THE READY FOR YONKERS AGENDA
Fighting For Yonkers Families
FIGHTING FOR WORKERS
Yonkers works because working people keep it running.
Jeannette has spent her career representing workers and understands that strong communities depend on strong labor standards, stable careers, and wages people can actually live on.
PrioritIES:
Reform Tier 6
Support union labor and prevailing wage
Expand apprenticeship pathways
Strengthen workforce recruitment and retention
Connect development to local hiring
FIGHTING FOR WOMEN
Women are carrying enormous economic and caregiving responsibilities, while systems meant to support families continue falling behind.
Jeannette will fight for affordable childcare, healthcare access, workplace protections, and policies that help women build economic stability and opportunity.
Priority bullets:
Expand childcare and after-school support
Protect reproductive healthcare access
Strengthen maternal healthcare services
Support equal pay and workplace protections
Invest in family economic stability
FIGHTING FOR YOUTH
Young people deserve a city where they can build a future; not one they feel forced to leave because opportunities and affordability are slipping away.
Jeannette will fight for stronger schools, workforce pathways, safer neighborhoods, and affordable opportunities for the next generation.
PrioritIES:
Expand after-school and enrichment programs
Invest in workforce training
Support pathways to homeownership
Improve public infrastructure and public spaces
Strengthen educational opportunity
FIGHTING FOR CLIMATE
Climate change is already affecting Yonkers through flooding, extreme heat, and pressure on infrastructure.
Jeannette supports practical investments that protect neighborhoods, improve public health, and build a more resilient city.
PrioritIES:
Invest in resilient infrastructure
Improve flood mitigation
Expand green public space
Support cleaner transit investments
Protect public health from environmental hazards
FIGHTING FOR PUBLIC SAFETY
Public safety means making sure people feel safe in their neighborhoods, schools, parks, and on their commutes.
Jeannette believes strong communities are built through responsive services, youth opportunity, mental health support, and investments that improve quality of life alongside effective public safety strategies.
As Yonkers grows, families deserve neighborhoods that are safe, clean, and supported by systems that work.
PrioritIES:
Support community-centered public safety strategies
Invest in youth and after-school programs
Expand mental health and crisis intervention support
Improve neighborhood infrastructure, lighting, and public spaces
Strengthen violence prevention efforts
Ensure public agencies have the staffing and resources they need
FIGHTING FOR FAMILIES
Families are working harder than ever just to keep up with rising costs, long commutes, and systems under strain.
Jeannette is running to make Yonkers more affordable, strengthen schools and healthcare, and ensure working families have the support they need to stay and thrive here.
PrioritIES:
Lower everyday costs
Expand childcare access
Strengthen schools
Improve transit reliability
Expand affordable housing opportunities
FIGHTING FOR SENIORS
Seniors built Yonkers. They deserve to retire with dignity in the communities they helped shape.
Jeannette will fight to protect seniors from rising costs, strengthen healthcare access, improve transportation reliability, and support policies that help older residents remain safely and affordably in their homes.
Priority bullets:
Expand senior housing and aging-in-place support
Protect fixed-income residents from rising costs
Improve accessible transit and bus connectivity
Strengthen healthcare access and preventative care
Support property tax relief programs for seniors
FIGHTING FOR HEALTH
As Yonkers grows, our healthcare systems are struggling to keep pace.
Jeannette understands healthcare from both the worker and patient perspective and will fight to expand access, strengthen hospitals, and support the workforce families depend on.
Priority bullets:
Expand hospital capacity
Strengthen community healthcare access
Invest in maternal and preventative care
Support healthcare workforce retention
Improve healthcare affordability
FIGHTING FOR ACCESSIBILITY
Too many residents face unnecessary barriers accessing transportation, healthcare, public services, and community resources.
Jeannette believes Yonkers should work for everyone — including seniors, people with disabilities, working parents, and residents navigating language or mobility barriers.
PrioritIES:
Improve ADA accessibility in transit and public infrastructure
Expand language access across public services
Strengthen accessible healthcare access
Support safer streets and walkable neighborhoods
Improve digital and government service accessibility
Invest in infrastructure that allows residents to age in place
FIGHTING AGAINST GUN VIOLENCE
Gun violence affects families and neighborhoods across New York, including here in Yonkers.
Jeannette supports practical solutions that help prevent violence, keep illegal guns off our streets, and invest in the long-term safety and stability of our communities.
Preventing violence also means investing in youth opportunity, mental health support, and community-based prevention efforts.
PrioritIES:
Strengthen community violence prevention programs
Support safe storage and gun safety measures
Invest in youth mentorship and prevention initiatives
Expand mental health and trauma support services
Support efforts to stop illegal gun trafficking
Increase support for organizations working to prevent violence
A Focused Agenda for Yonkers
These priorities are part of Jeannette García’s broader plan to make Yonkers more affordable, better prepared for growth, and stronger for working families.