Letitia James Quotes

Letitia James

Profession : Public Servant

Birth : October 18, 1958

No NYCHA resident should have to worry about the walk home at night through their neighborhood after they finish work. Yet for some NYCHA residents, worrying is a part of daily life.

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To my dismay, inadequate signage, non-ADA compliant ramps, narrow doorways, and poorly-placed voting machines are preventing hundreds of thousands of people from exercising one of our most basic rights as Americans.

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Voting is a fundamental right in our democracy.

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Increases in stabilized rents impact rent stabilized tenants directly, but they also affect the affordability of all New Yorkers' rents.

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All New Yorkers have the right to decent housing, regardless of income and rent.

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New York should be a place where everyone can afford to live.

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In today's world, access to the Internet is inarguably critical to function in informal and formal spaces - and the costs to digital segregation are rising.

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If accessing the Internet becomes more difficult for low-income communities, academic and employment competition may be undermined, and could damage the prospects of upward mobility for low-income New Yorkers and further exacerbate income inequality.

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The Internet serves as a channel of endless information through which individuals now access the news, employment opportunities, education, entertainment, etc.

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Putting cops on streets is the most effective way to combat crime.

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Without a doubt, the most fiscally responsible way to increase the number of officers on our streets is to mobilize uniformed officers in administrative jobs and to use civilian employees to fill those jobs.

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More cops on our streets and in our neighborhoods mean safer streets and neighborhoods.

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Most of those whom we honor on Memorial Day died young. They never had the chance to raise a family, build a career, attend the weddings of their children, or be honored in old age.

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I have never had doubts about the courage of the young men and women we sent overseas wearing the uniform.

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New York's buildings must be cleaner and more energy-efficient.

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Brown v. Board of Education was arguably the most important decision of the Supreme Court in the 20th century.

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In reality, handing over public space to private developers does not guarantee that new library spaces will be comparable in size or otherwise remain fully-functional.

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It is imperative that we set the national example and make it clear that companies seeking to do business in New York City cannot be allowed to treat their workers like second-class citizens.

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