On the Issues

John is running to bring affordability, safety and accountability to the Lower Hudson Valley.

Affordability

Donald Trump and Mike Lawler are making the affordability crisis even worse, raising the cost of health care, food and energy to pay for massive tax cuts for billionaires and corporations who don’t need the help. John will fight to:

  • Ensure everyone has access to quality, affordable health care – a basic right that John takes personally as a cancer survivor.

  • Bring down the costs of housing, utilities, groceries and other everyday goods, and rein in the chaotic tariffs and economic uncertainty making life more expensive every day.

  • Protect and preserve the earned benefits of Social Security and Medicare for seniors and future generations.

  • Establish a fairer tax system that puts Hudson Valley families first, not billionaire donors.

Safety

John spent nearly 17 years in the FBI, combating foreign terrorists, gangs, drug cartels and other threats to public safety and national security. In Congress, John will continue working to keep us safe by:

  • Giving law enforcement the resources and support they need to prevent and solve crimes.

  • Enacting common sense gun safety policies that keep our children and communities safe from gun violence.

  • Fully securing the border while upholding due process to ensure that violent criminals are jailed and deported while US citizens, Dreamers, and legal residents are protected.

  • Protecting abortion rights and access to reproductive care, standing up to dangerous abortion bans, and keeping politicians out of New Yorkers’ health care decisions.

  • Restoring and expanding renewable energy investments to prevent the worst impacts of climate change and keeping our air and water free of pollution.

Accountability

John has seen firsthand the threat from extremists who want to tear down our democracy and the ways that the corrupt interests backing Donald Trump and Mike Lawler have warped our institutions. He’ll stand strong in:

  • Defending free elections, free speech, and equal rights for Americans of every race, gender, and sexual orientation.

  • Taking on corruption in government by banning congressional insider trading, fighting corporate influence over our elections, and conducting comprehensive oversight of the Trump administration.

  • Holding Donald Trump accountable for hijacking institutions like the FBI to protect and enrich himself and his elite allies instead of serving the people.