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

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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Tony Simone

- 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.  