2. 1) Reduce District Spending
1) Remove top heavy administrative positions in all departments
2) Fair Magnet Lottery Process
1) More Seats for New Haven Residents
2) No political influences
3) Improve Early Childhood Education
1) Increase resources
2) Expose low-income children to more vocabulary
3) Create a better plan of development that begins at birth
4) Ensure that every child is reading at or above grade level before
being promoted from the 3rd grade (6 times more likely to Drop-
out)
4) Implement a 21st Century Digital Conversion plan for
the district
1) Wi-Fi access in all school building & low income neighborhoods
2) Replace textbooks by providing every student with a Kindle &
download books
3) Install Eno Boards in all classrooms
5) Wrap-Around Services
1) Address trauma experienced students
2) Ensure proper nutrition for children during non-school hours
3. 1) School Leadership
2) Learning Climate
3) Ambitious Instruction
4) Professional Capacity
5) Family & Community Ties
4. 1) Create a Small Business Incubator on major
avenues of distressed neighborhoods to support
economic independence and job opportunities.
2) Enhance the waterfront (Long Wharf)
1) Restaurants
2) Luxury Apartments (w/underground parking)
3) Aquarium /New Haven Historical Museum
3) Create a Major Transportation Hub
1) Enhance rail service
2) Expand Parking
3) Create New Retail
4) Provide Commuter Services
4) Improve entertainment & include more businesses
during major city events to make New Haven a
premier destination for tourism
5) Identify and build on developable land around
downtown and other prime locations to create
more taxable property (ex. 360 State Street)
5. 1) Partner with state legislators to
re-create a New Haven
residency requirement for all
new city employees
2) Lobby the Civil Service Board to
increase the points awarded to
qualifying New Haven residents
from 5 to 10 points.
3) Continue efforts to recover
17,500 jobs loss since 2008
(according to the Workforce
Alliance) by supporting the “Jobs
Pipeline” Initiative
6. 1) Create a larger supply of talent by
providing better information to
educational providers about
emerging jobs and skill
requirements
2) Collaborate with city employers to
develop a better system for
finding, evaluating, and arranging
job specific training (ex. CONNCAT)
for prospective employees
3) Create real partnerships between
NHPS and city employers to hire
non-college bound high school
graduates
1) Vocational Schools
7. 1) Hold property assessors
accountable for accurate
property assessments
2) Tax incentives for the upkeep of
property by home owners
8. 1) Enforce the law that states “all
city employees must live
within _X__ mile radius to
work for the city”
2) Create a blue ribbon task force
to examine the establishment
of a commuter tax for non-
residents of New Haven who
are public employees
3) Examine proposed City budget
& prioritize spending to save
taxpayer dollars
4) Responsible contracting that
saves tax dollars
9. 1) Establish more effective Prison to Community Re-
Entry Programs (ex. EMERGE program)
2) Create proactive wrap-around services for youth
“highly at-risk” of joining violent gangs
3) Civil Injunction - Collaborate with federal
prosecutors, probation & parole officers to
improve the monitoring of the city’s most violent
repeat offenders
4) Violent Offender Registry
5) Create a special task force to find and arrest illegal
gun dealers
6) Install more street cameras and better streets
lights in the city’s most violent neighborhoods to
deter crime
7) Reduce blight and increase neighborhood safety
by giving foreclosed properties in crime ridden
areas to municipal employees.
1) Tax Exempt first 5 years
2) Delay loan payment for 3 years
3) NH police officers must reside in these homes
10. 1) Improve services to low income housing residents and help
them develop the skills necessary to become self-sufficient and
economically independent (Moving To Work program)
1) Access to jobs
2) Job Training
3) Educational programs
4) Increase housing choices
2) Strengthen existing and create new programs that support the
academic, social, emotional and cultural growth of our city
youth:
1) Better use of technology to share info. about city services available
2) Create Youth Development Centers (ex. The Door, NY)
3) Increase Job Opportunities (Youth @ Work - 600 to 1200 jobs)
4) Job Readiness Programs (soft skills)
5) Mentoring Initiatives
3) Protect and improve the quality of life for Senior Citizens:
1) Support for grandparents raising grandchildren
2) Support with foreclosures
3) Repairs and improvements to Senior Citizen Centers
4) Assistance with Rent Rebate Program
5) Support low-income seniors facing hunger and homelessness
6) Create more wellness and recreational activities
11. Should be accessible & quality
Affordable Health Insurance Plans
12. Celebrate Our differences
◦ We are part of a whole
◦ Cultures of NH Neighborhoods
(Westville, Dixwell-Newhallville, Fair
Haven, Wooster Square, East Rock,
etc…)
Support Domestic Partnerships
for Gay Men & Lesbians
◦ Ex. Jason Collins, NBA Player
13. 1) Energy audits in City buildings
1) Lead Poising
2) Plant more trees (“Elm City”)
3) Promote LEED Gold certified buildings
4) Invest in clean, green technologies of
the future
5) Improve energy efficiency
6) Embracing renewable energy
7) Encouraging alternative transportation
1) Pedestrian & bicycle friendly,
2) Traffic calming measures
3) Safety Measures
1) Reduces asthma /highways, major ateries
14. Dysfunctional Families/Absent Parent
◦ Unprepared parents
◦ Lack of Parental Control
Failure in School
◦ Lack of Parental Involvement
(job, intimidated,
Unemployment
◦ Lack of 21st Century Skills
Crime
◦ Easy Access to Guns & Drugs
◦ Peers with Similar Issues
15. 1) GUN FIRE (Neighborhoods & schools)
1) Move Police Firing Range
2) Move Police Department Closer
2) Lead Poising in Low-Income & Older housing
1) Stop use of Lead Based Paint
2) Relocate families to lead safe housing
3) Treat children exposed at YNHH
4) Educate the community about dangers
1) reduces IQ, learning disabilities, Dev. Delays, etc.)
