Maya wiley series#

Economic Equity & Racial Justice Townhall Series.

вЂњBlack women are qualified to lead and management is something that requires the qualifications that Black women have always had, which is coming together and partnering and leading in partnership to get it done and thatвЂ™s who I am, thatвЂ™s how IвЂ™m running and thatвЂ™s what iвЂ™ll do as mayor.вЂќ She also believes she has the skills necessary for the job. Wiley wants to create a city that works for residents regardless of income, status, or what race you are. She has also lined up an impressive list of endorsements including the Coalition for a District Alternative Progressive Women of New York the Working Families Party and others. WileyвЂ™s plan for New York includes transforming all aspects of the city including criminal justice and policing, healthcare, revenue, and the cityвЂ™s budget. The program will also include protections that will ensure landlords who receive funds will not evict their tenants.

A landlord-based application system, administered through the City Departments of Finance and Housing Preservation & Development, will allow qualifying landlords to receive relief directly for any back rent owed regardless of who their tenants are. WileyвЂ™s housing plan will invest $251 million in federal stimulus money in a direct rent relief program. Legal representation is paramount during eviction proceedings, between 20, 84% of tenants faced eviction without an attorney. A program will offer an income-based right to an attorney for those facing evictions. To help tenants, Wiley will help low-income New Yorkers with legal representation when facing evictions. Wiley also plans to change housing in New York City starting with evictions.

Wiley knows housing was an issue before the pandemic, but COVID has only brought more turmoil to one of the cityвЂ™s biggest issues. The city will also provide universal broadband access and increase access to technology for all students, decrease class size, and ensure all city schools adopt a fully culturally responsive approach to all aspects of the curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment. WileyвЂ™s education plan will also build teams at every city school to provide academic intervention and assist with studentsвЂ™ mental health needs. The Dartmouth College and Columbia University alum also knows the importance of a quality education. We know students a get a significant educational benefit when theyвЂ™re taught by teachers who look like them.вЂќ вЂњThe first thing IвЂ™m going to do is make sure we hire 1,000 new teachers, and weвЂ™re going to focus on those teachers looking like our students.

вЂњFundamentally, we have to recognize that we are not getting enough dollars in the classroom and not supporting enough innovation and in a way that integrates our schools,вЂќ Wiley told BLACK ENTERPRISE. Between the cityвЂ™s back and forth on when to open and close schools the digital divide between students and those whose parents have had to give up focusing on their childвЂ™s education, some of the cityвЂ™s children have lost more than a year of their education. One of the most affected areas of the pandemic was the cityвЂ™s school system. WileyвЂ™s administration will give out more than $30 million in grant funding, not loans, to help small businesses clear the debt that they canвЂ™t repay, whichвЂ™s keeping them from reopening. According to Wiley, small businesses make up half of the jobs in New York City, and Black women are among the fastest growing segment of entrepreneurs. WileyвЂ™s plan will also create aggressive minority and women business enterprise pools so those businesses get the benefit of the money the city is spending.