• Repair crumbling schools, and build new ones to ease the overcrowding problem.
  
  
• Reduce class size to a maximum of 18 children in grades K-3, with 2 adults- One Teacher and an Educational Assistant.
  
  
• Ensure all classes are adequately furnished with supplies including, and a library.
  
  
• Provide incentives for teachers, and increase their salary competitive to suburban schools.
  
  
• Provide on-going seminars for Teachers, and training sessions for Parents.
  
  
  

Health:

• Fund City Hospitals, to provide universal healthcare for all citizens, regardless of their ability to pay.
  
  
• Help Senior Citizens obtain affordable prescription drugs, by working with the Drug Companies, and HMOs.

Public Safety:

• Improve relationship with New York City Police Department.
  
  
• Ensure that all Police Officers receive sensitivity training for the neighborhood they serve.
  
  
• Fight to keep an Independent Civilian Complaint Review Board, to hear complaints of Police misconduct.
  

Employment:

• Increase funding for Youth Summer Job Program.
  
  
• Increase Trade Training Centers for young people.
  
  
• Provide a Living Wage to improve living standards.
  

Endorsements:

• State Senator Carl Kruger
  
  
• Assemblymember N. Nick Perry
  
  
• Assemblymember Frank Seddio
  
  
• Assemblymember Helene Weinstein
  
  
• District Leader Lew Fidler
  
  
• 1199 SEIU New York’s Health & Human Service Union

(Statement reprinted as supplied by the candidate.)