3) Air Quality in Low-income areas near high traffic
1) Encourage Alternative Transportation
1) Walk, Bike, Ride Bus or Train to reduce carbon, reduce congestion, traffic
noise
16. Law Abiding & Hard Working should be
allowed to stay / Common Sense Laws
Legal path to citizenship could be offered soon
Keep families in tact / Not poverty
The American Dream should be accessible to all
that are here
Provide easier access to Higher Education /
Pass “The Dream Act”
My students work hard & deserve opportunity
Pay higher college tuition (out-of-state)
Ineligible for Federal Financial Aid
Provide access to Driver’s License
Ineligible for license
Fear of police
Unprotected from crimes
No car insurance against accidents
No bank accounts or loans
17. Remedy Wage Gap
◦ $5,000 less than the typical man ($37K vs. $42K)
◦ 44% of Household headed by single mothers are poor
◦ Many households rely on women’s earnings to stay out of
poverty
◦ 28% of NH women live in poverty compared to 11% in CT
◦ 11% unemployed in New Haven / 8% nationally
Support Women (led & initiated) Businesses
◦ Only 15% MBE participate in school & non-school
construction
Strong Career & Educational Counseling
A Comprehensive Health Curriculum in NHPS
◦ Address Mental & Physical health
◦ Prevention of dating violence
◦ Uninsured: 21% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% White
◦ Higher rates of infant mortality among Hispanic &
Black babies
◦ Disease challenges: HIV, heart disease, diabetes, high
cholesterol,
18. Stop Abuse & Neglect
◦ DCF
◦ School Social Workers
Support Foster Children &
Orphans
◦ Schools & Community Agencies
Provide access to Proper
Nutrition, Dental & Health
19. Affordable Rents
◦ Enforce Fair Housing Act
Excessive Rents
Livable Homes
◦ Lead Poisoning
◦ Pollution
Secure Homes
◦ Foreclosures
◦ Excessive Taxes
20. EDUCATION
◦ Success by 6 program
◦ Elementary prepared to succeed in later grades
◦ HS students graduate
INCOME
◦ Workforce Development
◦ Access to Benefits
◦ Financial Education
◦ Stable & Affordable Housing
HEALTH
◦ Access to Quality Healthcare
◦ Preventive Healthcare Access
21. History of Union Political Action
◦ Fair Labor Standards Act
Children in Workplace
61 hour work weeks
◦ Minimum Wage
◦ Worker’s Compensation
◦ Family Medical Leave Act
Healthcare Reform
◦ Ease the burden on permanent full-time employees
◦ Affordable / Fair Percentage of Income
Create Jobs
◦ Build and Repair Infrastructure / Surface Transportation Act
◦ Create a Pathway to Middle Class
High Wage / High Skill Economy
Retirement Security
◦ Avg. State Employee Pension = $27,000
◦ 401Ks vs. Retirement Security
◦ Must fully fund state and local pension funds
Young Workers – 23% Unemployed in CT /31% Uninsured
◦ Graduate Students in Unions
◦ Make College Education More Affordable to Decrease Debt
22. Going after most
violent offenders
California Supreme
Court upheld
◦ Previous Candidates
Concern for Not only
for my two sons (AA
males), for other
parents who fear that
dreaded phone call
23. Change the system that
created problem
◦ Review public policy
◦ Create public policy conversations
Provide Emergency Shelter that
safe & supportive
Access to a Case Manager to
develop a family success plan
Help become self sufficient
◦ Job Readiness Program
◦ Budget workshops
