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As a legislative director, helped draft the Tenants’ Bill of Rights.

- As a legislative director, helped draft the Tenants’ Bill of Rights.

Economy

As of September 19, 2024, Zellnor Y. Myrie’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports abortion access and protecting medical professionals who provide abortion care.

- Supports abortion access and protecting medical professionals who provide abortion care.

Healthcare

As chair of the Senate’s Elections Committee, pushed to introduce early voting to New York and authored the John R. Lewis New York Voting Rights Act, which the NAACP and Brennan Center both praised as the strongest voting rights law in the nation.

As chair of the Senate’s Elections Committee, pushed to introduce early voting to New York and authored the John R. Lewis New York Voting Rights Act.

- As chair of the Senate’s Elections Committee, pushed to introduce early voting to New York and authored the John R. Lewis New York Voting Rights Act.

Voting & Elections

Supports gun control, having passed laws to reduce gun violence, hold dealers accountable, and expand red flag laws.

Supports gun control expanding red flag laws.

Wrote the “COVID-19 Fraud Accountability Act,” which increases civil financial penalties for COVID testing scams and white-collar crimes during the pandemic.

- Supports gun control expanding red flag laws.
- Wrote the “COVID-19 Fraud Accountability Act,” which increases civil financial penalties for COVID testing scams and white-collar crimes during the pandemic.

Public Safety

Believes in aligning public university curricula with future job markets, specifically green jobs.

Supports universal pre-kindergarten programs, free after-school programs, and increased funding for state-supported higher education.

Supports increasing funding for public schools.

- Believes in aligning public university curricula with future job markets, specifically green jobs.
- Supports universal pre-kindergarten programs, free after-school programs, and increased funding for state-supported higher education.
- Supports increasing funding for public schools.

Education

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Zellnor Y. Myrie

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