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

Tony Simone most recently served as the Director of External Affairs at Hudson River Park Friends. He has also worked on political campaigns and in government offices, including for former Senator Hillary Clinton, the late State Senator Catherine Abate, and as Director of Community Outreach for the NYC Council and Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

Economy

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Supports New York State’s plan to reconstruct and expand Penn Station, believing it will "transform our community for the next century" and is fiscally prudent to utilize federal infrastructure funding.

- Supports New York State’s plan to reconstruct and expand Penn Station, believing it will "transform our community for the next century" and is fiscally prudent to utilize federal infrastructure funding.

Energy & the Environment

Supports healthcare workers and plans to advocate for them in Albany.

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

- Supports healthcare workers and plans to advocate for them in Albany.
- Supports universal single-payer healthcare and plans to pass the New York Health Act.

Healthcare

Believes redistricting should "keep communities whole" and supports the City Charter's mandate to "keep neighborhoods and communities intact" during the redistricting process.

Supports uniting Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen in a single City Council district.

- Believes redistricting should "keep communities whole" and supports the City Charter's mandate to "keep neighborhoods and communities intact" during the redistricting process.
- Supports uniting Chelsea and Hell’s Kitchen in a single City Council district.

Voting & Elections

Public Safety

Supports access to quality education for all.

- Supports access to quality education for all.

Education

Opposes the use of eminent domain to displace residents and businesses.

Believes pedestrians should be the top priority in new street designs.

Supports minimizing "dead space" alongside building entrances and ensuring all building operations, such as loading and garbage removal, occur indoors.

Believes Madison Square Garden (MSG) hinders the development of a grand train hall in New York City, obstructing track realignment and public improvements, and argues that moving MSG is essential to achieving a world-class transportation hub.

- Opposes the use of eminent domain to displace residents and businesses.
- Believes pedestrians should be the top priority in new street designs.
- Supports minimizing "dead space" alongside building entrances and ensuring all building operations, such as loading and garbage removal, occur indoors.
- Believes Madison Square Garden (MSG) hinders the development of a grand train hall in New York City, obstructing track realignment and public improvements, and argues that moving MSG is essential to achieving a world-class transportation hub.

Housing & Urban Development

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

Supports unions and fair labor practices.

Supports the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union.

Believes that increasing station capacity and new development will exacerbate overcrowding on the sidewalks surrounding Penn Station.

Supports the Pennsylvania Station Area Civic and Land Use Project, which would create a new public park, improve pedestrian access, and build new office and retail space.

Supports the development of renewable energy sources.

Supports environmental conservation and sustainable energy policies.

Supports the Pennsylvania Station Area Civic and Land Use Project, believing it will enhance community and environmental standards.

Believes the current plan needs significant changes to benefit regional transportation and local communities.

Supports the New York State Nurses Association's stance on healthcare issues.

Believes in "collective action and bold, creative thinking" to address complex healthcare issues, and plans to collaborate with all sectors and impacted communities to ensure every New Yorker has necessary resources for health and recovery.

Believes the current multi-agency plan for elections is "far too fractured" to ensure transparency and accountability.

Believes Hell's Kitchen, a well-known and celebrated neighborhood, deserves united representation in the City Council.

Believes the proposed map that splits one community into three districts fails to meet criteria and undermines zoning, land use, and consistent city services.

Believes the proposed map will gerrymander by mixing neighborhoods with different needs and interests.

Voters must notify the New York Board of Elections within 25 days of an address change to secure their voting rights.

Supports community involvement in public safety.

Supports the Stonewall Democratic Club of NYC.

Believes in implementing inclusive policies to assist the most vulnerable community members, saying, "When we implement inclusive policies to help the most vulnerable in our city, we all win."

Supports the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club.

Believes in collaborating with community leaders and activists to enhance public safety.

Believes change starts with listening to community concerns, building diverse coalitions, and implementing innovative solutions.

Supports providing social services on site.

Supports the United Federation of Teachers.

- Your assembly member is involved in the legislative process at the state level as part of the New York State Assembly, which consists of 150 members and serves as the lower house of the New York State Legislature.  
- Assembly members are responsible for representing your interests and assisting you with navigating state services while bringing resources back to your district.  
- Assembly members draft laws, approve budgets, oversee the state executive branch, and engage in debates and votes on proposed legislation.  
- In addition to drafting and voting on bills, your assembly member can serve on committees, where many bills may be delayed before reaching a vote.  
- Assembly members are elected for a two-year term with no term limits.  
- Their annual salary is $142,000.  