Meet the candidate: Jim Walden

Jim Walden talks his longshot bid for mayor - City & State New York

Plans to construct over 50,000 new housing units annually and accelerate affordable housing development.

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Economy

Supports constructing over 50,000 new housing units annually, including affordable housing.

Public Services

As a lawyer, represented a group of students in a lawsuit against the city Department of Education, alleging the department did not do enough to prevent bullying.

Education

Supports making the city carbon neutral and enhancing public transportation.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Public Safety

Plans to construct over 50,000 new housing units annually and accelerate the development of affordable housing.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports increased resources for mental health services.

Public Health

Proposes establishing a citywide Department of Public Integrity to investigate corruption, with a commissioner who would replace the public advocate and have the authority to prosecute.

Ethics & Conduct

Jim Walden

Jim Walden is from Levittown, Pennsylvania. He attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and Temple University Law School in Philadelphia. He lives in New York City.

James Walden

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Andrew Cuomo is from Queens, New York. He has a bachelor's degree from Fordham University and a law degree from Albany Law School.

Before taking public office, Andrew served as the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in President Clinton's administration. Before that, he led his father's campaign for governor and served as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. He also founded Housing Enterprise for the Less Privileged (HELP), a shelter for families, in 1986. 

Andrew served as the governor of New York from 2011 to 2021, choosing to resign in the middle of his third term. He also served as the attorney general of New York from 2007 to 2010. 

The Crisis of Affordability in New York City

Supports converting underused commercial properties into residential spaces.

Wants to turn unused office buildings into homes to revive business districts.

Believes New York City can become a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) due to its world-leading hospitals and strong technology sector.

Thinks NYC can become a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) because of its great hospitals and tech companies.

Supports expanding wage supplements and other programs targeted to at-risk men (ages 18-24) to help them enter the workforce.

Supports programs that give extra pay to young men at risk and wants to help small businesses owned by women and people of color.

Supports expanding workforce training and apprenticeships, particularly in nontraditional fields like healthcare, to create more pathways to economic mobility.

Supports more job training and apprenticeships, especially in fields like healthcare.

Supports providing targeted tax relief to lower-income and middle-class voters, including homeowners.

Supports tax relief for lower-income and middle-class voters and homeowners.

As governor, reduced the corporate tax rate from 7.1% to 6.5% and to 0% for manufacturers.

As governor, reduced the corporate tax rate from 7.1% to 6.5% and to 0% for manufacturers to incentivize industrial growth and job creation.

Supports encouraging employer-sponsored childcare to attract and retain talent and plans to design economic development projects to include space for childcare facilities.

Supports encouraging employer-sponsored childcare.

- Wants to turn unused office buildings into homes to revive business districts.
- Thinks NYC can become a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) because of its great hospitals and tech companies.
- Supports programs that give extra pay to young men at risk and wants to help small businesses owned by women and people of color.
- Supports more job training and apprenticeships, especially in fields like healthcare.
- Supports tax relief for lower-income and middle-class voters and homeowners.
- As governor, reduced the corporate tax rate from 7.1% to 6.5% and to 0% for manufacturers to incentivize industrial growth and job creation.
- Supports encouraging employer-sponsored childcare.

Plans to improve curbside composting by boosting participation through public awareness campaigns, incentives for landlords, and clear guidelines for residents and building staff.

Plans to improve curbside composting by raising awareness, offering landlord incentives, and giving residents clear instructions.

Wants to broaden access to parents who are eligible for childcare subsidies by removing the wage floor, increasing the income ceiling, and allowing flexibility by separating authorized care hours from work hours.

Supports expanding childcare subsidies by expanding eligibility requirements.

- Plans to improve curbside composting by raising awareness, offering landlord incentives, and giving residents clear instructions.
- Supports expanding childcare subsidies by expanding eligibility requirements.

Supports reducing class sizes in schools.

Plans to expand 3-K programs and after school programs.

Plans to expand 3-K and after-school programs.

Plans to strengthen community schools and increase school-based health centers in high poverty districts.

Wants to strengthen community schools that provide social services and add more school health centers in high-poverty areas.

Believes in reducing teacher attrition by improving working conditions, safety, and mentoring.

Wants to keep teachers by improving school safety, support, and working conditions.

