New York City can once again be a place where every family can afford to live, where our streets are safe and healthy, and where opportunity reaches every neighborhood. Our campaign is built on creating an inclusive, climate‑resilient City that protects our most vulnerable and empowers working people and small businesses to thrive. The priorities below are how we’ll get there.

Housing for All

Incentivize the housing that families need to stay in the city - especially units with two, three, and four-bedrooms. We do not need to lose young families to the suburbs and the Sunbelt.
Enact mandatory upzoning around rail stations and job centers, so housing growth happens where it makes the most sense.
Process delays are often the biggest driver of increased housing costs. We will make it easier and faster to build affordable housing by reforming SEQRA, CEQR and other time-consuming reviews.
Tenants should never be at the whim of developers. If their building has been sold, they should be guaranteed a place in the new property at the same size and rent. Housing security will make the city safer and more prosperous.
Legalize Accessory Dwelling Units and allow as-of-right multifamily development.

Better Transit, Faster Projects

Speed up construction of the Second Avenue Subway. Our global peers are building subways 15 times faster for 10% of the price. We can do this too by coordinating permitting across agencies, reforming procurement laws, streamlining the pre construction review process, and limiting litigation delays.
Champion regional transit investments including Penn Access, the Interborough Express, and the Gateway Program.
Support MTA modernization: zero-emission buses, platform screen doors (to improve safety and reduce service disruptions), and expanded automated bus lane enforcement cameras to keep dedicated lanes clear and reliable.
Push Albany to fast-track MTA capital approvals and enable project delivery reforms.
Ensure subways can operate reliably in extreme heat, cold, and heavy rainfall—and aren’t knocked out of service every time the temperature spikes or floodwaters enter the tunnels.

Public Space & Mobility

Create a state fund to support ‘basic dignity infrastructure’—public bathrooms, benches, water fountains, and shaded seating—especially in high-need areas.
Expand state funding and authority for automated traffic enforcement to reduce pedestrian deaths and keep bus and bike lanes clear.
Let the City design safer, more useful streets and stop forcing us to ask Albany’s permission to use proven tools like speed and bus lane cameras.

Mental Health & Public Safety

Create small, community‑based mental health stabilization centers as diversions from jails and emergency rooms.
Expand the mental health workforce pipeline, with a focus on CUNY and SUNY training partnerships.
Invest in youth mental health services and trauma‑informed crisis response.
Make our streets safer for everyone by ensuring that public spaces are accessible and well tended.

Health Care for Every New Yorker

Build a new full-service public hospital south of 23rd Street to replace the closing Mount Sinai Beth Israel, ensuring continued access to emergency, inpatient, and psychiatric care for Lower Manhattan and surrounding communities.
Work to recognize foreign health care credentials while maintaining high standards through appropriate safeguards.
Stop the closure of public hospitals statewide by auditing the drivers of failure and success, target investment in regions facing workforce shortages or gaps in care access.

Fix the Bureaucracy

Reform permitting and review processes that slow down housing, transit, and business.
Create interagency teams for big projects with clear accountability and public deadlines.
Modernize public hiring practices to reduce vacancy backlogs and improve service delivery.
And yes, we’ll figure out why public trash cans keep disappearing—and put a stop to it.

Gabriel Turzo is running to make New York work again with smart policy, clear priorities, and a belief that better is possible.

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