schools that cannot work;
one out of four working people has no health insurance;
families cannot find decent housing at a price
they can afford; and, fear divides people and
police.
I understand that other New York because it’s
the city I grew up in. My mother raised me in
the South Bronx, in a five-story walk-up that
often had no heat or hot water. While I went to
college on two scholarships, many of the guys
I played stickball and shined shoes with went
to prison.
I learned about the power of opportunity. As
Bronx Borough President, I brought new jobs, new
housing, and new hope to a borough many had left
as dead.
I helped lead the battle against the state over
an illegal funding scheme that robbed our schools.
I’m fighting to put qualified teachers in every
classroom, cut tuition at City College, and expand
after-school programs to keep our kids safe. I
wrote the law creating the first citizen board
to hold police accountable when they cross the
line. I will build 150,000 new units of affordable
housing for low, moderate, and middle-income families.
And I am fighting to keep our community health
clinics open and expand services for the uninsured.
As Mayor, I will make this agenda a reality and
make New York work for all New Yorkers.
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