It is my pleasure to serve you on the City Council today. You should know that throughout my career in public service, and most importantly in the City Council, my goal has been to protect the quality of life we all have come to enjoy in our community. Whether it is fighting for budget priorities such as two say a week sanitation pickups or introducing legislation to continue our rent laws that stabilize our housing market, the battles have at times been difficult, but productive.

I am currently the Chair of the Land Use Committee and I also serve on the Public Safety, Rules, Privileges and Elections, Standards & Ethics, Housing & Buildings Committees. I am pleased that as Chair of Land Use I was able to play a part in the down zoning of a section of Forest Hills in order to protect its distinct integrity.

I have fought to guarantee that our district receives funding for vital services. This means obtaining the funding necessary to keep our streets and parks clean, our neighborhoods safe and our community moving forward. In addition, I have worked closely with colleagues to make sure that our children receive the best education in the country and seniors are able to afford the prescription medications they have come to rely upon.

Previously, it the New York State Assembly I was a member Health, Judiciary, Children & Families, Environmental Conservation Committees and Chair of the Sub-Committee on Urban Health. I authored sixteen bills that are laws today, including significant health-care initiatives, the first law requiring HMO’s to provide women direct access to gynecological care, “Kiendle Law” which provides prosecutors the tools to convict long-term, repeated child abusers and bills which increased penalties for various forms of Domestic Violence.


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