On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (NY) - District 13
Adriano Espaillat is currently being tested through the 2024 Political Courage Test.
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding abortion.
a) Abortions should always be illegal. | |||
X | b) Abortions should always be legal. | ||
c) Abortions should be legal only within the first trimester of pregnancy. | |||
X | d) Abortions should be legal when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape. | ||
X | e) Abortions should be legal when the life of the woman is endangered. | ||
f) Prohibit public funding of abortions and of organizations that advocate or perform abortions. | |||
X | g) Authorize pharmacists and nurses to dispense emergency contraception (morning-after pill). | ||
h) Other or expanded principles |
State Budget: Indicate the funding levels (#1-6) you will support for the following general categories. Select one level per category.State Taxes: Indicate the tax levels (#1-6) you will support. Select one level per tax.
Greatly Increase | a) Education (Higher) | ||
Greatly Increase | b) Education (K-12) | ||
Slightly Increase | c) Environment | ||
Slightly Increase | d) Health care | ||
Greatly Increase | e) Law enforcement | ||
Maintain Status | f) Transportation and highway infrastructure | ||
Maintain Status | g) Welfare | ||
h) Other or expanded categories | |||
Yes | i) Should the Assembly adopt a contingency budget when a budget is not approved for the new fiscal year? | ||
j) Other or expanded principles | |||
Greatly Increase | a) Alcohol taxes | ||
Maintain Status | b) Capital gains taxes | ||
Greatly Increase | c) Cigarette taxes | ||
Maintain Status | d) Corporate taxes | ||
Slightly Increase | e) Estate taxes | ||
Greatly Decrease | f) Gasoline taxes | ||
Slightly Decrease | g) Income taxes (incomes below $75,000) | ||
Greatly Increase | h) Income taxes (incomes above $75,000) | ||
Maintain Status | i) Property taxes | ||
Eliminate | j) Sales taxes | ||
Greatly Decrease | k) Vehicle taxes | ||
l) Other or expanded categories | |||
Yes | m) Should Internet sales be taxed? | ||
n) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding campaign finance and government reform.c) Do you support limiting the following types of contributions to state legislative and gubernatorial candidates?
No | a) Do you support limiting the number of terms for New York governors? | ||
No | b) Do you support limiting the number of terms for New York state senators and representatives? | ||
Yes | 1) Individual | ||
Yes | 2) PAC | ||
Yes | 3) Corporate | ||
Yes | 4) Political Parties | ||
Yes | d) Do you support requiring full and timely disclosure of campaign finance information? | ||
Yes | e) Do you support imposing spending limits on state level political campaigns? | ||
Yes | f) Do you support adopting statewide standards for counting, verifying, and ensuring accuracy of votes? | ||
Yes | g) Do you support prohibiting the reporting of media exit polling results until all polling locations in New York are closed? | ||
Yes | h) Should New York recognize civil unions between same-sex couples? | ||
Undecided | i) Should New York restrict marriage to a union only between a man and a woman? | ||
j) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding crime.Drug Law Issues: Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding drug laws in New York.
a) Increase state funds for construction of state prisons and for hiring of additional prison staff. | |||
b) Support the death penalty in New York. | |||
X | c) Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released. | ||
d) End parole for repeat violent offenders. | |||
e) Minors accused of a violent crime should be prosecuted as adults. | |||
X | f) Increase state funding for community centers and other social agencies in areas with at-risk youth. | ||
X | g) Increase funding for state and local emergency agencies to prevent and to respond to terrorist attacks. | ||
h) Allow prosecutors to try an accused terrorist based solely on the testimony of an accomplice. | |||
i) Let prosecutors get a single warrant to tap every telephone used by a suspected terrorist. | |||
j) Prevent judges from tossing terror evidence out of court if the authorities seized it in good faith under a warrant that later proved defective. | |||
X | k) Give prosecutors the right to obtain state tax information about suspected terrorists. | ||
l) Other or expanded principles | |||
a) Strengthen penalties and sentences for drug-related crimes. | |||
X | b) Strengthen penalties for those convicted of distributing drugs while armed. | ||
X | c) Strengthen penalties for those convicted of distributing drugs to, or with the aid of, minors. | ||
X | d) Send first time non-violent drug offenders to rehabilitation treatment centers, not correctional facilities. | ||
e) Decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. | |||
X | f) Expand the degree of judicial discretion in drug law sentencing. | ||
g) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education.Education Funding Issues: Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding education funding.
