Veronica Gonzalez
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Veronica Gonzalez is the Republican and Conservative Party nominee challenging incumbent Keith Powers for NY State Assembly District 74. She is a Lower East Side-raised community advocate, small-business owner and Republican district leader who has not previously held elected office.[1][4]
Positions on the issues
- OpposesKeep congestion pricing in Manhattan
Campaign platform calls for repealing congestion pricing and the tolls that come with it.[4]
“Repeal Congestion pricing and tolls”
- SupportsIncrease police funding and staffing
Campaign platform calls for restoring public safety and rolling back bail-reform policies she says have made communities less safe.[4]
“Restoring public safety, bail reform, and ending policies that make communities less safe”
- OpposesRaise taxes on high earners or corporations
Campaign platform frames small businesses as burdened by excessive regulation and taxes, and criticizes what she calls "failed socialist policies" as harmful to New York.[4]
“Fighting back against socialism and failed socialist policies that wreck New York”
In their words — priorities
- Restoring public safety and reversing bail-reform policies she says have made communities less safe.[4]
- Supporting small businesses she says are burdened by excessive regulation and taxes.[4]
- Repealing congestion pricing and related tolls.[4]
- Passing e-bike safety regulations, which she calls "Priscilla's Law."[4]
- Reforming state guardianship laws and homeless-services/NGO oversight.[4]
Background
- Born and raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.[4]
- Describes herself as a community advocate, Republican district leader, small business owner and author.[4]
- Says she has spent decades doing nonprofit-partnership and community-outreach work, including donating backpacks and school supplies and helping secure direct assistance for NYC families.[4]
- Says she has assisted NYCHA tenants with apartment-repair backlog issues and received the President's Volunteer Service Award and a Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award.[4]