I have a deep and proven commitment to making our transportation system safer, more accessible, and more equitable. My experience as the Chair of the Traffic and Transportation Committee on Manhattan Community Board 2 gives me the detailed knowledge to deliver real results in Albany. I have already led the community’s input on critical local projects, including drafting detailed recommendations to significantly improve the redesigns of Canal Street and West Street/9A. My focus is on leveraging the power of state legislation to support both mass transit and safe streets for all users in our district.

A top priority is increasing street safety, especially for the most vulnerable in our community: older adults, people with disabilities, and children traveling to and from school. I support granting New York City broader authority for automated enforcement, which includes cameras for speeding, blocked crosswalks, and blocked bus/bike lanes, provided it is paired with strong legal, equity, and privacy protections. I believe this is a crucial step to move away from uneven manual enforcement and ensure systematic traffic law compliance. Furthermore, I will continue to advocate at the city level to expand the West Village Neighborhood Slow Zone and leverage the designation of Hudson Square, SoHo, and Tribeca as Senior Pedestrian Zones to prioritize funding for street safety improvements like extended crossing times, curb extensions, and traffic calming devices.

I support regulating the huge and growing last-mile delivery industry with legislation that closes the loophole in the modern gig and logistics economy. New York should not build its delivery economy around low accountability, unsafe streets, and poverty-wage labor.

Locally, I will advocate for pedestrian safety, protected bike lanes, traffic calming, safer intersections, transit access, funding for increased transit accessibility and reclaiming public space for people.

We need better connected cycling infrastructure, including east-west connections along Houston Street and Canal Street, also from Hudson River Park to the East River. We need more dedicated bus lanes, including on 6th Avenue, more frequent east/west bus service along Houston Street to get residents to and from Pier 40 and Hudson River Park and the addition of bus service from Battery Park City to Chelsea Piers along West Street. Our street redesigns must prioritize pedestrian safety and include design solutions for micromobility, accessibility and sustainability.

On our cobblestone streets, I support the installation of granite strip bicycle lanes and fixing Belgium blocks on streets like Morton Street and Clarkson Street to reduce sidewalk riding and improve overall safety. I also support the phasing out of Class III e-bikes and tighter statewide controls for e-motos/mopeds.

Finally, I am a strong supporter of Congestion Pricing, but I will be a relentless fighter to ensure its implementation is fair and its revenue is properly invested. I will actively oppose any changes that would suspend the program once operating, create broad geographic or class-based exemptions, divert revenues away from transit, or turn the fee into a flat, regressive toll. Crucially, I support automatic discounts or waivers for low-income New Yorkers who already qualify for programs like Fair Fares or SNAP, and full exemptions for people with disabilities to ensure their access to healthcare. All revenue generated must be required to fund immediate, visible improvements in low-income neighborhoods, such as faster buses, more frequent service, and ADA upgrades.