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Mayoral Issue Grid


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Fernando
Ferrer
(Democrat)

C. Virginia
Fields
(Democrat)

A. Gifford
Miller
(Democrat)

Anthony
Weiner
(Democrat)

Michael
Bloomberg
(Republican)

ARTS
-Censor Freedom Center? Yes Yes
Yes Yes No
CIVIL RIGHTS
-Use $ Power? Yes Yes
Yes Yes No
Gay Marriage?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes "state issue"
CRIME
-Anti-Terror Plan

Transportation security Expand Operation Atlas
Homeland Security Dir Secure NYC ports Operation Atlas
-Other Crime Priorities
Police misconduct Domestic violence Expand Compstat DNA testing Quality of Life
-More police?
Yes, 1,900
Yes, 2,000 Yes, 1,000 Yes, 3,000 No
DEVELOPMENT
-Nets Arena
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
-Yankee stad
?
? Yes
? Yes
-Mets stad
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes

Fernando Ferrer

C. Virginia Fields

A. Gifford Miller

Anthony Weiner

Michael Bloomberg

EDUCATION
-Top Priority 50 k more h.s. grads Eliminate "top-down" Reduce class size Improve school safety Improve test scores
-Pay raise? Yes Yes
Yes Yes Maybe
-City pay for CFE?
Yes, 25 percent

Too early to say

Yes, 10 percent

Too early to say

No
-Charter schools Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
-Social Promotion? No, but... No, but... No, but... No, but... No
ENVIRONMENT
-Mayor's Waste Plan
Yes, but... Yes, but... Yes, but... Yes, but... Yes
-Bronx Filtration Plant?
? No, but... Yes No Yes
FINANCE
-Deficit
Tax code Tax code "Fair share" Reduce Waste Reduce costs
-Income tax?
No No Yes Yes No
-Stock tax?
Yes No No No No
-Tax cut? No No Double EITC < $150K $400 Rebate
HEALTH
-Top priority
Insure Children Elderly Lead Paint Medicaid Anti-Smoking
-Smoking Ban?
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
HOUSING
-Top priority 167,000 homes 100,000 homes 167,000 homes 15% affordable 68,000 homes
-Urstadt Law Repeal Repeal Repeal Repeal Keep
-Mandatory Affordable? Yes, up to 30% Yes, 30% No. Use incentives Yes, 20% No. Use incentives

Fernando Ferrer

C. Virginia Fields

A. Gifford Miller

Anthony Weiner

Michael Bloomberg

IMMIGRANTS
 -Noncitizen vote? Yes Yes No No No
- DMV Req? ? ? ? ? ?
- Amnesty Yes Yes Yes No Yes
- School Translators? Yes Yes Yes Yes No
JOBS 
-Top priority Small biz Small biz Small biz Small biz Tax credits for corps
PARKS 
1% Pledge No Yes No No No
Earmarked Fees Yes Yes Maybe ? No, But...
Van Cortlandt Filtration Plant ? No, But... Yes No Yes
Great Lawn Protests Yes Yes Yes ? No
Car Free Parks Yes No Maybe ? No
TRANSPORTATION
-2nd Ave Sub
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
-7 Extension
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
-Link to JFK
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
-Freight tunnel
Yes Yes Yes Yes No
-Congestion $
Yes Yes Maybe No Maybe
-East River Toll
No No No No No
-Subway Commuter?
Yes No No Yes Yes

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Seth
Blum

(Education)



Christopher X.
Brodeur

(Democrat)

Theo
Chino

(Green)

Thomas
Ognibene

(Conservative)

Audrey
Silk

(Libertarian)

- Town Hall meetings on schools
- Curriculum by teachers
- Reduce standardized tests
- Interest free loans for edu


- Free subways
- Free phone
- Free electricity
- Rebuild Twin Towers
- Ban lying politicians
- Universal healthcare
- Close Indian Point nuke
- Free CUNY tuition
- Ethics curriculum in schools
- Repeal property tax hikes
- Repeal cig tax
- Ed budget controlled by principals
- Reopen firehouses
- Repeal smoking ban
- Family based edu
- Reduce parking fines

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