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4. What will your top 3 budget priorities be in your first term as Council Member? 1. Youth and Senior Initiatives 2. School programming 3. Services aimed at strengthening immigrant populations in New York 5. Do you plan to use participatory budgeting to allocate your discretionary funds? Why or why not? I want to solicit community input from my district and community members and leaders prior to deriving a position. 6. Please provide examples of recent legislation in Council that you believe promotes human rights. Human Rights GOAL Legislation 7. Legislation is only one of many ways in which Council Members can work to advance human rights. What ways other than through legislation will you advance the human rights of New Yorkers as a City Council Member? I believe that working directly working with the members of the community is an effective mechanism for promoting human rights. This is a proven tactic that many legislators often do not execute. When I am elected to the City Council, I will make it my priority to work directly with community organizations who aim at promoting the right s of all the constituents in this community. Also, I will work to understand their issues, firsthand so I can effectively relay their messages and adequately represent them in the City Council. I strongly believe in working directly with the members of this community because I too am member of this community. I was born and raised in this district and my lifes story is not unique. I understand what is to grow up and live in an impoverished area. 8. Some advocates contend that the position of the Council Speaker has too much power over the progression of legislation. Please use this space to respond to that critique. I agree power needs to be shifted to the City Council whereby the Speaker should abide by certain guidelines to support the needs of individual districts represented by CMs.