Most candidates focused on housing.
Michael Blake: Eliminate credit scores while expanding income thresholds for housing applications.
Whitney Tilson: I am the only candidate in this race focusing on economic growth. I will fight the anti-business attitudes in the city and reduce the red tape at City Hall to grow our economy by 50% over the next decade. We must expand the pie, not just fight over how to slice it up.
Jessica Ramos: One Good Job is my public employment plan to tackle NYC’s housing, climate, and care crises while creating middle-class careers. Like the original WPA, it will put New Yorkers to work rebuilding the city — proving that one good job can still build a life of dignity and purpose.
Zellnor Myrie: I launched my campaign with a plan to solve the housing crisis and Rebuild NYC with a mandate to deliver one million homes over the next ten years. If we don’t aggressively build homes, we’ll lose New Yorkers who simply can no longer afford to live here. This will be my top priority as mayor.
Zohran Mamdani: On day one, I will begin the process of freezing the rent for over 2 million rent-stabilized tenants by appointing representatives to the Rent Guidelines Board who will vote in reflection of the data: landlord revenue has risen 12.1% while rent-stabilized tenants’ household income is just $60,000.
Scott Stringer: I will create a new position, the Deputy Mayor for Quality of Life, who will respond directly to quality of life concerns across the city, coordinating and holding accountable all city agencies — including the NYPD, where we will refocus on frontline policing and end egregious overtime spending.
Brad Lander: My #1 commitment is to end street homelessness for people with serious mental illness — with a continuum of care that breaks the cycle from subway to street to hospital to jail and back, and a proven “housing first” approach with wraparound services — to make our city safer for all.
Adrienne Adams: To advance housing for New Yorkers, including by building more above libraries while renovating the library branch. My proposal to end early childhood and youth homelessness also could save the city over $1 billion in homeless shelter costs, based on 63% of previous participants moving into permanent homes.
