Collin earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville and a master’s degree in education from Johns Hopkins University. He lives on the Upper East Side with his partner, Haro, and volunteers at Park Avenue United Methodist Church.

Collin currently works as an education consultant advising public school superintendents on education equity and strategic improvement. He previously worked as a teacher, dean, and principal in Harlem and the Bronx.

Collin Thompson’s campaign for New York City Council District 5 is his first run for public office.

Supports cutting bureaucracy, lowering fees, and supporting local entrepreneurs to help neighborhood shops thrive.

- Supports cutting bureaucracy, lowering fees, and supporting local entrepreneurs to help neighborhood shops thrive.

Economy

Plans to station rapid-response teams in each borough to address litter issues as they arise.

Supports committing 1% of the city\u2019s annual budget to protect, improve, and create new parks.

Supports committing 1% of the city's annual budget to protect, improve, and create new parks.

- Plans to station rapid-response teams in each borough to address litter issues as they arise.
- Supports committing 1% of the city's annual budget to protect, improve, and create new parks.

Public Services

Supports raising the starting salary for NYC public school teachers to $108,000 to attract and retain top talent.

Supports ending standardized testing and advancing holistic, skills-based assessments.

Supports making emotional intelligence a core subject area required for all students.

Believes students must be tech-savvy, media-literate, and able to separate fact from fiction in an algorithm-driven world.

Supports expanding paid apprenticeships and creating direct school-to-hire pathways.

Supports prioritizing financial and career literacy by replacing outdated electives with a Life and Career Readiness Lab.

Supports strengthening vocational and technical training to equip students with industry-recognized certifications in skilled trades or emerging sectors.

- Supports raising the starting salary for NYC public school teachers to $108,000 to attract and retain top talent.
- Supports ending standardized testing and advancing holistic, skills-based assessments.
- Supports making emotional intelligence a core subject area required for all students.
- Believes students must be tech-savvy, media-literate, and able to separate fact from fiction in an algorithm-driven world.
- Supports expanding paid apprenticeships and creating direct school-to-hire pathways.
- Supports prioritizing financial and career literacy by replacing outdated electives with a Life and Career Readiness Lab.
- Supports strengthening vocational and technical training to equip students with industry-recognized certifications in skilled trades or emerging sectors.

Education

Supports creating a "Renter's Bill of Rights" to help renters hold landlords accountable.

Plans to transform overcrowded shelters into Community-Integrated Mental Health and Housing Hubs for homeless individuals, employing trauma-informed staff and providing 24/7 supervision.

Supports the Comeback Blocks program, which aims to convert vacant storefronts into local businesses.

- Supports creating a "Renter's Bill of Rights" to help renters hold landlords accountable.
- Plans to transform overcrowded shelters into Community-Integrated Mental Health and Housing Hubs for homeless individuals, employing trauma-informed staff and providing 24/7 supervision.
- Supports the Comeback Blocks program, which aims to convert vacant storefronts into local businesses.

Housing & Urban Development

Supports establishing separate agencies to address mental health and addiction.

- Supports establishing separate agencies to address mental health and addiction.

Public Safety

Supports local control over city buses and subways to reduce bureaucracy, increase accountability, and create a dedicated funding stream for proactive investment and modernization of the transportation system.

Supports ensuring every station is accessible to people with disabilities.

Supports modernizing the subway system with energy-efficient trains and upgraded stations.

Supports using AI-driven systems to predict and prevent transit issues like breakdowns and overcrowding.

- Supports local control over city buses and subways to reduce bureaucracy, increase accountability, and create a dedicated funding stream for proactive investment and modernization of the transportation system.
- Supports ensuring every station is accessible to people with disabilities.
- Supports modernizing the subway system with energy-efficient trains and upgraded stations.
- Supports using AI-driven systems to predict and prevent transit issues like breakdowns and overcrowding.

Transportation & Infrastructure

Wants to expand treatment, intervention, and support services for those struggling with substance addiction.

- Wants to expand treatment, intervention, and support services for those struggling with substance addiction.

Healthcare

Supports implementing waste management strategies to position New York City as a global climate leader.

- Supports implementing waste management strategies to position New York City as a global climate leader.

Energy & the Environment

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Supports neighborhood-led initiatives and citywide campaigns to make sustainable waste management part of everyday life.

Supports reducing bureaucracy and empowering principals and teachers to make decisions.

Supports protecting renters, expanding housing affordability, and addressing homelessness with "real, long-term solutions."

Supports improving the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) system to make it cleaner, safer, more reliable, and modern.

Supports neighborhood-led initiatives and citywide campaigns to promote sustainable waste management.

Supports stationing rapid-response teams in each borough to address litter issues.

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Supports creating a more inclusive and equitable city for all residents.

- Supports creating a more inclusive and equitable city for all residents.

Plans to increase community engagement by ensuring that "the voices of all residents are heard in the decision-making process."

- Plans to increase community engagement by ensuring that "the voices of all residents are heard in the decision-making process."

Supports investing in communities to make housing accessible to all residents, not just the wealthy.

- Supports investing in communities to make housing accessible to all residents, not just the wealthy.

Supports community policing and building trust between law enforcement and communities.

- Supports community policing and building trust between law enforcement and communities.

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