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Ethics & Conduct

Mark Levine has a bachelor's degree in physics from Haverford College and a master's in public policy from Harvard University. He lives in Upper Manhattan with his wife and two kids. 

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Before taking public office, Mark worked as an executive director for the After-School Corporation, a vice president for One Economy, and an executive director for Teach for America. He also worked as a math and science teacher in the South Bronx.

Mark currently serves as Manhattan Borough President. He was elected in 2021 and is currently serving his first term. He previously served two terms as a New York City council member from 2014 to 2021.

Supports the NYC Affordability Fund, which aims to invest up to $2.5 billion to create or preserve 75,000 affordable homes in the next decade.

Supports investing $2.5 billion to create or preserve 75,000 affordable homes over the next 10 years.

Plans to reform procurement and payment rules to ensure timely payments to human service organizations, nonprofits, and community-based organizations.

Supports reforms to make sure nonprofits and community groups get paid on time by the city.

Plans to fight against federal funding cuts to programs like Medicaid and emergency food assistance.

Plans to fight federal budget cuts to programs like Medicaid and emergency food assistance, and protect people who rely on them.

- Supports investing $2.5 billion to create or preserve 75,000 affordable homes over the next 10 years.
- Supports reforms to make sure nonprofits and community groups get paid on time by the city.
- Plans to fight federal budget cuts to programs like Medicaid and emergency food assistance, and protect people who rely on them.

Financial Management

Plans to expand loan programs, ensure small businesses are paid on time, and audit city agencies to eliminate barriers for entrepreneurs.

Supports expanding loan programs for small businesses.

Believes small businesses are hindered by "red tape, late payments on city contracts, and a lack of access to capital," particularly in communities of color, immigrant neighborhoods, and low-income areas.

Believes small businesses, especially in immigrant, low-income, and communities of color, struggle because of too many rules, slow city payments, and trouble getting funding.

- Supports expanding loan programs for small businesses.
- Believes small businesses, especially in immigrant, low-income, and communities of color, struggle because of too many rules, slow city payments, and trouble getting funding.

Economy

Supports filling 3,000 vacancies in the New York Police Department to implement community policing strategies.

Supports filling in 3,000 police officer vacancies to make the NYPD more efficient and cut down on overtime.

- Supports filling in 3,000 police officer vacancies to make the NYPD more efficient and cut down on overtime.

Public Safety

Supports making childcare free or affordable for all families.

- Supports making childcare free or affordable for all families.

Education

As a city council member, introduced and passed the Right to Counsel law, which provides legal representation for tenants facing eviction who cannot afford a lawyer.

Supported a law requiring the city to provide lawyers for tenants facing eviction who cannot afford one.

Supports removing investment limits on affordable housing and eliminating the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit cap.

Supports removing investment limits on affordable housing and expanding tax credits for low-income housing developments.

- Supported a law requiring the city to provide lawyers for tenants facing eviction who cannot afford one.
- Supports removing investment limits on affordable housing and expanding tax credits for low-income housing developments.

Housing & Urban Development

Aims to enhance subway reliability and accessibility, improve sidewalk safety, and invest in infrastructure for safe sharing of roads among cyclists, motorists, and pedestrians.

Wants to make subways more reliable and accessible, make sidewalks safer, and improve streets for people walking, biking, and driving.

Supports congestion pricing and the completion of greenways to reduce traffic and promote environmental sustainability.

- Wants to make subways more reliable and accessible, make sidewalks safer, and improve streets for people walking, biking, and driving.
- Supports congestion pricing.

Transportation & Infrastructure

As borough president, launched campaigns to plant a million more trees.

As borough president, started a plan to plant one million new trees.

As Borough President, pushed for major investments in green infrastructure.

As Borough President, invested in green infrastructure.

Supports divesting city pension funds from fossil fuels, investing in renewable energy, and ensuring public funds advance environmental justice.

Supports divesting funds from fossil fuels and investing in renewable energy instead.

- As borough president, started a plan to plant one million new trees.
- As Borough President, invested in green infrastructure.
- Supports divesting funds from fossil fuels and investing in renewable energy instead.

Energy & the Environment

Supports expanding access to inpatient psychiatric care and improving compensation and workplace standards for mental health professionals.

Supports expanding access to psychiatric care and improving salaries and workplace conditions for mental health professionals.

Supports establishing a loan forgiveness program for mental health professionals who work in public hospitals to reduce student debt and attract talent to the field.

Supports loan forgiveness for mental health professionals who work in public hospitals to attract more workers.

Supports investing in mental health initiatives like Intensive Mobile Treatment, Assertive Community Treatment, and Community Behavioral Health Clinics.

Supports funding mental health programs that send trained teams into the community to help people where they are.

Plans to ensure every neighborhood has access to affordable, high-quality healthcare, keep community hospitals open, hold private hospital systems accountable, and address long emergency room wait times and emergency response times.

Plans to make sure every neighborhood has affordable, high-quality healthcare, keep local hospitals open, and shorten wait times in emergency rooms and for ambulances.

- Supports expanding access to psychiatric care and improving salaries and workplace conditions for mental health professionals.
- Supports loan forgiveness for mental health professionals who work in public hospitals to attract more workers.
- Supports funding mental health programs that send trained teams into the community to help people where they are.
- Plans to make sure every neighborhood has affordable, high-quality healthcare, keep local hospitals open, and shorten wait times in emergency rooms and for ambulances.

