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

Julia worked as a community organizer with Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) prior to her election.

Julia Salazar is a state senator in State Senate District 18. She was first elected in 2018 and is serving her 3rd term.

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Supports fully funding the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) for capital repairs and operating costs to enhance public housing quality and maintain public control.

Supports fully funding the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) for capital repairs and operating costs.

Supports the Good Cause bill, which would allow tenants to contest "outrageous rent hikes and unjust evictions."

Supports the Good Cause bill, which would allow tenants to contest rent hikes and evictions.

Supports organized labor, improving workplace conditions, increasing wages, and ensuring workers' rights to organize and strike.

Supports organized labor and ensuring workers' rights to organize and strike.

Supports reforming the NYC Rent Guidelines Board to protect rent-stabilized tenants.

Supports The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA).

- Supports fully funding the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) for capital repairs and operating costs.
- Supports the Good Cause bill, which would allow tenants to contest rent hikes and evictions.
- Supports organized labor and ensuring workers' rights to organize and strike.
- Supports reforming the NYC Rent Guidelines Board to protect rent-stabilized tenants.
- Supports The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA).

Economy

Supports transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Supports the New York HEAT Act, which would establish a home energy assistance program for low-income households.

- Supports transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
- Supports the New York HEAT Act, which would establish a home energy assistance program for low-income households.

Energy & the Environment

Supports universal healthcare access for all New Yorkers, including long-term care for seniors and disabled individuals.

Supports access to comprehensive contraception coverage.

Supports S310, which aims to professionalize community midwifery to enhance the sustainability and accessibility of midwifery care.

Supports the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Program.

Supports S1213, which would allow abortion medication at all on-campus student health centers at City University of New York (CUNY) and State University of New York (SUNY) campuses.

- Supports universal healthcare access for all New Yorkers, including long-term care for seniors and disabled individuals.
- Supports access to comprehensive contraception coverage.
- Supports S310, which aims to professionalize community midwifery to enhance the sustainability and accessibility of midwifery care.
- Supports the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Program.
- Supports S1213, which would allow abortion medication at all on-campus student health centers at City University of New York (CUNY) and State University of New York (SUNY) campuses.

Healthcare

Supports voting rights for incarcerated people.

- Supports voting rights for incarcerated people.

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Supports the Dignity Not Detention Act, which would prevent New York from entering into immigration detention contracts with ICE.

- Supports the Dignity Not Detention Act, which would prevent New York from entering into immigration detention contracts with ICE.

Public Safety

Supports S302, which provides educational leave for eligible incarcerated individuals to participate in college coursework, proven to reduce recidivism and improve public safety.

Supports S302, which provides educational leave for eligible incarcerated individuals to participate in college coursework.

- Supports S302, which provides educational leave for eligible incarcerated individuals to participate in college coursework.

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Julia Salazar

As of September 26, 2024, Julia Salazar’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Julia Salazar currently serves as a New York State Senator for the 18th District. Before being elected to the State Senate in 2018, she worked as a community organizer with Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ).

Julia Salazar currently serves as the state senator for District 18. She was first elected in 2018 and is serving her 3rd term.

Supports the Good Cause Eviction bill, which would allow tenants to renew their leases unless the landlord has good reason to evict them.

Supports tenant protections and affordable housing initiatives, advocating for the Good Cause eviction bill, Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, Housing Access Voucher Program, and the expansion of social housing like community land trusts.

- Supports fully funding the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) for capital repairs and operating costs.
- Supports the Good Cause bill, which would allow tenants to contest rent hikes and evictions.
- Supports organized labor and ensuring workers' rights to organize and strike.
- Supports reforming the NYC Rent Guidelines Board to protect rent-stabilized tenants.
- Supports the Good Cause Eviction bill, which would allow tenants to renew their leases unless the landlord has good reason to evict them.
- Supports The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA).
- Supports tenant protections and affordable housing initiatives, advocating for the Good Cause eviction bill, Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, Housing Access Voucher Program, and the expansion of social housing like community land trusts.

Supports the Teachers Fossil Fuel Divestment Act.

Supports the New York HEAT Act, which would establish a new energy efficiency program for homes and businesses.

Supports the No NBK Pipeline campaign, opposing the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure in North Brooklyn.

Supports the Build Public Renewables Act, which would create a new public energy company that would build and operate renewable energy projects.

Supports the Teachers Fossil Fuel Divestment Act (S899).

- Supports transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
- Supports the Teachers Fossil Fuel Divestment Act (S899).
- Supports the New York HEAT Act, which would establish a home energy assistance program for low-income households.

Supports the Comprehensive Contraception Coverage Act, which would require health insurance plans to cover all FDA-approved contraceptive methods.

Supports the New York Health Act, which would create a single-payer healthcare system in New York.

Supports addressing crime and correction issues, having chaired the Committee on Women's Issues and currently serving as Treasurer for the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Caucus.

Supports the HALT Solitary Confinement Act, which would limit the use of solitary confinement in prisons.

As chair of the Senate’s Crime Victims, Crime & Correction Committee, led legislation to improve victim resource access and enhance police and legal system accountability and transparency in New York.

As a state senator, sponsored the Fair & Timely Parole Act to improve New York’s parole system.

As a city council member, led efforts to establish a cease and desist zone in Brooklyn Community Board 5 to prevent harassment.

Believes in repealing laws that impose excessive sentences for drug-related offenses, calling them "relics of the harmful 'war on drugs.'"

Supports providing educational leave for incarcerated individuals to participate in college coursework, saying it is "proven to reduce recidivism and improve public safety."

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

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As of October 7, 2024, Julia Salazar’s website did not contain information on this issue.