Kathryn Garcia , Andrew Yang, Shaun Donovan compared
(if you go to Yang's site his policy section is much larger than other candidates, more details )
I recommend in comparing any of these candidates check out what is on their websites.
Garcia has very little on her site on policies, Yang has a lot
and Donovan has a 200 page Pdf called the Plan for the City of New York
and a large regular polices section, a lot more than I can even outline
ANDREW YANG
https://www.yangforny.com/policies
excerpt,
POLICIES
A Basic Income for New York City
Program Goals
A Yang administration will launch the largest basic income program in the country. Through this program, 500,000 New Yorkers with the greatest need will receive a basic income that will help give them a path forward....
This basic income program will start with providing those who are living in extreme poverty with an average of $2,000 per year. This program can then be grown over time as it receives more funding from public and philanthropic organizations, with the vision of eventually ending poverty in New York City altogether.
Economy ∙ Criminal Justice
A Safe and Fair City
Appoint a Police Commissioner with a background beyond NYPD experience.
Andrew Yang will appoint a NYPD commissioner whose career is not primarily in law enforcement
Pursue a residency requirement for new officers in the state legislature.
Overhaul oversight of the NYPD.
A Yang administration would supplement disciplinary power from the NYPD Commissioner so that the CCRB or an independent disciplinary committee is able to make a final determination.
Expanded mental health counseling for officers.
Invest in the capacity of a Mental Health Emergency Response Unit
The NYPD does not have the capacity nor skill set to respond to many people in emotional distress or who are experiencing mental health crises, particularly those in the disability community for whom interacting with law enforcement is difficult.
Relief for Our Small Businesses
Save 15,000 small businesses in 2022.
The goal will be to hold each department accountable to reach the goal of opening, preserving, and reopening 15,000 small businesses and to reach out to businesses to understand what they think should be done to make operating in New York easier
Pass the Small Business Jobs Survival Act.
Already, a majority of Council members support the bill, and the time is ripe to pass it. It protects small business owners during lease renegotiations so that landlords can’t hold them hostage for higher rents from others or for a piece of the business that the owners grew. By providing small business owners with the right to a 10-year renewal
Push NYS for a Vacancy Tax.
There are too many open storefronts in NYC. A Yang administration would advocate New York State for a vacancy tax, determining an amount of time for which a storefront can be vacant, after which the landlord must pay a tax to the state as a penalty.
Create a permanent low- or no-interest loan program.
NYC recently launched some programs doing this, but they’re limited in scope. Through the People’s Bank of NYC, low- or no-interest loans could be offered to small businesses that meet certain criteria.
Renew licenses and permits without fee or application.
Support Cinch Market and other local e-commerce efforts to compete with Amazon.
A new company is bringing together local businesses in Brooklyn to offer a Prime-like delivery service.
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https://www.kgfornyc.com/policy/housing-2/
KATHRYN GARCIA
Housing That Heals
Health and housing are linked. Residents who do not have stable or quality housing are less healthy. Safe, secure, affordable housing is a basic human right.
Kathryn will focus the City’s housing agenda on outcomes. Rather than fixating on units, we will focus on reducing the number of people who are sleeping on the street, who are rent burdened and who are in shelters.
Kathryn will address street homelessness with urgency and compassion. We spend $3 billion annually on shelters and renting hotel rooms that fail to adequately serve NYC neighborhoods and families.
Instead, we will move away from shelter strategy to a housing strategy.
We cannot reduce housing prices without increasing supply. Kathryn’s plan will accelerate much needed construction of new housing for New Yorkers today and tomorrow.
Public Safety + Police Reform
Right now we are seeing many retirements in the upper ranks at NYPD. A new commissioner will have the opportunity to reshape the culture. Our incoming recruits will be more diverse. But we can’t afford another day without action or accountability. Kathryn’s plan will drive down crime and restore trust in the NYPD.
Education
As a proud NYC public school graduate (PS 321, IS 88), a parent of two multiracial kids, and sister of a DOE special education teacher, Kathryn knows firsthand what our teachers, students and parents are facing.
We must abandon the scarcity mindset–that there can only be a few “good schools” to compete over. Instead, we will implement structural change that will desegregate schools and incentivize better educational outcomes, so that families feel confident that the closest school to their home will provide the best education for their child.
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note:
Garcia married Jerry Garcia in 1995, but the couple later divorced. She has two children, Anna and Alex. Since 2014, Garcia has been residing in Park Slope
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/11/n...yn-garcia.html
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https://shaunfornyc.com
SHAUN DONOVAN
The Plan for the City of New York
https://shaunfornyc.com/wp-content/u...f-New-York.pdf
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Priorities
Economic Development
Shaun Donovan will work relentlessly to get New Yorkers back to work, committing to creating 500,000 jobs for New Yorkers by the end of his first term.
We will create the largest comprehensive skills-based training program in the US for thousands of students in secondary (DOE) and post-secondary (CUNY) education, purposefully linked to workplace training and tightly aligned around the sectors where middle-income job growth will be strongest: life sciences, health, information technology, design, and finance. We will ensure access for adults seeking skills training and professional advancement, as well as secure and enshrine pay thresholds so that the program does not widen the pay gap.
As part of these efforts, we are committed to investing in the establishment of 10,000 apprenticeship placements by 2025.
A key step will be to guarantee at least one paid job, apprenticeship, or internship opportunity that connects to a meaningful career pathway to every high school student, helping students identify and develop interests along with skills. Read more about this and other commitments to preparing our young people for family-sustaining employment opportunities in our Education Platform.
_______The Donovan administration will establish an NYC Job Corps which will put young people to work and create opportunities for shut-out workers. Among many others, the NYC Jobs Corps will engage justice-involved individuals in work and skills-training.
NYC Job Corps will provide customized, on-the-job experience to get participants workforce-ready. The Jobs Corps will target industries that are critical to the City’s long-term success, including our infrastructure needs, to identify jobs and employers that are ready to accept a cadre of City-trained professionals.
We will deploy the convening power of the mayor to establish the NYC Entrepreneurship Financing Fund and leverage public, private and philanthropic investments to fund it. We will deploy capital to small businesses in neighborhood commercial areas, dispersing small loans to viable retail businesses to help them retool and expand as New York City emerges from the pandemic-driven recession.
Criminal Justice
By the end of his second year in office, Shaun Donovan will invest $500 million annually in community-focused public safety and racial justice initiatives, primarily by redirecting funds currently allocated to law enforcement and corrections. He will also dedicate roughly $3 billion or 20% of the city’s public safety budget for these efforts by the end of his first term, directed to the neighborhoods with the greatest needs and guided by community input.
Targeting the out-of-state gun pipeline, working with other mayors, governors, and the Biden administration
Fast-tracking gun cases
Establish a non-police mental health first responder system
Decriminalize sex work and the end unjust policing of sex workers
End the NYPD’s Vice Unit
Invest in community-based anti-violence programs
There is strong evidence that existing community-led approaches to safety are producing results. And yet, New York City currently invests between $25 million and $35 million in these programs, less than one-third of one percent of the $10 billion that we spend on police. The City should begin by tripling its investment in community-led approaches to violence reduction, expanding current programs and developing new ones modeled after successful initiatives and directed toward neighborhoods where violence is most prevalent.
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