Supports partnering with businesses to develop apprenticeship programs for students who do not pursue college degrees.

Supports apprenticeship programs for students not going to college.

Supports fixing the K-12 education system to increase college attainment and better prepare students for non-college jobs.

Wants to fix K–12 education so more students can succeed in college or get good jobs without a degree.

Supports prioritizing schools as key access points for mental health services.

Believes schools should be key places for mental health support.

- Supports smaller class sizes.
- Plans to expand 3-K and after-school programs.
- Wants to strengthen community schools that provide social services and add more school health centers in high-poverty areas.
- Wants to keep teachers by improving school safety, support, and working conditions.
- Supports apprenticeship programs for students not going to college.
- Wants to fix K–12 education so more students can succeed in college or get good jobs without a degree.
- Believes schools should be key places for mental health support.

Supports expanding the city’s role in major infrastructure projects, prioritizing outer borough projects like the Metro-North expansion to create new transit hubs in the East Bronx.

Wants the city to invest in infrastructure projects outside Manhattan, like the Metro-North expansion in the East Bronx.

Wants to make transportation more affordable by expanding discounted access to buses and increasing enrollment in subsidized Fair Fares programs.

Wants to make transportation more affordable by expanding access to discounted buses and subsidized Fair Fares programs.

Believes in preventing fare evasion by upgrading turnstiles and improving training.

Supports preventing subway fare evasion by upgrading turnstiles.

- Wants the city to invest in infrastructure projects outside Manhattan, like the Metro-North expansion in the East Bronx.
- Wants to make transportation more affordable by expanding access to discounted buses and subsidized Fair Fares programs.
- Supports preventing subway fare evasion by upgrading turnstiles.

Plans to hire 5,000 more police officers.

Wants to remove homeless and mentally ill people from the subways and streets.

Wants to remove homeless and mentally ill people from the subways and streets, saying "it is inhumane to leave them there."

Opposes reducing police funding and legalizing prostitution.

Believes in engaging community leaders to serve as local peacekeepers and prevent protest escalation.

Supports the NYPD using de-escalation tactics to facilitate peaceful protests.

Supports the NYPD using de-escalation tactics to facilitate peaceful protests, saying "Protest is a right—we will defend it vigorously [but] there is no right to disorder that endangers others."

Supports "precision policing" with specialized units for domestic violence, mental health, substance abuse, and homeless mentally ill.

Wants to ensure that those who threaten, harass, or destroy property in the name of antisemitism are held accountable.

Believes people who threaten, harass, or damage property because of antisemitism should be held accountable.

- Plans to hire 5,000 more police officers.
- Wants to remove homeless and mentally ill people from the subways and streets, saying "it is inhumane to leave them there."
- Opposes reducing police funding and legalizing prostitution.
- Believes in engaging community leaders to serve as local peacekeepers and prevent protest escalation.
- Supports the NYPD using de-escalation tactics to facilitate peaceful protests, saying "Protest is a right—we will defend it vigorously [but] there is no right to disorder that endangers others."
- Supports "precision policing" with specialized units for domestic violence, mental health, substance abuse, and homeless mentally ill.
- Believes people who threaten, harass, or damage property because of antisemitism should be held accountable.

Plans to accelerate construction of affordable and workforce housing, protect tenant rights, and prevent homelessness.

Plans to build more affordable housing and protect renters' rights.

Plans to work with tenants to explore redevelopment options that increase housing supply and improve quality of life in New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) properties.

Wants to fix and improve the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing with input from residents.

Plans to enhance enforcement of rent-stabilization laws, prevent illegal rent hikes and landlord harassment, and ensure legal counsel for tenants facing eviction.

Supports better enforcement of laws to stop illegal rent increases and ensuring tenants have lawyers if they’re being evicted.

Plans to identify and redevelop underutilized city-owned lots for affordable and mixed-income housing.

Plans to use public land and unused city spaces to build affordable and mixed-income housing.

Plans to build hundreds of thousands of affordable housing units by reducing bureaucratic obstacles and creating a master plan to increase housing supply, lower rents, and create union jobs.

Supports building hundreds of thousands of affordable homes by reducing bureaucracy and creating a master plan to increase housing supply, lower rents, and create union jobs.