a) Support national standards and testing of public school students. | |||
b) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any public school. | |||
c) Provide parents with state-funded vouchers to send their children to any private or religious school. | |||
X | d) Increase state funds for school capital improvements (e.g. buildings and infrastructure). | ||
X | e) Increase state funds for hiring additional teachers. | ||
X | f) Support teacher testing and reward with merit pay. | ||
g) Endorse voluntary prayer in public schools. | |||
h) Require public schools to administer high school exit exams. | |||
X | i) Provide state funding to increase teacher salaries. | ||
X | j) Increase funding for Head Start programs. | ||
X | k) Provide state funding for tax incentives and financial aid to help make college more affordable. | ||
X | l) Support sexual education programs that include information on abstinence, contraceptives, and HIV/STD prevention methods. | ||
m) Support abstinence-only sexual education programs. | |||
n) Other or expanded principles | |||
X | a) Schools should be funded equally by state funds and local property taxes. | ||
b) Schools should be funded primarily by local property taxes. | |||
c) Schools should be funded primarily by state funds. | |||
d) Funds from affluent school districts should be redirected to meet the needs of poorer districts. | |||
e) New York should increase the number of video lottery machines to help pay for education. | |||
f) Other or expanded principles |
Employment: Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding employment.Affirmative Action: Should race, ethnicity, or gender be taken into account in state agencies decisions on:
X | a) Increase funding for state job-training programs that re-train displaced workers and teach skills needed in todays job market. | ||
b) Reduce state government regulations on the private sector in order to encourage investment and economic expansion. | |||
X | c) Provide low interest loans and tax credits for starting, expanding, or relocating businesses. | ||
X | d) Provide tax credits for businesses that provide child care for children in low-income working families. | ||
X | e) Increase state funds to provide child care for children in low-income working families. | ||
X | f) Increase the state minimum wage. | ||
g) Other or expanded principles | |||
Yes | a) Public employment | ||
Yes | b) State college and university admissions | ||
Yes | c) State contracting | ||
d) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding the environment and energy.
X | a) Promote increased use of alternative fuel technology. | ||
b) Support increased production of traditional domestic energy sources (e.g. coal, natural gas, and oil). | |||
X | c) Use state funds to clean up former industrial and commercial sites that are contaminated, unused, or abandoned. | ||
X | d) Support funding for open space preservation. | ||
X | e) Enact environmental regulations even if they are stricter than federal law. | ||
f) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding guns.
X | a) Maintain and strengthen the enforcement of existing state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | ||
b) Ease state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
c) Repeal state restrictions on the purchase and possession of guns. | |||
d) Allow citizens to carry concealed guns. | |||
X | e) Require manufacturers to provide child-safety locks on guns. | ||
X | f) Require background checks on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows. | ||
X | g) Support current licensing requirements for gun possession. | ||
X | h) Ban .50-caliber rifles. | ||
i) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding health.Medicaid Funding Issues: Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding Medicaid funding.
X | a) Ensure that citizens have access to basic health care through managed care, insurance reforms, or state-funded care where necessary. | ||
X | b) Require insurance companies to provide mental health services at parity with physical health services. | ||
c) Limit the amount of punitive damages that can be awarded in medical malpractice lawsuits. | |||
X | d) Support patients' right to sue their HMOs. | ||
X | e) Support patients' right to appeal to an administrative board of specialists when services are denied. | ||
f) Guaranteed medical care to all citizens is not a responsibility of state government. | |||
g) Legalize physician assisted suicide in New York. | |||
h) Allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to their patients for medicinal purposes. | |||
i) Other or expanded principles | |||
X | a) Funding for Medicaid should come primarily from the state government. | ||
b) Funding for Medicaid should come exclusively from the state government. | |||
X | c) Funding for Medicaid should come from both the state and county governments. | ||
d) Shift long-term care Medicaid payments currently made by individual counties to the state. | |||
e) Cap every countys portion of Medicaid payments at present levels. | |||
f) Create a preferred drug list to reduce Medicaid costs. | |||
g) Transfer more existing Medicaid recipients into managed care programs. | |||
h) Other or expanded principles |
Indicate which principles you support (if any) regarding welfare and poverty.
a) Support increased work requirements for able-bodied welfare recipients. | |||
b) Increase funding for employment and job training programs for welfare recipients. | |||
c) Increase access to public transportation for welfare recipients who work. | |||
d) Limit benefits given to recipients if they have additional children while on welfare. | |||
e) Redirect welfare funding to faith-based and community-based private organizations. | |||
f) Use federal TANF (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) funds to extend health and child care subsidies to the working poor. | |||
g) Support marriage promotion programs for welfare recipients. | |||
h) Eliminate government-funded welfare programs. | |||
i) Other or expanded principles |
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