Christine Pellegrino's Issue Positions (Political Courage Test)
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Christine Pellegrino has provided voters with clear stances on key issues by responding to the 2020 Political Courage Test.
New York State Legislative Election 2020 Political Courage Test
| Pro-choice | a) Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support legalizing abortion when the pregnancy resulted from incest or rape? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the prohibition of public funds for organizations that perform abortions? | ||
| We need to promote safe sex education in our public high schools. Additionally, New York should make contraceptives more accessible, which is proven to lower rates of unwanted pregnancies. | |||
| No | a) In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing state employee salaries AND/OR pensions? | ||
| Yes | b) In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket? | ||
| State employees have fewer protections; we shouldn't reward their hard work by reducing salaries and pensions across the board. In this time of unprecedented economic crisis, the ultra wealthy. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support a limit on campaign contributions to state candidates? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support the use of an independent AND/OR bipartisan commission for redistricting? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring a government-issued photo identification in order to vote at the polls? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support automatic voter registration? | ||
| Legislators need to do their part to provide every opportunity for people to exercise their right to vote. The default setting should be registered. | |||
| No | a) Do you support capital punishment for certain crimes? | ||
| No | b) Should an individual under 18 accused of a violent crime be prosecuted as an adult? | ||
| No | c) Do you support the enforcement of federal immigration laws by state and local police? | ||
| No | d) Do you support the use of private prisons in New York? | ||
| No | e) Do you support mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenders? | ||
| No | f) Do you support eliminating cash bail for all crimes? | ||
| I believe that there are crimes for which there ought to be bail. But I also believe that we shouldn't create a debtors' prison around the issue of bail. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state government spending as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | b) Do you support lowering state income taxes as a means of promoting economic growth? | ||
| No | c) Do you support reducing government regulations on the private sector? | ||
| No | d) Do you support requiring welfare applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive benefits? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support an increase of the minimum wage of New York? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring employers to provide paid family leave? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19? | ||
| No | h) Do you support the legalization of mobile sports betting and wagering? | ||
| One of the best ways to promote economic growth is ensuring that we are taxing people proportionally based on their income. | |||
| No | a) Do you support adopting federal education standards in New York? | ||
| No | b) Do you support state funding for charter schools? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing teacher salaries AND/OR benefits in New York? | ||
| Yes | d) Should immigrants unlawfully present in the United States who graduate from New York high schools be eligible for in-state tuition at public universities? | ||
| It is well past time for New York to fulfill its promise of fully funding our public schools. Now more than ever, during the COVID pandemic, teachers and schools need state support. We need to let teachers teach authentically. Teachers are the ones who should determine how to meet the needs of children, not the Federal Government. It's best handled at the state and local level. Partisan politics don't belong in our classrooms. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support state funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support government regulations of greenhouse gas emissions? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support increasing state funding for clean drinking water initiatives? | ||
| We need to considerably reinforce the South Shore to withstand storms like Superstorm Sandy. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you generally support gun-control legislation? | ||
| Yes | b) Should background checks be required on gun sales between private citizens at gun shows? | ||
| No | c) Should teachers be allowed to bring guns into the classroom after passing gun safety training? | ||
| Yes | d) Should a license be required for gun ownership? | ||
| We need to enact legislation that helps prevent the sale and use of ghost guns in our communities and provide more funding for research on gun safety measures. | |||
| Yes | a) Should the state government increase funding for treatment facilities to combat opioid abuse? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support Medicaid expansion through New York's health care programs? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support requiring individuals to purchase health care insurance? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support legislation that grants citizens the right to choose to die through euthanasia? | ||
| Yes | e) Do you support eliminating religious exemptions for vaccinations? | ||
| Yes | f) Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| Yes | g) Do you support suspending rent payments for at least 90 days during public health crises, such as COVID-19? | ||
| I want NY to pass safe staffing ratio legislation for nurses, increased support for our home health aides, and mortgage relief for small businesses. | |||
| Yes | a) Do you support the inclusion of sexual orientation in New York's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | b) Do you support the inclusion of gender identity in New York's anti-discrimination laws? | ||
| Yes | c) Do you support greater efforts by New York state government in closing the pay gap between men and women? | ||
| Yes | d) Do you support requiring all public female-designated restrooms to provide free feminine hygiene products? | ||
| It is imperative that we enact legislation like S58B, which streamlines the process of updating gender identity on official documents like state-issued licenses. | |||
| In my district, it's critically important that we invest considerable effort into improving our infrastructure. We have endless miles of roads and bridges, and rail that need to be upgraded. During the pandemic, it's important that we create good paying union jobs in industries such as the Building Trades, which will ensure that people will be able to afford to stay in their homes. | |||
| My top legislative priority is fully funding public schools. During this time of an unprecedented crisis, we should do our utmost to ensure that our children do not feel burdened by the budget cuts due to the pandemic. I support calling on the ultra-wealthy in New York to pay their fair share as they have in the past. |
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