Plans to curb the overuse of sidewalk sheds by amending regulations, streamlining building inspection timelines, and incentivizing building owners to remove scaffolding quickly.

Aims to reduce sidewalk scaffolding by making inspections faster, giving rewards for early removal, and setting time limits for how long scaffolding can stay up.

Plans to reform the outdoor dining permit process by clearing the backlog of applicants and improving transparency, timelines, coordination, and standards for small businesses.

Believes in reforming the outdoor dining permit process to increase transparency, set clear timelines, improve agency coordination, and enforce cleanliness and security standards.

Supports adjusting the lower boundary of the mansion tax for inflation.

Supports increasing the threshold for the mansion tax from sales equaling $1 million to $2.5 million, saying "A $1 million home in
1989 might have seemed like a mansion, but that is no longer the case in 2025."

- Plans to build more affordable housing and protect renters' rights.
- Wants to fix and improve the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing with input from residents.
- Supports better enforcement of laws to stop illegal rent increases and ensuring tenants have lawyers if they’re being evicted.
- Plans to use public land and unused city spaces to build affordable and mixed-income housing.
- Supports building hundreds of thousands of affordable homes by reducing bureaucracy and creating a master plan to increase housing supply, lower rents, and create union jobs.
- Aims to reduce sidewalk scaffolding by making inspections faster, giving rewards for early removal, and setting time limits for how long scaffolding can stay up.
- Believes in reforming the outdoor dining permit process to increase transparency, set clear timelines, improve agency coordination, and enforce cleanliness and security standards.
- Supports increasing the threshold for the mansion tax from sales equaling $1 million to $2.5 million, saying "A $1 million home in
1989 might have seemed like a mansion, but that is no longer the case in 2025."

Supports prioritizing pandemic preparedness, childhood vaccinations, and environmental health.

Supports expanding access to mental health and substance use disorder services, particularly for the homeless, with a focus on community-based services.

Wants better access to mental health and addiction services, especially for homeless people, through community programs.

Plans to restructure inpatient psychiatric bed capacity to end the revolving door and enable longer stays, particularly for those without housing security.

Supports more psychiatric beds in hospitals for people who need longer care, especially those without stable housing.

Supports enforcing involuntary commitment laws for individuals who are a danger to themselves and cannot meet basic needs.

Supports enforcing involuntary commitment laws to hospitalize people who can’t care for themselves and may be in danger.

Plans to reduce chronic street homelessness by providing intensive mental health and addiction services.

Plans to reduce long-term street homelessness by providing intensive mental health and addiction services.

Wants to increase access to affordable, nutritious food options.

Wants to connect all New Yorkers to primary and specialty care as needed.

Wants to connect people to primary and specialty care and provide assistance for those who are denied coverage by insurance.

- Supports prioritizing pandemic preparedness, childhood vaccinations, and environmental health.
- Wants better access to mental health and addiction services, especially for homeless people, through community programs.
- Supports more psychiatric beds in hospitals for people who need longer care, especially those without stable housing.
- Supports enforcing involuntary commitment laws to hospitalize people who can’t care for themselves and may be in danger.
- Plans to reduce long-term street homelessness by providing intensive mental health and addiction services.
- Wants to increase access to affordable, nutritious food options.
- Wants to connect people to primary and specialty care and provide assistance for those who are denied coverage by insurance.

Cuomo weighs run for NYC mayor amid Adams’ woes

Has been accused of sexual harassment by two women, a former aide and a former member of his State Police security detail.

Is being sued for sexual harassment by two women, a former aide and a former member of his State Police security detail.

- Is being sued for sexual harassment by two women, a former aide and a former member of his State Police security detail.

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- Wants to turn unused office buildings into homes to revive business districts.
- Thinks NYC can become a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) because of its great hospitals and tech companies.
- Supports programs that give extra pay to young men at risk and wants to help small businesses owned by women and people of color.
- Supports more job training and apprenticeships, especially in fields like healthcare.

- Plans to improve curbside composting by raising awareness, offering landlord incentives, and giving residents clear instructions.

- Wants the city to invest in infrastructure projects outside Manhattan, like the Metro-North expansion in the East Bronx.

