Bill de Blasio re-elected mayor of New York: policy promises

Photo: Bill de Blasio Official Website

On November 7, New York held mayoral elections. The current head of the metropolis, Bill de Blasio, wins them by a significant margin. He gets about 60% of the vote, while his main rival, Assembly member and Republican Representative Nicole Malliotakis, gets about 25%, writes New York Post.

56-year-old politician during election campaign He focused on what he had already done, in particular on the growth in the number of jobs, expanding the housing subsidy program, emphasizing that, being the mayor, he froze the rent for 2,5 million city residents, which allowed them to keep a roof over their heads.

De Blasio also emphasized that crime rates had decreased in the city during his years in New York, the police practice “Stop and search” was canceled, when a policeman could stop any passerby and search him, in addition 4 year old children We received the right to free education in institutions of the Pre-K level.

Photo: Bill de Blasio Official Website

De Blasio’s election promises:

100 Thousands of new high-paying jobs in the city in the coming 10 years.

30% of municipal contracts for 2021 will be signed with businesses belonging to minorities and women.

Over the last 4 of the year, 281 000 residents of New York have been withdrawn from a group of people living below the poverty line, de Blasio promises that by the 2025 year, 800 000 of New Yorkers will come out of poverty.

He also promises to expand programs to provide employees with paid sick leave and child care.

Salary - not less than $ 15 per hour for employees of municipal authorities of the city.

By 2019, all New York City police officers will have a chest chamber to ensure transparent law enforcement work. They will also receive more high-tech cars with bulletproof glass and personal protective equipment.

De Blasio promises to create a rapid counterterrorism response team, in which 2000 new police officers will be recruited.

There will also be a reform of justice, which will reduce the number of arrests for possession of marijuana and provide additional funds to counter domestic violence.

By 2022, the mayor promises to install air conditioners in all municipal schools of the city in order to provide comfortable education for all students, in addition, de Blasio promises to introduce free school meals.

Over the next 10 years, schools in New York will begin teaching coding, robotics, and web design.

The mayor stressed that during the period of his administration in the city, lactation rooms appeared in all official institutions, women got access to free tampons, laws were passed extending the rights of LGBT people, the city became more convenient for people with disabilities. De Blasio promises that by 2020, 50% of New York taxis will be available for transportation of people with disabilities.

The mayor intends to expand funding for programs to help people suffering from mental disorders, as well as the development of vaccines and medicines for the treatment and prevention of Zika and Ebola viruses.

In 2014, de Blazio promised to reduce by 80% the level of carbon dioxide emissions by New York by the 2050 year and intends to continue work on the implementation of this program.

By 2030, the mayor intends to ensure that 100% of the city’s waste is recycled and not sent to landfill.

By 2025, New York invests 10 millions of dollars in the development of gas stations and chargers for electric vehicles, the number of which they plan to constantly expand.

Free wifi in New York's five major boros to 2023.

By 2019, the city will have improved the metro, buses and other means of public transport, 2015 will be spent on this from 2019 to 2,5 in the year Billion dollars.

In addition to the mayor, New Yorkers also elected some members of the municipality. Residents also expressed their views on the possibility of holding a convention to amend the state constitution, on the desirability of giving judges the right to annul pensions of officials convicted of criminal offenses and to give local authorities the right to use the forest reserve 101 for various urban development projects.

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