Protecting Families - My legal efforts helped triple the rate of discipline against police misconduct and end mob control of the garbage industry. As the 108th Mayor, I’ll further reduce crime and abuse by increasing neighborhood policing, creating a new NYPD unit for crime victims, providing tuition assistance to young officers — and reducing tensions between cops and communities. Former Police Commissioner William Bratton said that I have “the best ideas to reduce both crime and misconduct in our city.”

Uniting New Yorkers - New Yorker can’t have a Mayor who looks like everyone, but they deserve a Mayor who listens to everyone. With support from not only Bill Bratton but also Mayor David Dinkins, Fernando Mateo, 100 Blacks and Latinos in Law Enforcement, Rabbi Shea Hecht and 12 labor unions, I’ve assembled the broadest inter-racial, inter-ethnic coalition of any candidate. After a decade of divisiveness, I want to be a leader for all. That’s the best way to win and to govern.

As your Consumer Affairs Commissioner and then Public Advocate for this past decade, I’ve produced 244 investigations, legal actions and laws helping children and families — like prohibiting gender price discrimination and stopping companies from firing domestic violence victims; responded to 100,000 ombudsman complaints against the bureaucracy; advocated new ideas for affordable housing and health care; and held town meetings in all 59 community boards. With my record, vision and coalition, I’ll be a no-nonsense Mayor who gets big things done — a Mayor you can trust.