- Plans to build more affordable housing and protect renters' rights.
- Wants to fix and improve the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing with input from residents.
- Supports better enforcement of laws to stop illegal rent increases and ensuring tenants have lawyers if they’re being evicted.
- Plans to use public land and unused city spaces to build affordable and mixed-income housing.
- Supports building hundreds of thousands of affordable homes by reducing bureaucracy and creating a master plan to increase housing supply, lower rents, and create union jobs.
- Aims to reduce sidewalk scaffolding by making inspections faster, giving rewards for early removal, and setting time limits for how long scaffolding can stay up.
- Believes in reforming the outdoor dining permit process to increase transparency, set clear timelines, improve agency coordination, and enforce cleanliness and security standards.

- Supports prioritizing pandemic preparedness, childhood vaccinations, and environmental health.
- Wants better access to mental health and addiction services, especially for homeless people, through community programs.
- Supports more psychiatric beds in hospitals for people who need longer care, especially those without stable housing.
- Supports enforcing involuntary commitment laws to hospitalize people who can’t care for themselves and may be in danger.
- Plans to reduce long-term street homelessness by providing intensive mental health and addiction services.

- Wants to turn unused office buildings into homes to revive business districts.
- Thinks NYC can become a leader in Artificial Intelligence (AI) because of its great hospitals and tech companies.
- Supports programs that give extra pay to young men at risk and wants to help small businesses owned by women and people of color.

- Plans to hire 5,000 more police officers.
- Wants to remove homeless and mentally ill people from the subways and streets, saying "it is inhumane to leave them there."
- Opposes reducing police funding and legalizing prostitution.
- Believes in engaging community leaders to serve as local peacekeepers and prevent protest escalation.
- Supports the NYPD using de-escalation tactics to facilitate peaceful protests, saying "Protest is a right—we will defend it vigorously [but] there is no right to disorder that endangers others."
- Supports "precision policing" with specialized units for domestic violence, mental health, substance abuse, and homeless mentally ill.

- Wants to fix and improve the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) public housing with help from residents.
- Supports better enforcement of laws to stop illegal rent increases and ensuring tenants have lawyers if they’re being evicted.
- Plans to use public land and unused city spaces to build affordable and mixed-income housing.

Andrew Cuomo is from Queens, New York. He attended Saint Magella Elementary School, Marist High School, and Fordham University. He has a bachelor's degree from Fordham University and a law degree from Albany Law School.

Andrew previously served as the Attorney General of New York from 2006 to 2010. He was elected Governor of New York in 2011 and served until his resignation in 2021. In 2025, he ran for Mayor of New York City but lost in the Democratic primary and subsequently ran as an independent.

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Supports expanding the city's role in major infrastructure projects and prioritizing outer borough projects, like the Metro-North expansion in the East Bronx.

Curtis Sliwa is married to Nancy Sliwa and lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. 

Meet the candidate: Curtis Sliwa

Curtis is the founder and chief executive officer of the Guardian Angels, a nonprofit crime prevention organization. He previously worked as a manager at a McDonald’s in the Bronx. He also hosted radio shows on WABC-AM, WNYC, and WNYM-AM 970.

Curtis previously ran for New York City mayor in 2021 but did not win. 

Supports negotiating contracts that provide "fair and competitive pay" for city workers.

Wants to increase investment in boroughs outside of Manhattan.

- Supports negotiating contracts that provide "fair and competitive pay" for city workers.
- Wants to increase investment in boroughs outside of Manhattan.

Plans to improve waste management by collaborating with the Department of Sanitation and City Council members to identify areas in need of cleaning.

Plans to improve trash management by identifying areas in need of cleaning and fining people for littering.

Plans to increase NYC Parks department funding to 3% of the city budget to enhance local green spaces, parks, and recreational facilities.

Proposes increasing funding for local green spaces, parks, and recreational facilities to 3% of the city's budget.

- Plans to improve trash management by identifying areas in need of cleaning and fining people for littering.
- Proposes increasing funding for local green spaces, parks, and recreational facilities to 3% of the city's budget.

Supports maintaining the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test and Gifted and Talented programs, but also wants to promote vocational training.

Supports keeping the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test and Gifted and Talented programs, but also wants to promote more career and technical training.

Supports higher pay for teachers and providing school supplies for teachers.

