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Tony Avella
DWon the General, 2012 New York State Senate District 11
Former Assistant Conference Leader for Policy and Administration of Independent Democratic Conference, New York State Senate
To be claimed
Former Member, Agriculture Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Banks Committee, New York State Senate
Former Chair, Children and Families Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Cities Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks and Recreation Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Education Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Elections Committee, New York State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Environmental Conservation Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Finance Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Fire and Criminal Justice Services Committee, New York City Council
Former Member, Higher Education Committee, New York City Council
Former Member, Housing and Buildings Committee, New York City Council
Former Member, Housing, Construction, and Community Development Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Insurance Committee, New York State Senate
Founder/Former Chair, Italian-American Caucus, New York City Council
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Land Use Committee, New York City Council
Former Member, New York City Education Subcommittee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Temporary Committee on Libraries, New York State Senate
Former Member, Transportation Committee, New York State Senate
Former Member, Veterans Committee, New York City Council
Former Member, Zoning and Franchises Committee, New York City Council
1. Education (K-12)
- Greatly Increase
2. Environment
- Greatly Increase
3. Low Income Housing
- Greatly Increase
4. Law enforcement
- Slightly Increase
5. Transportation and Highway infrastructure
- Slightly Increase
6. City-wide Mass Transit System
- Greatly Increase
7. Revitalizing and Redeveloping Downtown Neighborhoods
- Slightly Increase
8. Water and Sewer Infrastructure
- Slightly Increase
9. Workforce Development (job creation/training program)
- Maintain Status
10. Other
- No Answer
1. Business and Corporate taxes
- No Answer
2. E-Commerce/Internet sales taxes
- No Answer
3. Hotel taxes
- No Answer
4. Parcel taxes
- No Answer
5. Property taxes
- No Answer
6. Sales taxes
- No Answer
7. Use taxes and fees
- No Answer
8. Vehicle taxes
- No Answer
9. Other
- No Answer
1. Enact or enforce city ordinances designed to curb gang related violence.
- X
2. Inform communities when a convicted sex offender moves into the community.
- X
3. Ban the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officers.
- No Answer
4. Support programs that provide job training and placement services for at-risk youth.
- No Answer
5. Prosecute as adults, youths accused of a felony.
- X
6. Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, or disability be prosecuted as hate crimes.
- X
7. Other
- No Answer
1. Encourage private or corporate investment in public school programs.
- X
2. Increase local funds for school capital improvements (e.g., buildings and infrastructure).
- X
3. Endorse teacher-led voluntary prayer in public schools.
- No Answer
4. Support posting the Ten Commandments in public schools.
- No Answer
5. Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any participating schools (public, private or religious).
- No Answer
6. Support charter schools where teachers and professionals receive authorization and funding to establish new schools.
- No Answer
7. Restructure local school districts to make the system more manageable for administrators.
- No Answer
8. Other
- No Answer
1. Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses.
- No Answer
2. Increase funding for existing job-training programs locally that re-train displaced workers or teach skills needed in today's job market.
- No Answer
3. Other
- No Answer
1. Public college and university admissions
- No Answer
2. Public employment
- No Answer
3. State contracting
- No Answer
4. Other
- No Answer
1. Require cities to fully compensate citizens when environmental regulations limit uses on private land.
- No Answer
2. Support funding for recycling programs.
- X
3. Encourage allocating federal funds to assess and clean up abandoned and underutilized Brownfield sites.
- X
4. Other
- No Answer
1. Provide tax credits, low interest loans, or other incentives to businesses to either revitalize or maintain downtown business districts.
- X
2. Encourage cluster development or open space zoning that divides land into large lots and allows development on only a portion of the land while conserving the remainder as open space.
- No Answer
3. Purchase available land within the city for public parks and recreation.
- X
4. Development of a long range growth plan that advocates patterns for newly developing areas that promote a balanced mix of land uses.
- No Answer
5. Other
- No Answer
1. Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or government funded care where necessary.
- X
2. Provide health education to the community on diseases such as Aids, Cancer, and Tuberculosis.
- X
3. Provide sterile syringes to intravenous drug users.
- No Answer
4. Other
- No Answer
1. Maintain current time limits on welfare benefits.
- No Answer
2. Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work.
- X
3. Provide childcare for welfare recipients who work.
- X
4. Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations.
- No Answer
5. Other
- No Answer
Please explain what your two main priorities will be if elected. Please explain how you would obtain any additional government funding needed to implement these priorities (In a total of 75 words or less).
- No Answer
Type: resolution Chamber: upper
Type: bill Chamber: upper
Type: resolution Chamber: upper
