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I’m Shekar Krishnan and I’m running for NYC Council District 25, my home of Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. Sign up for updates below.
Why I’m Running
New York City is facing an affordability crisis, a racial justice crisis, and a public health crisis. It is more important than ever that we have a fighter representing us, who has both the vision and the experience, to make the changes we need. I am running for City Council because Elmhurst and Jackson Heights deserve a leader who will be fearless in standing up to powerful interests when our community’s needs are at stake.
I am ready to fight for you. I have been living in and fighting for our community for more than a decade. Together, we’ve fought for more open space and safe streets, for more resources for our public schools, and against a racist criminal system. I am eager to take this fight to the City Council.
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City Council District 25:
Elmhurst &
Jackson Heights
City Council District 25
Elmhurst &
Jackson Heights
Elmhurst and Jackson Heights are among the world’s hardest hit areas by the Coronavirus pandemic. This was the result of decades of disinvestment in our community, neglect of our health care needs, and overcrowding in homes caused by a failure to provide truly affordable housing for our community residents. We have a plan to address the systemic and chronic problems plaguing us, built on years of listening to and organizing within our community. Our campaign will put forward the most comprehensive platform of policy solutions to address the interlocking challenges facing us.
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Shekar’s platform
Now is the time for bold, inclusive change which both roots out corruption in politics and puts power in the hands of the people, especially our workers, our immigrants, and our families.
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Shekar’s Plan For
Housing Justice
Shekar’s Plan For
Housing Justice
It is the role of government to ensure that every human being has an affordable, dignified, and permanent place to live.
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Shekar’s Plan For
Community Safety & Justice
Shekar’s Plan For
Community Safety & Justice
We must address the racism and violence underlying the criminal institutions of our society and keep New York’s communities safe.
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Shekar’s Plan For
Immigrant Justice
Shekar’s Plan For
Immigrant Justice
We as a city have an obligation to defend immigrant New Yorkers and resist all efforts by the federal government to co-opt our infrastructure to feed the deportation machine.
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51 Council Members in 52 Weeks: District 25, Shekar Krishnan
The majority of the New York City Council members are new and are part of a class that is the most diverse and progressive in city history. Over the next year Brian Lehrer will get to know all 51 members. This week, Councilmember Shekar Krishnan talks about his priorities for District 25, which includes the neighborhoods of Elmhurst and Jackson Heights..
Five-point plan for NYC Parks unveiled
Councilmember Shekar Krishnan (D-Jackson Heights) gathered along with Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, Councilmembers Sandra Ung (D-Flushing) and Mercedes Narcisse (D-Brooklyn) and more at the Flushing Meadows Corona Park Unisphere on Monday to present his five-point plan for expanding New York City parks.
Krishnan was appointed chair of the City Council’s Parks and Recreation Committee at the start of the term. At the time, he said, “Our parks are a matter of social justice.”
That sentiment was abundantly clear as he presented the five-point plan on Monday.
How Our Parks Can Save Our City
New York City’s parks literally saved lives during the pandemic. In my community of Jackson Heights and Elmhurst, our open spaces allowed us to escape the physical, mental, and social constraints of quarantine into fresh air. Today, our parks, pools, playgrounds, and plazas are places of reconnecting and healing for a community pushing forward from its days as the epicenter of a global crisis.
Across our city, parks and public spaces will be essential to meeting the multiple challenges we face, from health care to climate change and more. We must recognize the extraordinary value of our park system and deepen our investment for all neighborhoods, and for future generations. Every community needs and deserves the space to thrive.
Renewed push for NYC to cut ties with Bronx golf course licensed to Trump
Councilmember Shekar Krishnan, chair of the council’s committee on parks and recreation, says it’s long past due for the city to terminate the license it has with the Trump Organization regarding the public golf course Trump Links at Ferry Point in the Bronx.
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