Supports higher pay for teachers and providing school supplies.

Believes in reviving arts, sports, and environmental programs in public schools to engage students and reduce dropout rates.

Believes in creating better arts, sports, and environmental programs in public schools.

- Supports keeping the Specialized High Schools Admissions Test and Gifted and Talented programs, but also wants to promote more career and technical training.
- Supports higher pay for teachers and providing school supplies.
- Believes in creating better arts, sports, and environmental programs in public schools.

Supports enforcing MTA and transit rules to prevent loitering, harassment, and unsafe behavior.

Supports enforcing rules to prevent loitering, harassment, and unsafe behavior on public transport.

Believes in deploying more NYPD Transit Bureau officers in subway stations and on trains to create a visible and consistent police presence, deterring crime and protecting riders.

Supports increasing police presence in subway stations and on trains to deter crime and protect riders.

Believes in enforcing fare evasion laws aggressively, saying "fare-beaters are often connected to larger patterns of lawlessness."

Supports enforcing fare evasion laws aggressively, focusing on busy stations.

Believes in providing specialized instruction for transit policing, including subway-specific tactics, surveillance, crisis response, and de-escalation in confined spaces.

Believes in specialized instruction for transit policing, including subway-specific tactics, surveillance, crisis response, and de-escalation in confined spaces.

Supports improving lighting in stations, stairwells, and platforms.

Supports improving lighting, expanding camera coverage, and upgrading turnstiles to prevent jumping in subway stations.

- Supports enforcing rules to prevent loitering, harassment, and unsafe behavior on public transport.
- Supports increasing police presence in subway stations and on trains to deter crime and protect riders.
- Supports enforcing fare evasion laws aggressively, focusing on busy stations.
- Believes in specialized instruction for transit policing, including subway-specific tactics, surveillance, crisis response, and de-escalation in confined spaces.
- Supports improving lighting, expanding camera coverage, and upgrading turnstiles to prevent jumping in subway stations.

Plans to hire 7,000 additional NYPD officers.

Plans to expand the NYPD's Gang Unit to dismantle violent street gangs.

Plans to expand the NYPD's Gang Unit to address violent street gangs and opposes deleting its gang database.

Supports "proactive and intrusive policing strategies" to target illegal firearm carriers, repeat offenders, and violent criminals.

Supports "proactive and intrusive policing strategies" to target illegal gun carriers, repeat offenders, and violent criminals.

Plans to direct the NYPD Office of Crime Prevention and District Attorneys to launch an aggressive, citywide crime education campaign.

Supports a citywide campaign to educate people about common frauds and scams.

Supports expanded impound authority and public destruction of seized vehicles.

Supports giving the city more power to take and publicly destroy illegal vehicles.

Plans to "create deterrents for organized retail theft crews and push for full prosecution."

Plans to stop organized shoplifting by creating stronger punishments and pushing for full prosecution.

Supports requiring Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) investigators to participate in police ride-alongs.

Supports requiring Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) members to ride along with officers during their shifts to help them "understand police work."

Supports adding more current and former police officers to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB).

Supports increasing staffing for serious allegations while reducing resources for "minor frivolous complaints."

Supports hiring more staff to handle serious complaints about police while spending less time on minor ones.

Supports merit-based promotions in the NYPD.

Supports giving promotions in the NYPD based on performance, not political favorism.

Supports eliminating the New York City residency requirement for police officers to expand the recruitment pool and allow officers to live in more affordable surrounding counties.

Supports letting NYPD officers live outside the city to help with hiring and make housing more affordable for them.

Supports addressing the overtime crisis by creating a flexible system that allows officers to volunteer for additional hours, with limits, while ensuring those with family obligations aren’t penalized.

Plans to fix NYPD overtime by letting officers volunteer for extra hours, with limits, and protect those with family responsibilities.

Supports 10-12 hour tours for patrol officers.

Supports 10–12 hour shifts for officers, saying that it is favored by officers and gives them more time off

Supports implementing a predictable scheduling system to eliminate last-minute, mandatory overtime requests for special details and events.

Supports a set schedule for police to avoid last-minute overtime for special events.

Supports hiring more Assistant District Attorneys (ADAs) and investigators to combat drug-related crimes and dismantle fentanyl trafficking networks.

