Our Priorities

The Manhattan Borough President’s office is committed to creating a more equitable, resilient, affordable, and healthy city for all New Yorkers.

The future of our borough and city will depend on our ability to support the continued recovery from the impacts of the Covid 19 pandemic. From working to address climate change and create more housing that New Yorkers can afford, to improving transportation and fighting to protect tenants facing unfair eviction, we are committed to a New York where all can thrive.

Our Initiatives

The Manhattan Borough President’s office is committed to creating a more equitable, resilient, affordable, and healthy city for all New Yorkers.

From working to address climate change and create more housing that New Yorkers can afford, to improving transportation and fighting to protect tenants facing unfair eviction, we are committed to a New York where all can thrive.

Fighting our Housing Crisis

Manhattan and New York City are facing a full-blown affordability crisis – arguably the worst in our city’s history. Low and middle-income New Yorkers are getting priced out of their homes, and the rent continues to rise. We must dramatically increase the pace at which we create new housing, especially affordable housing, so that future generations can afford to live in the neighborhoods they grew up.

Keeping Tenants in their Homes

The best way to combat homelessness is to keep people in their homes in the first place. Mark passed the Right to Counsel, the nation’s first law guaranteeing tenants facing eviction a lawyer in housing court, and we’re fighting every day to ensure tenants can stay in their home.

Making Public Transit Work

Every New Yorker needs to be able to get around New York City safely, quickly and efficiently. We need faster and more reliable buses; a subway system that is well maintained, accessible, and gets you where you need to be on time; more space for pedestrians and New Yorkers in our streetscape; safer bike and micromobility infrastructure; and to implement strategies so that drivers aren’t stuck in congestion.

Improving the Quality of Life

We’re working to make every neighborhood, every block and every community a stronger place to live, work, age and raise a family. That’s why we are working to make sidewalk sheds come down faster, create more accessible public bathrooms across the city, reduce noise pollution, plant more trees in community with too little shade, and more.

Making NYC Healthier

The Covid-19 pandemic put a spotlight on the importance of public health policy in dense urban environments. The Manhattan BP is pushing to create new indoor air quality regulations to keep New Yorkers safe inside, create new, clean, accessible public bathrooms, improve mental health and behavioral healthcare in New York City, and more.

Making Every School Exceptional

Our kids are the future of our city and society, and they deserve and demand every opportunity to thrive. Every school must be exceptional, and must meet the needs of every young person that walks in their doors. From improving indoor air and getting school nurses and social  workers into every single school, to ensuring that school curricula are properly preparing young people for the jobs of the future, our children deserve the best.

A More Resilient and Sustainable NYC

Climate change and resiling sea levels aren’t problems for future generations – they are problems for today. We are taking steps to improve resiliency all along our waterfront, reduce congestion and emissions caused by e-commerce, expand and invest in our parks and urban canopy, and make our economy more sustainable.

A Vibrant, Equitable and Diverse Economy

Small businesses, the arts and labor are the backbone of our economy and were key to our economic recovery from the pandemic. We must take steps to ensure that every part of our economy is prepared for the future.

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