Alex Bores

Environment / Energy Alex will fight to establish a federal climate Superfund that forces the worst carbon emitters to pay for disaster recovery and infrastructure adaptation. Foreign Policy Alex will push for international frameworks to ban fully autonomous lethal weapons systems, establish norms for responsible AI deployment in military contexts, and prevent an uncontrolled AI arms race with China and Russia. His background writing the RAISE Act gives him the technical credibility to lead where others can only follow. Environment / Energy Alex will fight to reverse these dangerous, politically motivated cuts and fully fund the scientists tasked with monitoring our climate. He will also push to drastically expand FEMA's capacity, ensuring that when unprecedented disasters strike, working families and small businesses aren't left waiting months for relief. Housing In Congress, he will fight to pass legislation to stop predatory rent-gouging and provide federal tax credits specifically for rent-burdened households. For Alex, renter protection is about ensuring the New Yorkers who power our economy can actually afford to live in the city. Immigration Alex will use his legislative experience to cut through the red tape and properly fund our immigration courts to clear the backlog, end the chaotic waits, and permanently terminate the inhumane "Remain in Mexico" policy. He will sponsor legislation to guarantee the right to counsel for asylum seekers and aggressively block Trump’s attempts to purge independent immigration judges who refuse to bend to his political agenda. Immigration In Congress, Alex will work to abolish ICE entirely, end the federal government's reliance on invasive tracking tech, and ensure that agents who violate civil liberties are federally prosecuted. Until ICE is dismantled, Alex will fight to ban authoritarian tactics like the masking of federal agents and the use of "Kavanaugh Stops," which allow agents to illegally profile and detain New Yorkers based simply on the language they speak or where they work. Immigration Alex will fight to reform the H-1B process and eliminate this innovation-killing tax, ensuring that the United States remains the ultimate destination for the world’s top professors, doctors, engineers, founders, and creators. Environment / Energy Alex fully backs the principles of the Green New Deal to launch a massive, nationwide mobilization toward renewable energy. By aggressively funding solar, wind, and building decarbonization, we can create millions of high-paying, union jobs right here at home while permanently lowering energy costs for working families. Taxes / Budget He will advocate for increased funding for the IRS specifically to modernize technology and hire the specialized auditors needed to crack down on high-level tax cheats, which will bring in hundreds of billions in lost revenue. Alex is committed to using those gains to alleviate the tax burden on low- and middle-income New Yorkers by expanding the Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit to provide direct relief to families. Healthcare Alex will take on the pharmaceutical lobby by expanding the power of Medicare and Medicaid to negotiate lower drug prices across the board. He will facilitate the safe importation of cheaper drugs to increase competition and, just as he advocated for in New York, he will fight to cap the out-of-pocket costs for essential, life-saving medications like insulin. Defense / Veterans Alex supports a substantial federal investment in raising salaries and benefits for clinicians and other experts at the VA. He also supports the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act, so federal workers can collectively bargain for a living wage and fair benefits. Healthcare Alex will fight to fully reverse the Trump Administration's disastrous cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to ensure America remains the global leader in biotech and vaccine research. Foreign Policy He opposes any deal that rewards territorial aggression and will fight to ensure that American support for Ukraine is not traded away as a political bargaining chip. Housing In Congress, he will ensure federal tax incentives align so that land is either used by its owner for housing and business or sold to someone who will put it to work for the community. Guns Alex will fight to fully fund gun violence research and invest in evidence-based community violence intervention programs that address the root causes of gun violence in our most affected neighborhoods. Housing He believes we can protect our environment without letting red tape stop us from building the homes New Yorkers desperately need. Infrastructure / Transportation Alex will fight to protect New York's middle class from being the nation’s piggy bank by advocating for a cost-of-living exemption that adjusts federal tax brackets to match the actual expenses of living in a donor state and for our fair share of taxes to fund our local infrastructure. Guns Alex will fight to reinstate and strengthen the federal assault weapons ban, pass universal background checks for all firearm sales — including private sales and gun shows — and close the dangerous loopholes that allow firearms to end up in the wrong hands. Housing In Congress, he will lead the charge to secure the billions in federal capital funding needed to clear the NYCHA repair backlog—fixing leaky roofs, replacing broken elevators, and eradicating mold. Working with those developments, Alex will fight to treat public housing as critical infrastructure, ensuring that NYCHA residents live in the dignity and safety they deserve. Housing Alex will work to repeal this relic of the ‘90s and explore using underutilized federal land for residential development, ensuring the government can once again partner in creating homes. Wages / Job Benefits Alex believes childcare is infrastructure — just as essential to our economy as roads and bridges — and will fight to fund new childcare facility construction using the same federal mechanisms we use to build transit and housing. Economy Alex will fight for a national parametric reinsurance stabilization fund, reducing uncertainty and lowering New Yorkers’ premiums. Defense / Veterans Alex will fight to close the 90/10 loophole that lets for-profit schools count GI Bill dollars as “private” revenue and target student veterans. Defense / Veterans Alex will stand up for the freedom of speech of all veterans. When this president has said that it is seditious for veterans to even remind service members of their duty to refuse unlawful orders, there is a risk of a chilling effect on speech overall. Immigration He fully supports a framework that offers a clear, achievable pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and ironclad, permanent protections for DREAMers who know no other home than the United States. Guns Alex will fight to pass federal Extreme Risk Protection Order legislation, modeled on the laws that have already saved lives in states that have enacted them. Government Reform Overturn Citizens United and Eliminate Dark Money. Housing He will ensure that "low-income" housing is based on actual NYC wages, not skewed by structural errors in HUD’s formula that currently make "affordable" units too expensive for the very people who need them. Infrastructure / Transportation Will ensure our tax dollars stay here to modernize Amtrak for faster, cheaper travel and to rebuild the transit hubs our economy depends on. Government Reform Alex will fight to codify alliance commitments into law so that no single President can unilaterally withdraw from NATO or abandon treaty obligations. He will push to fully fund our diplomatic corps and restore the State Department’s capacity that has been gutted under this administration. Environment / Energy Alex views environmental policy through the lens of fundamental justice. He will ensure that federal green investments are prioritized for the minority and low-income communities that have historically been treated as dumping grounds, tackling systemic disparities like high rates of childhood asthma head-on. Taxes / Budget End Junk Fees. Housing He supports declaring a national housing emergency and utilizing the Defense Production Act to streamline the supply chain for building materials. This will allow us to build where the need is greatest while maintaining the strongest possible protections for the workers who build our city. Government Reform Ban Congressional Stock Trading and Insider Betting. Abortion / Contraception Alex will fight to protect reproductive freedom. Healthcare Alex believes healthcare is a human right. Building on his work co-sponsoring the New York Health Act in Albany, he will fight to implement a universal, single-payer healthcare system just as nearly every other developed nation has successfully done. Taxes / Budget Trump’s tariffs have acted as a massive tax on New Yorkers, driving up the cost of everything from groceries to electronics. Alex will not only fight to immediately roll back these policy failures, but will also introduce legislation to provide a direct federal tax refund to the New York families and small businesses that were forced to foot the bill.