Healthcare

Rooting Out Corruption

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Supports establishing clearer standards for mayoral removal in cases of corruption or misconduct.

Plans to launch a secure, anonymous hotline for reporting city procurement, fraud, or misconduct.

Supports accessible public services, including public bathrooms.

Supports building more accessible public bathrooms.

- Supports establishing clearer standards for mayoral removal in cases of corruption or misconduct.
- Plans to launch a secure, anonymous hotline for reporting city procurement, fraud, or misconduct.
- Supports building more accessible public bathrooms.

Public Services

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Mark Levine

Supports participatory budgeting, which allows citizens to directly decide how to allocate a portion of the city's budget.

- Supports establishing clearer standards for mayoral removal in cases of corruption or misconduct.
- Plans to launch a secure, anonymous hotline for reporting city procurement, fraud, or misconduct.

- Wants to make subways more reliable and accessible, make sidewalks safer, and improve streets for people walking, biking, and driving.

- As borough president, started a plan to plant one million new trees.

Before taking public office, Mark worked as an executive director for the After-School Corporation, a vice president for One Economy, and an executive director for Teach for America.

- Supports investing $2.5 billion to create or preserve 75,000 affordable homes over the next 10 years.
- Supports reforms to make sure nonprofits and community groups get paid on time by the city.

Plans to fight against federal funding cuts to programs like Medicaid and emergency food assistance, and to protect vulnerable populations.

Supports filling 3,000 vacancies in the NYPD, improving efficiency, and reducing reliance on overtime.

- Plans to fight against federal funding cuts to programs like Medicaid and emergency food assistance, and to protect vulnerable populations.
- Supports investing in mental health initiatives like Intensive Mobile Treatment, Assertive Community Treatment, and Community Behavioral Health Clinics.
- Supports filling 3,000 vacancies in the NYPD, improving efficiency, and reducing reliance on overtime.
- Plans to ensure every neighborhood has access to affordable, high-quality healthcare, keep community hospitals open, hold private hospital systems accountable, and address long emergency room wait times and emergency response times.

As Manhattan Borough President, advocated for universal childcare.

- As Manhattan Borough President, advocated for universal childcare.

Introduced and passed the Right to Counsel law, which provides legal representation for tenants facing eviction who cannot afford a lawyer.

- Introduced and passed the Right to Counsel law, which provides legal representation for tenants facing eviction who cannot afford a lawyer.
- Supports removing investment limits on affordable housing and eliminating the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit cap.

- Aims to enhance subway reliability and accessibility, improve sidewalk safety, and invest in infrastructure for safe sharing of roads among cyclists, motorists, and pedestrians.

- As borough president, launched campaigns to plant a million more trees.

Supports expanding psychiatric care and improving salaries and workplace conditions for mental health professionals.

- Supports expanding psychiatric care and improving salaries and workplace conditions for mental health professionals.
- Supports loan forgiveness for mental health professionals who work in public hospitals to attract more workers.

Supports using the city pension system's existing Economically Targeted Investments (ETI) fund to invest $2.5 billion to create or preserve 75,000 affordable homes over the next decade.

Has a plan to reform payment rules to ensure timely payments to human service organizations, nonprofits, and community-based organizations.

- Supports participatory budgeting, which allows citizens to directly decide how to allocate a portion of the city's budget.
- Supports using the city pension system's existing Economically Targeted Investments (ETI) fund to invest $2.5 billion to create or preserve 75,000 affordable homes over the next decade.
- Has a plan to reform payment rules to ensure timely payments to human service organizations, nonprofits, and community-based organizations.

- Supports expanding access to inpatient psychiatric care and improving compensation and workplace standards for mental health professionals.
- Supports establishing a loan forgiveness program for mental health professionals who work in public hospitals to reduce student debt and attract talent to the field.

Plans to fight against federal funding cuts to programs like Medicaid and emergency food assistance, and protect vulnerable populations like LGBTQ+ youth, immigrants and low-income New Yorkers.

- Plans to fight against federal funding cuts to programs like Medicaid and emergency food assistance, and protect vulnerable populations like LGBTQ+ youth, immigrants and low-income New Yorkers.
- Supports investing in mental health initiatives like Intensive Mobile Treatment, Assertive Community Treatment, and Community Behavioral Health Clinics.
- Supports filling 3,000 vacancies in the NYPD, improving efficiency, and reducing reliance on overtime.
- Plans to ensure every neighborhood has access to affordable, high-quality healthcare, keep community hospitals open, hold private hospital systems accountable, and address long emergency room wait times and emergency response times.

Mark has a bachelor's degree in physics from Haverford College and a master's in public policy from Harvard University. He lives in Upper Manhattan with his wife and two kids. 

Mark Levine currently serves as Manhattan Borough President. He was elected in 2021 and is currently serving his first term. He previously served two terms as a New York City council member from 2014 to 2021.

- The New York City Comptroller is the city's chief financial officer, responsible for overseeing the city's financial health, auditing city agencies and programs, and managing public pension funds. ​
- This position is elected citywide to a four-year term and can serve up to two consecutive terms. ​
- As of 2020, the Comptroller's annual salary is $209,050. ​
- In the line of succession, if both the Mayor and the Public Advocate positions become vacant, the Comptroller assumes the role of acting mayor. 