John Brooks' Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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John Brooks has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2022 Political Courage Test.
New York State Legislative Election 2022 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| b) DO you support raising taxes on any income or on any entity, to promote economic growth? | |||
| c) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | |||
| b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | |||
| c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | |||
| d) Do you support the use of private prisons? | |||
| e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | |||
| f) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of New York? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support New York's state government investing $3 billion in bonds for projects related to the environment and infrastructure? | ||
| Yes | f)Do you support regulating the cryptocurrency industry in New York? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support efforts to establish affordable housing in New York State? | ||
| h) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in New York? | |||
| b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | |||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in New York? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from New York's high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the regulation of campaign contributions from corporations, unions, and individuals? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| No | c) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| e) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| Yes | c) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| b) Do you support a government-run (single-payer) healthcare program such as Medicare-for All? | |||
| Yes | c) Should an individual have the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| d) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | |||
| Yes | e) Do you support expanding paid family AND/OR medical leave opportunities? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support lowering the cost of prescription drugs? | ||
| g) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in New York's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in New York's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by New York's state government in closing gender, racial and other wage gaps? | ||
| d) Other or expanded principles: | |||
| Cutting Property Taxes - Property taxes in New York State are strangling our seniors, and driving away young people who wish to one day own a home. I have introduced a bill that would greatly reduce taxes on our most overburdened homeowners by instituting a 50% cap on their share of taxation. Veterans - Bolster New York's veterans benefits advising program. It is estimated that only 17% of New York's 700,000 Veterans are accessing their benefits. We must redouble our outreach efforts in the Veterans community to access the billions of dollars in federal benefits owed to our veterans. | |||
| Pass Senate bill 1388 which would cap school property taxes for homeowners at 50% of the total tax levy. This plan would establish a hard cap on the share of taxes homeowners can be asked to pay, while at the same time not reducing school budgets because any change in the local tax levy would be made up by additional state aid. This plan is revenue neutral, as it lowers the local levy by an amount equal to the additional state aid a school district would receive. This plan is essential to creating affordable housing across New York State. |
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