We're in the midst of a housing crisis, with no end in sight. Rents have skyrocketed, homeownership seems out of reach for too many, people are being priced out of their own communities, and utility costs are astronomical.

I believe we need an all of the above approach.

As your representative in the Assembly I will:

• Champion rural and Upstate housing issues. Our communities have been neglected by Albany for too long. Many of our housing programs support urban areas, or are built without our rural towns and villages in mind. We need to make it easier for smaller municipalities to take advantage of existing housing programs, and design new ones that reflect our rural communities.

• Support locally led housing initiatives. Each of our communities are unique, with their own sets of histories, challenges, and opportunities. These cookie cutter solutions offered by Albany do nothing to help our rural communities. We need policies that put the power back in the hands of our local housing champions.

• Work to streamline New York's housing incentive programs. We need more housing in New York. It's really that simple. And the State has dozens of programs designed to incentivize that! But, as is often the case, the best intentions are befouled by an incoherent, bloated tangle of red tape. We can cut through that to deliver desperately needed solutions.

• Reform New York's zoning. New York's zoning is outdated and makes it hard for our towns and villages to find creative solutions to the housing crisis.