Pro-choice | a) Do you consider yourself pro-choice or pro-life? | ||
No | b) Should abortion be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy? | ||
Yes | c) Should abortion be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
Yes | d) Should abortion be legal when the life of the woman is endangered? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support requiring parental notification before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support requiring parental consent before an abortion is performed on a minor? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods? | ||
No | h) Do you support abstinence-only sexual education programs? | ||
i) Other or expanded principles |
1) State SpendingIndicate what state funding levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.2) State TaxesIndicate what state tax levels (#1-6) you support for the following general categories. Select one level per category; you may use a number more than once.3) Budget StabilizationIndicate which proposals you support (if any) for balancing New York's budget.
Maintain Status | a) Education (higher) | ||
Maintain Status | b) Education (K-12) | ||
Slightly Increase | c) Environment | ||
Maintain Status | d) Health care | ||
Maintain Status | e) Law enforcement | ||
Greatly Increase | f) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
Maintain Status | g) Welfare | ||
h) Other or expanded categories | |||
Maintain Status | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
Maintain Status | b) Cigarette taxes | ||
Maintain Status | c) Corporate taxes | ||
Maintain Status | d) Gasoline taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | e) Property taxes | ||
Maintain Status | f) Sales taxes | ||
Maintain Status | g) Income taxes (low-income families) | ||
Maintain Status | h) Income taxes (middle-income families) | ||
Slightly Increase | i) Income taxes (high-income families) | ||
No | a) Tapping into New York's "rainy day" fund | ||
Yes | b) Allowing grocery stores to purchase licenses to sell wine | ||
Yes | c) Issuing the early release of certain non-violent offenders | ||
No | d) Increasing tuition rates at public universities | ||
No | e) Instituting mandatory furloughs and layoffs for state employees | ||
No | f) Reducing benefits for Medicaid recipients | ||
No | g) Privatizing certain government services | ||
In a time of fiscal crisis as we are in now, we should maintain revenue as possible to maintain vital services but not increase it except for taxpayers in the highest brackets. | |||
For "c" only with stringent review and safeguards |
c) Do you support limits on the following types of contributions to candidates for state government?
Yes | a) Do you support limits on the number of terms for New York governors? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support limits on the number of terms for New York state legislators? | ||
Yes | 1) Individual | ||
Yes | 2) Political Action Committee | ||
Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
No | 4) Political Party | ||
Yes | d) Should candidates for state office be encouraged to meet voluntary spending limits? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
f) Other or expanded principles |
No | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support alternatives to incarceration for certain non-violent offenders, such as mandatory counseling or substance abuse treatment? | ||
Yes | c) Should the possession of small amounts of marijuana be decriminalized? | ||
No | d) Should a minor accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
No | e) Should a minor who sends sexually-explicit or nude photos by cell phone face criminal charges? | ||
No | f) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
d) subject to prosecutorial discretion for borderline cases |
Yes | a) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
No | b) Do you support legalizing mixed martial arts competitions in New York? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support increased state funding for job-training programs that re-train displaced workers? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support expanding access to unemployment benefits? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support providing financial incentives to the private sector for the purpose of job creation? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support increased spending on infrastructure projects for the purpose of job creation? | ||
No | g) Do you support providing direct financial assistance to homeowners facing foreclosure? | ||
h) Other or expanded principles |
Yes | a) Do you support national education standards? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support requiring public schools to administer high school exit exams? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support using a merit pay system for teachers? | ||
No | d) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support the state government providing college students with financial aid? | ||
No | f) Should the state universities of New York be permitted to set their own tuition rates? | ||
No | g) Should illegal immigrants who graduate from New York high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
a) to set standards does not mean to enforce standards based on simplistic measurement instruments |
Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of alternative energy? | ||
No | b) Do you support state funding for the development of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, oil)? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support providing financial incentives to farms that produce biofuel crops? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support state funding for improvements to New York's energy infrastructure? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support state funding for open space preservation? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support enacting environmental regulations aimed at reducing the effects of climate change? | ||
c) I do not support biogas subsidies for large agribusinesses |
Yes | a) Do you support restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support requiring semiautomatic pistols made or sold in New York to microstamp bullet casings? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support requiring background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
No | d) Do you support allowing individuals to carry concealed guns? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support requiring a license for gun possession? | ||
f) Other or expanded principles |
Yes | a) Do you support a universally-accessible, publicly-administered health insurance option? | ||
Yes | b) Do you support expanding access to health care through commercial health insurance reform? | ||
No | c) Do you support interstate health insurance compacts? | ||
Yes | d) Should individuals be required to purchase health care insurance? | ||
No | e) Do you support monetary limits on damages that can be collected in malpractice lawsuits? | ||
No | f) Do you support legalizing physician-assisted suicide in New York? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support allowing doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes? | ||
No | h) Do you support a "presumed consent" organ donation policy? | ||
f) but much more public dialogue needs to take place on this issue g. for patients suffering ill effects of chemotherapy |
No | a) Should marriage only be between one man and one woman? | ||
Yes | b) Should New York allow same-sex couples to form civil unions? | ||
Yes | c) Do you support state funding for stem cell research? | ||
Yes | d) Do you support state funding for embryonic stem cell research? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support the state's use of affirmative action? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in New York's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in New York's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
h) Other or expanded principles |
First priority is to reform New York Senate so that it can function again by passing on-time budgets, by making deliberative process more inclusive, by encouraging bi-partisan cooperation, by reducing cost of legislature. Pass ethics reform legislation. To maintain commitments to education, healthcare, and public safety. Concurrently, to address fiscal crisis in state through elimination of waste and duplication in state government. To hold line or reduce state taxes through greater efficiencis. To improve economic climate for job creation; revitalize Upstate NY economy through targeted initiatives, i.e. "green jobs," tourism, support of small farmers' access to capital |
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