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Campaign Financing
- Campaign reforms should emphasize small individual
contributions and public financing of campaigns.
- Public office should not be bought, it should be
earned.
Economic Development
- We support the setting up of incubators for the
generation of new small businesses on the North Shore.
- Cultivate industrial parks which will bring more jobs
(all levels -- blue and white collar)
Education
- Across the public school system, students, teachers, and
administrators must meet higher standards.
- We need more classrooms and full-service school
facilities to relieve overcrowding on the North Shore.
- Class sizes must be reduced.
- Schools must provide the state-mandated services to meet
academic needs of students in need.
- We must be committed to bringing new technologies into
the classroom.
- We must insure every public school on Staten Island has
an up-to-date library with a licensed librarian.
- To insure all children reach high standards, we support
A.M. latchkey, after school and summer programs.
- Supervisory appointments must be based on true merit, not
patronage.
- School vouchers or tax credits distract us from our
mission to improve public education.
- Where needed, we support remediation programs in the City
University system.
Environment
- Recycling efforts must be multiplied to reduce NY trash.
- Dumping dredged toxic material in NY/NJ harbor is
unacceptable.
- We must preserve and expand the North Shore greenbelt.
- The North Shore waterfront should be developed for
recreational purposes.
- We oppose the incursion of the Howland Hook container
port on our limited wetland resources.
- We support efforts to reduce and eliminate airline noise.
Gun Control
- We advocate for stiff, national gun control standards.
- Gun manufacturers should be held accountable for the
distribution and sale of their product.
Health
- All residents should have access to affordable health
care.
- Preventive and early detection health programs should
target asthma, lung cancer, heart disease, AIDS, breast cancer, etc.
Housing and Preservation
- City Planning should use its staff and budgetary
resources to act on community requests to down-zone residential areas, instead
of burdening the communities themselves with this work. Down-zoning will help
preserve the older, established North Shore communities by preventing the
building higher density housing.
- We should support the creation of historic districts in
Stapleton, Snug Harbor East, Mariners Harbor, and other neighborhoods with
irreplaceable housing stock.
- Redlining of North Shore neighborhoods by financial
lending institutions must be exposed whenever and wherever it occurs.
- We must maintain our commitment to providing public
housing; privatization of public housing must be opposed.
Public Safety
- We are committed to community policing and better
training for police officers.
- We support upgrading of street lights and adequate E.M.S.
coverage for all communities.
Seniors
- It is time to build a senior citizen center in the
Clifton-Concord community.
- It is time to redress the lack of delivery of services to
seniors in public housing on the North Shore.
Transportation
- The Staten Island Ferry service must be monitored closely
and improved.
- We must promote public transportation, including North
Shore rail line.
Youth
- The Field of Dreams should be secured for use by the
North Shore community.
- Funding must be secured and maintained for preventative
programs that engage North Shore youth in every community.
Welfare Reform
- Training opportunities and job creation for WEP workers
must be expanded, including public-private partnerships.
- Outreach efforts are needed to see that all those
eligible for federal entitlements, such as food stamps, receive them.
Women’s Issues
- A womans right to reproductive choice must be protected.
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