As a member of the City Council, I am proud to be an advocate working to ensure our communities’ quality of life and our children’s future. To me, this means fighting to protect our most precious resources -- our safety, our children and our health.

I have worked to protect our neighborhoods and our jobs. As a former police officer, I led the fight for additional police resources and ultimately secured "Operation Impact" on Roosevelt Avenue. This public safety program put hundreds of new officers on our streets and drove crime down to historic lows. As a former union member, I am proud to fight to protect quality, living wage jobs that will help support our families and rebuild our economy.

I have worked to protect our children’s education. During a budget crisis, I led the fight against devastating budget cuts to libraries and classrooms, securing over $1 million for local school computer labs and rallying against budget cuts threatening services at the Corona, Langston Hughes and East Elmhurst libraries.

I have worked to protect the health of our families and seniors. Within the City Council, I fought to save ambulance services in Queens from budget cuts that would have threatened our emergency health system. Throughout the area, I organized grassroots campaigns to help residents access free or low-cost health insurance and organized health care providers, clergy and health advocates in a one-of-a-kind local awareness campaign to fight HIV/AIDS. In City Hall, I fought attempts to close the Corona Senior Center and cut programs providing necessary weekend meals to seniors.

As our community grows, we must fight for our fair share. As your Councilman, I am a proven advocate, working for you.


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