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Chi grew up in Park Slope and Crown Heights, Brooklyn. He attended Friends Seminary in Manhattan on scholarship, and briefly attended Chapman College.

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Chi has worked as a party promoter, occasional model, and songwriter. He entered politics as an organizer in the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests and co-founded Warriors in the Garden, a protest collective focused on police brutality.

District 36 - Chi Ossé

Chi Ossé currently serves as the council member for New York City’s 36th District. He was first elected in 2021 and is serving his first term.

Opposes austerity budgeting, stating the city is “depriving ourselves of billions… that could be invested in our schools, parks, and housing”

- Opposes austerity budgeting, stating the city is “depriving ourselves of billions… that could be invested in our schools, parks, and housing”

Economy

As of June 7, 2025, Chi Ajani Osse did not have a website or any information online.

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Education

Sponsored the Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses (FARE) Act to reform broker fee rules.

- Sponsored the Fairness in Apartment Rental Expenses (FARE) Act to reform broker fee rules.

Housing & Urban Development

Believes police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement are crucial issues to address in city government.

Opposes increases to the NYPD budget; supports reallocating funds to community needs.

Sponsored legislation requiring nightlife venues to carry Narcan.

- Believes police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement are crucial issues to address in city government.
- Opposes increases to the NYPD budget; supports reallocating funds to community needs.
- Sponsored legislation requiring nightlife venues to carry Narcan.

Public Safety

Transportation & Infrastructure

Healthcare

Energy & the Environment

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As of May 7, 2025, Reginald Swiney’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Reginald Swiney previously ran for the New York City Council in 2021.

Believes the 36th District's workforce has been marginalized and opposes the lack of access to job opportunities for qualified residents.

Supports hiring from community residents for local construction projects.

- Supports hiring from community residents for local construction projects.

Plans to reduce the rat population by 25% by encouraging community involvement, establishing trash pickup agreements for businesses, and promoting recycling used cooking oil through educational initiatives.

Plans to implement physical and mobile outreach assistance programs, including a "laptop way" initiative, to support seniors, veterans, and disabled residents with services like wellness checks and food delivery.

Plans to implement physical and mobile outreach assistance programs to support seniors, veterans, and disabled residents with services like wellness checks and food delivery.

- Plans to reduce the rat population by 25% by encouraging community involvement, establishing trash pickup agreements for businesses, and promoting recycling used cooking oil through educational initiatives.
- Plans to implement physical and mobile outreach assistance programs to support seniors, veterans, and disabled residents with services like wellness checks and food delivery.

Believes sex education should be taught at the parent's discretion and supports educating children on racial tolerance, coding, and financial literacy.

- Believes sex education should be taught at the parent's discretion and supports educating children on racial tolerance, coding, and financial literacy.

Plans to create developer and community agreements, appoint a "New Construction Advocate" to monitor complaints in real-time, and support neighbor-to-neighbor development through updated building codes and funding for block associations.

Plans to create developer and community agreements, appoint a "New Construction Advocate" to monitor complaints in real-time, and support development through updated building codes and funding for block associations.

Opposes privatizing public housing and supports completing all maintenance repair work.

Opposes privatizing public housing and supports completing all maintenance repair work in public housing.

- Plans to create developer and community agreements, appoint a "New Construction Advocate" to monitor complaints in real-time, and support development through updated building codes and funding for block associations.
- Opposes privatizing public housing and supports completing all maintenance repair work in public housing.

Believes in addressing quality-of-life issues such as loitering, harassment, and food insecurity to enhance community safety and pride in Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights.

Believes in addressing quality-of-life issues such as loitering, harassment, and food insecurity to improve community safety.

- Believes in addressing quality-of-life issues such as loitering, harassment, and food insecurity to improve community safety.

Supports enforcing Vision Zero to reduce pedestrian deaths, addressing the dangers of high-speed motorbikes on sidewalks, and ensuring safety standards are met for both pedestrians and motorists.

Supports addressing high-speed motorbikes on sidewalks to reduce pedestrian deaths.

- Supports addressing high-speed motorbikes on sidewalks to reduce pedestrian deaths.

Believes building a new preventive care facility will reduce crime and enhance public safety while providing jobs. Supports accessible resources for family caregivers of those with mental illness, emphasizing the need for medical and financial assistance to address the escalating crisis.

Believes building a new preventive care facility will reduce crime and improve public safety while providing jobs.

Believes family caregivers need more accessible resources and services, as well as medical and financial assistance, saying "This is a crisis that continues to spiral out of control."

Believes family caregivers need more accessible resources and services, as well as medical and financial assistance.

Supports creating community walk-in crisis centers and outreach for those in mental health crises or noncompliant with medication.

- Believes building a new preventive care facility will reduce crime and improve public safety while providing jobs.
- Believes family caregivers need more accessible resources and services, as well as medical and financial assistance.
- Supports creating community walk-in crisis centers and outreach for those in mental health crises or noncompliant with medication.

As of June 7, 2025, Reginald Swiney’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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- City Council Members work together to enact local laws, approve the city budget, and oversee land use and zoning regulations. ​
- Council Members oversee city agencies, ensuring they effectively serve the public and address community needs. ​

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