Supports hiring more prosecutors and investigators to address drug-related crimes and fentanyl trafficking.

Supports giving district attorneys more autonomy to pursue cases without being restricted by external political pressure.

Supports letting district attorneys decide how to handle cases without pressure from politicians.

Aims to prevent case dismissals due to underfunding or staffing shortages.

Supports addressing funding and staffing shortages that lead to case dismissals. 

Opposes the Diaphragm Law, which prevents officers from "properly restraining violent criminals."

Opposes the Diaphragm Law, saying it makes it harder for officers to "properly restrain violent people." The Diaphragm Law makes it illegal for police to press on a person's diaphragm, neck, or back while making an arrest.

Opposes the How Many Stops Act, which discourages proactive policing.

Opposes the How Many Stops Act, which requires NYPD officers to document and report more details about every police stop.

Believes in improving police resource deployment to reduce response times and deter crime.

Believes police response times to emergencies need to be shorter.

Supports improving NYPD work conditions by offering competitive salaries, a 20-year retirement plan, flexible scheduling, predictable overtime, and childcare vouchers, while ensuring fair family leave policies for all officers.

Supports offering police officers a 20-year retirement plan, flexible scheduling, childcare vouchers, and a better family leave policy.

Believes keeping Rikers Island open is essential for public safety and opposes closing it in favor of unworkable borough-based jails.

Supports keeping Rikers Island open with renovations and improved conditions.

Believes in rolling back the punitive segregation ban, arguing that segregation is essential for controlling violent inmates and maintaining order, and that removing it has increased inmate-on-inmate violence and attacks on correction officers.

Believes in rolling back restrictions on solitary confinement, arguing that it is essential for controlling violent inmates, and that removing it has increased inmate violence and attacks on officers.

- Plans to hire 7,000 additional NYPD officers.
- Plans to expand the NYPD's Gang Unit to address violent street gangs and opposes deleting its gang database.
- Supports "proactive and intrusive policing strategies" to target illegal gun carriers, repeat offenders, and violent criminals.
- Supports a citywide campaign to educate people about common frauds and scams.
- Supports giving the city more power to take and publicly destroy illegal vehicles.
- Plans to stop organized shoplifting by creating stronger punishments and pushing for full prosecution.
- Supports requiring Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) members to ride along with officers during their shifts to help them "understand police work."
- Supports adding more current and former police officers to the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB).
- Supports hiring more staff to handle serious complaints about police while spending less time on minor ones.
- Supports giving promotions in the NYPD based on performance, not political favorism.
- Supports letting NYPD officers live outside the city to help with hiring and make housing more affordable for them.
- Plans to fix NYPD overtime by letting officers volunteer for extra hours, with limits, and protect those with family responsibilities.
- Supports 10–12 hour shifts for officers, saying that it is favored by officers and gives them more time off
- Supports a set schedule for police to avoid last-minute overtime for special events.
- Supports hiring more prosecutors and investigators to address drug-related crimes and fentanyl trafficking.
- Supports letting district attorneys decide how to handle cases without pressure from politicians.
- Supports addressing funding and staffing shortages that lead to case dismissals. 
- Opposes the Diaphragm Law, saying it makes it harder for officers to "properly restrain violent people." The Diaphragm Law makes it illegal for police to press on a person's diaphragm, neck, or back while making an arrest.
- Opposes the How Many Stops Act, which requires NYPD officers to document and report more details about every police stop.
- Believes police response times to emergencies need to be shorter.
- Supports offering police officers a 20-year retirement plan, flexible scheduling, childcare vouchers, and a better family leave policy.
- Supports keeping Rikers Island open with renovations and improved conditions.
- Believes in rolling back restrictions on solitary confinement, arguing that it is essential for controlling violent inmates, and that removing it has increased inmate violence and attacks on officers.
- Supports harsher penalties for inmates who assault officers.

Curtis Sliwa 

- The city mayor is responsible for a city's public services and its smooth functioning. 
- The mayor signs or vetoes legislation proposed by the city council, drafts the city budget, and appoints and oversees department heads in over 40 city agencies. 
- City mayors receive an annual salary. In New York City, the mayor is paid $258,750. 
- The mayor is elected to a four-year term and can serve up to two consecutive terms. ​