Election of the Mayor of New York: Comparative Analysis of the Programs of Eric Adams and Curtis Sliva

In November of this year, there will be an election for the mayor of New York. Democrats and Republicans are fighting for the seat and have taken up the elections closely.

The Democratic nominee is Eric Adams, who is President of Brooklyn. Republican Curtis Pliva entered the fray with him. Founder and CEO of Guardian Angels, radio talk show host and politician. ForumDaily New York talked about Eric Adams' campaign, which offers a single service platform MyCity.

Also ForumDaily New York wrote about Curtis Sliva's campaign, with a special focus on the ACE-UBI plan. In this article, we decided to conduct a comparative analysis of two candidates for mayor of the Big Apple.

Eric Adams' program includes reforms in 6 areas: government, education, health care, economics, security and housing.

Economy

On the economic front, Pliva promises to provide every New Yorker with the right to a business plan so everyone can easily get permission to do business. Plum promises to simplify and time constraints in the business permitting process. The final decision on all applications for permits and licenses must be made within 60 days.

If Pliva becomes mayor, a new small business loan program will be created. Small amount loans ($ 300 to $ 45) will be available. This will help small business owners in low- and middle-income areas get started.

Along with this, Sliva will create a Council of Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses, which will include industry leaders. The council will be tasked with advising the mayor on the best approaches to partnerships between government and business.

Adams, on the other hand, believes that New York is a city with huge resources, so he offers to support small businesses. Priority will be given to businesses where the owners are women or minorities. In addition, they will reduce fines and abolish small business commissions.

He also believes that the poor have been hit hardest by the financial crisis and need help. The Mayoral Candidate offers subsidized or free childcare services to any New Yorker who needs it. And every resident of the Big Apple, he promises direct financial assistance.

ACE-UBI plan

One of the highlights of Curtis Plum's campaign is the ACE-UBI plan. It aims to maintain the integrity and stability of the family. Those who are eligible will receive an annual payment of US $ 2000. This will help them pay for tutoring, childcare, and educational services.

The plan will be supported by ThriveNYC and the New York City Department of Education. Both of these existing programs run $ 37 billion a year. By reallocating just 0,54% of this existing budget to ACE-UBI, it will be possible to provide assistance to 100 New York City working families without a single dollar of new tax revenue.

Families with one or more children who study at any school (religious, state, professional, etc.) will be able to receive this payment. As well as families whose income is below the poverty line and where parents are actively looking for work or working.

Education

The reform in education from Adams includes an approach to the child as a whole, the introduction of professional training in schools. At the same time, he intends to expand the opportunities for summer education and create the world's best distance learning systems.

Plum is committed to promoting legislation that obliges all public colleges and New York City universities to offer students three-year degree programs.

Plum's plan is designed to save New Yorkers money on tuition fees for a full year.

The main goals of Curtis Sliva's plan to reform the K-12 education system include:

• Reorientation of education towards individual learning and a smaller number of students in the classroom;
• Improving working conditions that empower teachers, which should reduce staff turnover;
• Expansion of extracurricular programs;
• Expanding the choice of schools, increasing the number of independent schools, independent private and religious schools;
• Increasing the number of accelerated and gifted programs throughout New York City;
• Increased vocational training in all secondary schools and extracurricular programs;
• Revaluation and elimination of wasteful contracts of the Department of Education.

Security

Speaking of security, Democrat Adams proposes to transfer police officers to areas where crime spikes occur from areas with low crime rates. He also wants to staff policing stations with civilians in areas where police work is not required.

The Office for Combating Crime will be transformed into the Office for Combating Firearms and the most attention will be paid to violent crimes.

Republican Sliva proposes to make the metro safer and restore the cut budget for the police. To tackle the outbreak of violence, it is necessary to increase the budget. For safety in the metro, Sliva proposes to remove the homeless from it. He intends to increase the number of uniformed New York police officers by 4500 and undercover police patrolling the subway by 500. The staff of MTA officers to combat toll evasion will be expanded by 500 people.

Government

To improve this area, Eric Adams proposes to create a single MyCity system that provides access to all city services. Analytical programs will track government performance.

Among the pressing problems is the inequality of New York's communities of color that face it on a daily basis. To eradicate this, he will provide the poor with the services they need. Political leverage will be used to create a fair economy. And great news for immigrants - legal immigrants who pay taxes will be able to vote in municipal elections.

In this case, Sliva offers an alternative in the form of a reform of the tax system. He wants to revoke Madison Square Garden tax privileges. If the city paid property taxes, it would receive $ 42,4 million a year.

If Plum becomes mayor, the real estate tax limit will not exceed 2%. He offers to support the elderly. For example, introduce a property tax deduction for seniors with incomes below $ 75 per year.

Adams - for affordable housing

“Our future lies with progressive plans for affordable housing,” said Adams.

He offers:

• Change the zoning of wealthy neighborhoods where much more affordable housing units can be built.

• Converting empty city office buildings and hotels into affordable housing.

• To increase the number of apartments in basements and other small premises.

• Provide homes and help homeless people and those who find it difficult to pay rent.

• Provide religious organizations with tools to provide housing for communities.

• Improve the rental subsidy system so that people are not left homeless.

• Reduce the number of evictions.

  

Plum wants to follow the example of Los Angeles

The Plum No-Kill NYC program will help establish animal shelters in New York where euthanasia is not practiced. Plum wants to follow the example of Los Angeles, which already has such shelters.

Curtis Sliva wants to use some of New York's animal shelter funding to make spay / castration procedures available to pets, which will stop the wave of unwanted animals entering the shelters.

Among other things, he intends to fight tough rules regarding animals in residential complexes, which often limit the weight of dogs that can be kept in apartments.

Healthcare

Eric Adams proposes to expand and strengthen the network of hospitals in the city. He pays particular attention to racist health problems. Therefore, he promises to establish permanent centers in areas where low-income communities live.

To this end, he intends to:

• Provide New Yorkers with much greater access to preventive care in safety net hospitals.
• Expand the use of telemedicine for low-income New Yorkers.
• Create improved mental health support services in locations where they can be easily accessed by those in need of support.