Bolstering Outer borough Investment and Economic Opportunities

City Hall has abandoned local small businesses, prioritizing corporate handouts while mom-and-pop shops struggle under rising costs and crime. My administration will refocus city resources to uplift local businesses—not just mega-corporations—so that working people can thrive.

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Politicians have only one answer: tax and spend your money & give tax breaks to billionaires/corporations.

Yet, despite record spending, outer-borough neighborhoods continue to decline. My administration will work with the Comptroller to root out inefficiencies and corruption that drain resources from our communities. Instead of wasting billions, we will reinvest in rebuilding and revitalizing business districts in Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, and the Bronx.

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New York City is more than just Manhattan. Right now, tourism is concentrated in the wealthiest parts of the city, while working-class neighborhoods remain ignored. We will invest in cultural hubs across all five boroughs, bringing economic opportunities beyond tourist hotspots and making NYC a city for all—not just for the elite.

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Key Initiatives:

• Crack down on crime to make every borough a safe place to live, work, and visit.

• Redirect city incentives from corporate developers to local businesses.

• Audit city spending to eliminate corruption and waste, reinvesting those funds into rebuilding our communities.

• Revitalize local downtowns and commercial districts across the outer boroughs.

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Housing That Works for New Yorkers—Not Just Developers

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For too many New Yorkers, rent is so high that there's hardly anything left for food, child care, or transportation. Want to move to a more affordable place? Good luck finding one. NYC does not have enough housing for the people who already live here—let alone those who want to move here.

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The median NYC renter earns about $70,000 a year, which means they can reasonably afford $1,750 in rent. Yet, median rent on new leases in the city is more than double that amount. A quarter of NYC households spend at least half of their income on rent, and the city’s rental vacancy rate has plummeted to just 1.4%. Meanwhile, thousands are forced into illegal, unsafe basement apartments or pushed out of the city altogether.

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Developers and corporate landlords have turned popular neighborhoods into luxury enclaves, displacing working-class families—especially Black and middle-class homeowners. The city has catered to the ultra-wealthy, while cultural centers in the outer boroughs remain neglected.

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My Plan for Affordable Housing:

•  Stop corporate developers from pricing working families out of middle-class areas.

• Amend the 421-a tax code to help small landlords create more housing, rather than just rewarding high-rise developers with decades-long tax breaks.

• Rehabilitate vacant housing stock to get more affordable units back on the market.

• Expand rent-stabilized options for working people on fixed incomes.

• Give communities control over zoning decisions, instead of handing the reins to corporate landlords under Adams’ "City of Yes" plan.

• We don’t need to be against development—we just need development where it makes sense.

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Addressing Housing Insecurity

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NYC has an affordability crisis. Instead of helping struggling New Yorkers, the city spent billions to house, feed, and provide medical care for migrants—while working-class families and the homeless were left behind.

There is no compassion in allowing New Yorkers to suffer while politicians spend taxpayer dollars on a migrant crisis that they created. 1 in 9 NYC students are homeless, yet the city pretends it can afford to house migrants while thousands of children live in abusive or unstable homes. We are not a compassionate city if our student homeless rate increases by 23% per year. 

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As Mayor, I will:

• Prioritize NYC residents first—our tax dollars should support New Yorkers in need before funding handouts to non-citizens.

• Ensure safe, humane shelters for homeless children, families, and veterans.

• Remove the mentally ill homeless from the streets and get them into treatment facilities.

• End the political corruption that profits off homelessness instead of solving it.

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The city only “helps” when there are contracts and kickbacks involved. That’s why your quality of life never gets better—it’s not profitable for the political elite. As Mayor, I will end the cycle of corruption and put New Yorkers first.