Ballotpedia, Marcela Mitaynes

Marcela was born in Peru and raised in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

Marcela has worked as a tenant and community organizer and has been a leader in the tenant movement.

Marcela Mitaynes currently serves as a Member of Assembly in State Assembly District 51 in New York. She was first elected in 2020, and is serving her second term.

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Supports New York City implementing a financial transaction tax on stocks, bonds, and derivatives to align with other global financial centers like London and Hong Kong.

Supports reversing Trump's corporate tax cuts, advocating for higher surcharges on corporations and certain "pass-through entities" to generate state revenue.

Supports ending the federal policy of taxing capital gains at a lower rate than wages and advocates for a New York state capital gains tax equal to the federal rate, starting at $150,000, to ensure higher earners pay their fair share.

Supports raising taxes on inheritances over $10 million to prevent "enormous wealth" from staying within families.

- Supports New York City implementing a financial transaction tax on stocks, bonds, and derivatives to align with other global financial centers like London and Hong Kong.
- Supports reversing Trump's corporate tax cuts, advocating for higher surcharges on corporations and certain "pass-through entities" to generate state revenue.
- Supports ending the federal policy of taxing capital gains at a lower rate than wages and advocates for a New York state capital gains tax equal to the federal rate, starting at $150,000, to ensure higher earners pay their fair share.
- Supports raising taxes on inheritances over $10 million to prevent "enormous wealth" from staying within families.

Economy

Supports transitioning to 100% renewable energy sources.

Supports divesting the New York State pension fund from fossil fuels.

Supports expanding the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to develop renewable energy, requiring public properties to use 100% renewable energy from NYPA by 2025, and creating a Downstate Power Authority to provide energy as a public agency.

Supports expanding New York's public power authority to develop renewable energy, requiring public properties to use 100% renewable energy by 2025, and creating a Downstate Power Authority to provide energy as a public agency.

- Supports transitioning to 100% renewable energy sources.
- Supports divesting the New York State pension fund from fossil fuels.
- Supports expanding New York's public power authority to develop renewable energy, requiring public properties to use 100% renewable energy by 2025, and creating a Downstate Power Authority to provide energy as a public agency.

Energy & the Environment

Believes all people should have access to high-quality healthcare, regardless of age, insurance, or immigration status.

Supports universal healthcare and plans to pass the New York Health Act.

Supports universal healthcare and advocates for a proposal to implement free healthcare at the state level.

Believes in stopping "predatory insurance companies from getting rich off of people’s illnesses."

Believes healthcare is a human right and opposes quality of care being determined by one's bank account or insurance type.

Believes healthcare is a human right and opposes lesser quality care for those with lower incomes.

- Believes all people should have access to high-quality healthcare, regardless of age, insurance, or immigration status.
- Supports universal healthcare and advocates for a proposal to implement free healthcare at the state level.
- Believes in stopping "predatory insurance companies from getting rich off of people’s illnesses."
- Believes healthcare is a human right and opposes lesser quality care for those with lower incomes.

Healthcare

Supports legislation that grants voting rights to non-citizens in state and local elections and extends access to social services for non-citizens.

- Supports legislation that grants voting rights to non-citizens in state and local elections and extends access to social services for non-citizens.

Voting & Elections

Supports decriminalizing sex work and allowing safe injection sites.

Supports wiping the criminal records of anyone convicted of a marijuana-related crime and releasing those incarcerated for such crimes.

Supports the passage of the New York Is Home Act, which would grant state citizenship to all New Yorkers, regardless of federal citizenship status.

Supports creating a right to counsel for New Yorkers facing deportation.

Supports making New York "ICE-free" and ensuring families remain together.

Supports immigrants and opposes local cooperation with federal deportation enforcement.

- Supports decriminalizing sex work and allowing safe injection sites.
- Supports wiping the criminal records of anyone convicted of a marijuana-related crime and releasing those incarcerated for such crimes.
- Supports the passage of the New York Is Home Act, which would grant state citizenship to all New Yorkers, regardless of federal citizenship status.
- Supports creating a right to counsel for New Yorkers facing deportation.
- Supports immigrants and opposes local cooperation with federal deportation enforcement.

Public Safety

As of September 19, 2024, Marcela Mitaynes’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Education

Supports canceling rent for both residential and commercial tenants.

Believes in empowering tenants through knowledge and collective action to address housing issues.

Supports investing in new affordable housing with stipulations like no market rate opting out, no profit flipping, democratic ownership models, and tenant purchase rights.

Plans to continue fighting for housing as a human right in New York.

Opposes rezoning the Sunset Park waterfront for luxury developments, believing it undermines working-class jobs and community affordability.

- Supports canceling rent for both residential and commercial tenants.
- Believes in empowering tenants through knowledge and collective action to address housing issues.
- Supports investing in new affordable housing with stipulations like no market rate opting out, no profit flipping, democratic ownership models, and tenant purchase rights.
- Sees housing as a "human right."
- Opposes rezoning the Sunset Park waterfront for luxury developments, believing it undermines working-class jobs and community affordability.

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Marcela Mitaynes

Marcela Mitaynes currently serves as the New York State Assemblymember representing the 51st district. She was first elected in 2020, and is serving her second term.

Supports ensuring funding prioritizes "predominantly black and brown frontline communities."

Believes New York should replicate the growth of the financial industry, which now constitutes a third of the state's economy.

Supports the Wall Street Tax, estimating it would generate between $12 to $29 billion.

Opposes the federal policy of taxing investment income less than wages, and advocates for a New York state capital gains tax to ensure higher earners pay their fair share.

- Supports New York City implementing a financial transaction tax on stocks, bonds, and derivatives to align with other global financial centers like London and Hong Kong.
- Supports reversing Trump's corporate tax cuts, advocating for higher surcharges on corporations and certain "pass-through entities" to generate state revenue.
- Opposes the federal policy of taxing investment income less than wages, and advocates for a New York state capital gains tax to ensure higher earners pay their fair share.
- Supports raising taxes on inheritances over $10 million to prevent "enormous wealth" from staying within families.

Believes in the need for collective action to protect waterfronts from climate threats.

Supports efforts to improve air quality around "last-mile" warehouses.

Supports expanding the New York's public power authority to develop renewable energy, requiring public properties to use 100% renewable energy by 2025, and creating a Downstate Power Authority to provide energy as a public agency.

- Supports transitioning to 100% renewable energy sources.
- Supports divesting the New York State pension fund from fossil fuels.
- Supports expanding the New York's public power authority to develop renewable energy, requiring public properties to use 100% renewable energy by 2025, and creating a Downstate Power Authority to provide energy as a public agency.

Believes healthcare is a right and should be free and accessible to all.

Believes the New York legislature's decisions and inaction have resulted in an underfunded, understaffed, and unprepared healthcare system.

Believes mentally ill individuals, including many veterans, lack necessary support and end up "bouncing between jails and shelters."

Supports defending and empowering immigrants.

Believes many laws oppress working-class, Black, Brown, and poor people.

Believes in expanding educational access for children.

Believes in prioritizing public education from pre-K through post-grad.

Believes New York State must act to protect its people from federal government failures in public housing.

Supports raising revenue to invest in preserving public housing.

As of September 23, 2024, Marcela Mitaynes’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Marcela Mitaynes is a New York State Assemblymember representing District 51. She has worked as a tenant and community organizer and has been a leader in the tenant movement.

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