2023 Harlem City Council Candidates Questionnaire
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Harlem residents are overwhelmed with many issues. Please explain which of these issues will you tackle with most urgency
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Extremely urgent (choose 3)
Urgent
(choose 3)
Quite Urgent
Fight for More Equitable Sanitation Budget and Cleaner Streets
Support Small Businesses. Spur Economic Development in Harlem
Tenant protection. Stop eviction
Support homeownership
Stop Harlem from being used as a containment zone of social services unwanted by other districts
Reduce arrests. Establish incarceration alternative
Improve street safety and quality of life issues for our children. Stop open-air drug scene
Prevent displacement of local residents.
Build affordable housing
Its not required but you are welcome to elaborate on your answers above
Do you agree or disagree with these statements?
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Disagree
People using drugs in the open should appear before a Dissuasion Committee and when they are are repeatedly a danger to themselves and others they are sanctioned, as is the case in Portugal or parts of Canada (see footnote)
New York City should shrink the size of the police force in Harlem in 2023 and beyond
Safe consumption site will create negative community impact if they are not widely spread in large numbers in many districts
Background checks should be banned for potential tenants, even for small landlords with 2-3 multi-family units
Loopholes in the well-intended criminal justice reform has worsen crime rates and should be closed to improve street safety and to catch career criminals
The safe consumption site should not be placed within 500 feet from a school
Its not required but you are welcome to elaborate on your answers above
What are the first 3 policies you would work on after you win the election?
How do you plan to spur economic development in Harlem? What is your vision of a vibrant Harlem in the future?
Footnote: reference
https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/daphne-bramham-decriminalization-is-no-silver-bullet-says-portugals-drug-czar
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