Ballotpedia, Tina Forte

Tina grew up in the Throggs Neck area of the Bronx. She is married to her husband, with whom she has 2 children and 1 grandchild.

Tina co-owns a beverage distribution company with her husband. 

Tina Forte previously ran for US Representative for District 14 in 2022 but did not win.

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Opposes AOC's policies on taxes, business owners, and large employers like Amazon, believing they harm the economy and deny jobs to New Yorkers.

Opposes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's policies on taxes, business owners, and large employers like Amazon, believing they harm the economy and deny jobs to New Yorkers.

- Opposes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's policies on taxes, business owners, and large employers like Amazon, believing they harm the economy and deny jobs to New Yorkers.

Economy

Supports expunging criminal records of non-violent offenders for crimes that are no longer violations in their home states, such as marijuana possession in states where it is now legal.

Supports expunging criminal records of non-violent offenders for crimes that are no longer violations in their home states, such as marijuana possession in states where it is legalized. 

Plans to fully fund law enforcement and end "dangerous bail reform policies."

Supports police reform measures like Senator Tim Scott’s police reform bill, which would provide better oversight to remove "bad cops" and reward "good cops."

Supports police reform measures similar to Senator Tim Scott’s police reform bill that would have provided greater oversight to remove "bad cops and reward good cops."

- Supports expunging criminal records of non-violent offenders for crimes that are no longer violations in their home states, such as marijuana possession in states where it is legalized. 
- Plans to fully fund law enforcement and end "dangerous bail reform policies."
- Supports police reform measures similar to Senator Tim Scott’s police reform bill that would have provided greater oversight to remove "bad cops and reward good cops."

Public Safety

Believes people should make their own healthcare decisions without government interference and supports reforms to lower healthcare costs and improve accessibility.

Believes citizens should make their own healthcare decisions without government interference. 

Supports reform to reduce healthcare costs and expand accessibility for all.

- Believes citizens should make their own healthcare decisions without government interference. 
- Supports reform to reduce healthcare costs and expand accessibility for all.

Healthcare

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

Energy & the Environment

Supports legal immigration and believes the process should be streamlined, especially for skilled workers.

Supports lawful immigration and believes the US citizenship process should be streamlined, especially for skilled workers.

Supports fully funding Customs and Border Protection and Immigration.

Supports fully funding Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration.

Believes "AOC and her Socialist allies have created a crisis at our southern Border" and that New York’s "failed sanctuary city policies encourage lawlessness, strain our resources, and make New Yorkers less safe."

Supports completing a barrier at the Southern border to deter undocumented immigration and human trafficking.

Believes veterans are "the backbone of our freedom" and understands their sacrifices.

Said she "understands the sacrifice our veterans", saying they are "the backbone of our freedom."

- Supports lawful immigration and believes the US citizenship process should be streamlined, especially for skilled workers.
- Supports fully funding Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration.
- Believes "AOC and her Socialist allies have created a crisis at our southern Border" and that New York’s "failed sanctuary city policies encourage lawlessness, strain our resources, and make New Yorkers less safe."
- Supports completing a barrier at the Southern border to deter undocumented immigration and human trafficking.
- Said she "understands the sacrifice our veterans", saying they are "the backbone of our freedom."

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Voting & Elections

Supports school choice, including charter schools and vouchers, to give parents options for their children's education.

Supports school choice and private school vouchers, which are programs and policies that allow families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools. 

Believes competition enhances all types of schools, including traditional public, charter, and private institutions.

Believes "competition enhances all types of schools," including public, charter, and private institutions.

- Supports school choice and private school vouchers, which are programs and policies that allow families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools. 
- Believes "competition enhances all types of schools," including public, charter, and private institutions.

Education

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Tina Forte

Tina grew up in the Throggs Neck area of the Bronx. She is married with 2 children and 1 grandchild.

Tina Forte is a small business owner in the Bronx, having built a beverage distribution company with her husband.

Believes politicians fail to address economic issues such as high unemployment, inflation, rising crime, increasing taxes, and failing schools.

Supports small businesses and restaurant owners.

Believes the current administration has "destroyed businesses, driven away jobs, and offered little compensation to those affected, while enjoying their own large government salaries."

Opposes Governor Cuomo's and Mayor DeBlasio's executive orders, believing they harm businesses and affect children's lives.

Supports efforts to create and protect jobs in New York.

Believes in job creation and entrepreneurship.

- Opposes AOC's policies on taxes, business owners, and large employers like Amazon, believing they harm the economy and deny jobs to New Yorkers.

Plans to fully fund law enforcement and end "dangerous bail reform policies" which she says has caused crime to "skyrocket."

- Supports expunging criminal records of non-violent offenders for crimes that are no longer violations in their home states, such as marijuana possession in states where it is now legal.
- Plans to fully fund law enforcement and end "dangerous bail reform policies" which she says has caused crime to "skyrocket."
- Supports police reform measures like Senator Tim Scott’s police reform bill, which would provide better oversight to remove "bad cops" and reward "good cops."

Believes access to prescribed treatments should not be denied due to "politically-motivated, anti-science edicts."

Believes New York's COVID-19 response, which led to "thousands of deaths through denial of life-saving treatment," was a failure of "radical Socialists."

Believes New York's high coronavirus death toll was due to "the deceit and criminal negligence of politicians like Cuomo, De Blasio and AOC."

- Believes people should make their own healthcare decisions without government interference and supports reforms to lower healthcare costs and improve accessibility.

- Supports legal immigration and believes the process should be streamlined, especially for skilled workers.
- Supports fully funding Customs and Border Protection and Immigration.
- Believes "AOC and her Socialist allies have created a crisis at our southern Border" and that New York’s "failed sanctuary city policies encourage lawlessness, strain our resources, and make New Yorkers less safe."
- Supports completing a barrier at the Southern border to deter undocumented immigration and human trafficking.
- Believes veterans are "the backbone of our freedom" and understands their sacrifices.

Believes schools should reopen for in-person learning.

Supports providing parents with diverse educational options for their children, regardless of race or gender.

Believes AOC hypocritically used connections to enroll relatives in a charter school while opposing charter school options for other parents.

- Supports school choice, including charter schools and vouchers, to give parents options for their children's education.
- Believes competition enhances all types of schools, including traditional public, charter, and private institutions.

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

Supports reallocating funds from the criminal justice system to other areas.

Believes "radical socialist politicians" have degraded America by defunding law enforcement, leading to a crime surge.

Supports preserving and improving the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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