NYC needs a Mayor with a plan.
I’m a son of Korean immigrants, professional problem-solver, dad of 2 Brooklyn kids, and a pro-business progressive. I not only have plans — I have the experience to execute them.
My priorities for NYC:
Affordable Housing
Housing is a human right. Our plan will extend eviction and foreclosure moratoriums to March 31, 2022, cancel debt accrued for both tenants and landlords, provide housing for the homeless, and lower housing costs for all by expanding the City’s portfolio of developable land and converting unused office space into residential and other uses.
Universal Childcare
New Yorkers deserve Universal Childcare, to level the playing field between men and women by creating access to a critical service with clear benefits. Over four years as Mayor, I will gradually roll out free childcare centers throughout the city, helping us to recover from COVID, creating new jobs, and strengthening our communities, not only the affluent ones.
Protecting the Arts
The thousands of people working in the arts industry, maybe who are freelancers, have been left behind during the COVID recovery. My plan creates protections for workers plus support for the industry that makes it a safer and more equitable space for all. The arts and entertainment brings tens of billions of dollars into NYC’s economy each year, and our city will not fully bounce back until the arts are back.
Read more on how Art plans to protect, uplift, and support the arts.
High Quality Education for All
I believe that when a city prioritizes education, everyone has the ability to succeed. Our education system should be re-framed around the priorities that matter to all of us: students knowing their rights in and responsibilities to our civic society, being capable of making positive contributions to our economy, and taking care of themselves and others.
Reimagining Policing and Public Safety
There are more effective and affordable ways to keep people safe than more police. We need to redirect police funds, changing our existing emergency response methods to utilize unarmed responders. We will also regain civilian control over New York City’s paramilitary organizations, and create user-friendly, real-time and transparent data services to better direct services to distressed communities.
Read Art’s full plan on reimagining policing and public safety.
Supporting Small Businesses
Retail stores, restaurants, bars, small entertainment venues, and arts and cultural institutions are essential to rebuilding the city we love and have been devastated by COVID-19. We will form and listen to advisory committees in each industry, and create a volunteer “Innovation Corps” of entrepreneurs who are given the freedom to re-think how the government supports the most distressed industries.
Read more about Art’s plan to reinvigorate small businesses now and in the future.
Why ART?
I am a hands-on doer and problem-solver. Over 35 years of doing the work to make our City better, I’ve gained an unparalleled set of capabilities in many corners of our city’s government.
I put Queens West in the ground -- that’s the LIC waterfront. And because I built it with climate change in mind, it was one of only 2 waterfront developments to not lose power during Hurricane Sandy.
I started 12 small businesses in New York City.
I launched NYC's tech startup industry.
I built Casebook, the first web-based software platform for child welfare.
I’ve worked at CUNY, the City Law Department, the Brooklyn Public Library, and was the first Asian-American appointed to the Campaign Finance Board.
I know this city and how our government functions: I’ve served under 4 Mayors and 2 Governors.
You know our infamous "I Voted" stickers? I co-created NYC Votes to improve transparency in our democracy.
I know every detail about how our City works, and know how to make it work better for the people it's supposed to serve.
Art in the Press
Meet Me.
Art in Conversation. I’d love to meet you in my Open Office Hours. What would you like to change? What are your dreams for your job, your family, your community, for New York City? Ask me anything.