It has been an honor to represent my neighbors and I look forward to the opportunity to continue serving you. I have dedicated my time in the City Council to improving the quality of life for my neighbors in Woodhaven, Richmond Hill, Ozone Park, South Ozone Park, Howard Beach, Broad Channel and the Rockaways.

In less than two years and in difficult budget times we have been able to improve the quality of life in our neighborhood. When I campaigned I made some promises in 2001, and today I am proud to announce I have: (1) Increased public safety in our neighborhood. When Engine Company #293 was threatened with closure, I was proud to lead the community coalition along with many others in the SUCCESSFUL effort to keep Engine Company #293 open so they can respond to emergencies when our loved ones are in danger. (2) I established a 24-hour live operator hotline where neighbors can report problems and complaints. To date, my office has successfully handled over 1500 constituent issues, and there are still more we are working on completing. (3) I opened a full-time district office in Rockaway. (4) I sponsored many laws to improve seniors’ lives including increasing the eligibility levels of SCRIE, making it a crime to financially exploit seniors and prohibit the City from doing business with companies that engage in predatory lending against seniors. (5) I improved our children’s education, by making a capital improvement in EVERY school within the 32nd Council District that will improve the quality of the education our children will receive.

There is much work that remains unfinished. I look forward to working with you in the future to make our community a better place for our families to live.

Thank you for your support.


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