Andrew M. Cuomo, candidate for Mayor of New York City, discussed his First 100-Day Agenda to restore opportunity, address affordability, and improve public safety across New York City.
Delivering remarks at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in Queens, Governor Cuomo outlined a bold plan that will:
Ensure Opportunity by promoting innovation and job creation by attracting the industries of tomorrow, enacting universal 3-K, and closing chronically failing schools and replacing them with proven high-performing models tailored to students and their communities, such as charters, early-college high schools, and specialty programs to prepare students for a changing economy.
Tackle Affordability by eliminating taxes on working families who cannot afford them, providing free MTA bus and subway service for low-income New Yorkers, raising the minimum wage to $20/hour, and launching the Nehemiah Project to build 50,000 new units of affordable housing every year to lower housing costs across the board..
Improve Public Safety by hiring 5,000 additional police officers, restoring NYPD staffing to levels first achieved under Mayor Dinkins, and forging new partnerships between precincts and community-based violence interrupters to combat gun and gang violence.
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