"Rarely does one man (Sheldon Silver) have a chance to do so much harm to so many." - NY Times Editorial, 4/8/2008 For decades, Sheldon Silver's Culture of Failure in Albany has failed New Yorkers and failed Lower Manhattanites. ...
Paul on the Issues
No issue weighs more heavily on the minds of New Yorkers than affordable housing. The average rent of a two-bedroom apartment on the Lower East Side is now over $3,000. NYC has a rental vacancy rate of 0.4% (as...
As a graduate of New York City Public Schools, Paul Newell knows the promises and challenges of America's largest education system intimately. Quality Public Schools have long been the most important rung in the ladder to the middle class. Paul...
The Rockefeller Drug Laws have destroyed thousands of Lower Manhattan families, skewed our law enforcement priorities, cost billions of dollars and utterly failed to address the crisis of drug use in our communities. Thousands of children in this...
In America, equal access to civil rights should be sacrosanct. Yet hundreds of thousands of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) New Yorkers are denied those rights every day. It is high time that we commit to fully embracing...
Sheldon Silver's failure to even schedule a vote on congestion pricing shows his contempt for both the democratic process and concerns of Lower Manhattanites. Congestion pricing is of vital concern to Lower Manhattan. Our community includes the Brooklyn, Manhattan...
Lower Manhattan has been the gateway to America for millions of immigrants. For 200 years we have been enriched by welcoming people from around the world to our neighborhood. That history continues today, and the state government needs to...
