JSA2026 Budget Reform Plan: Fixing What Albany Broke
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The Commonwealth Budget — One Vision, One Plan, One State
Jason S. Arnold • JSA2026 Campaign for Governor of New York
“If it doesn’t help New Yorkers this year, we don’t put it in the page.”
This master post condenses the 25 budget volumes into one plan you can read, verify, and share.
What This Budget Does
- Stabilizes **property taxes** and replaces volatile school levies with a state equalization fund.
- Fixes **MTA** with fair fares, real audits, and reliable power (Nuclear NY).
- Targets **violent crime** while rebuilding lives via Shock rehab, job pipelines, and mental-health first response.
- Launches **Childcare Freedom** so parents can work and kids get care.
- Creates a **public insurance option** + bans credit scores in pricing.
- Funds **Clean Streets**: anti-dumping, rat control, graffiti abatement.
- Locks in **civil liberties** and bans CBDCs via the Liberty & Survival Act.
- Publishes **dashboards** for contracts, crime, fares, education results.
One test for every line item: Does this make New York BETTR for you? If not, it’s cut.
Taxes & Property Relief
- End Property Tax Slavery: 1% cap on homesteads (voter override), ban tax-lien seizures, line-item transparency.
- 2-Year Tax-Free Startup + concierge + fee waivers.
- R3A: One-page forms, sunsets, and dashboards to kill zombie fees.
- Pay-fors: procurement clawbacks, fraud audits, growth recycling.
Education Overhaul (SEZ/LEZ)
- School Empowerment & Local Education Zones: parent boards, choice, vocational pathways.
- Curriculum transparency; phonics/math basics; gifted & CTE expansion.
- Childcare Freedom Act: sliding-scale caps, employer sites, SUNY/CUNY training.
- Metrics: attendance, graduation, remediation ↓, teacher retention ↑.
Transit, Power & Flood Resilience
- Fair Fares: distance pricing + daily/weekly caps + transfer equity.
- Nuclear NY: clean-firm power to harden MTA traction + microgrids.
- Audits, rider watchdog board, open contracts, flood-hardening.
- Subway safety: co-response teams, visible patrols, fare evasion crackdown.
Public Safety & Justice
- Tourism Zone Protection (Times Sq, Coney Island, Niagara); organized retail crime task forces.
- Shock Incarceration expansion: discipline + therapy + trades + job offers.
- Full Safety Plan: detention rules, dashboards, co-response.
Health, Mental Health & Assistance Integrity
- Mental Health First Act: divert crises from ER/jail; protect peer responders.
- Public Assistance Accountability: diagnostics → work or rehab; fraud analytics.
- SUNY/CUNY pipelines for clinicians & childcare workers.
- Transparent outcomes: diversion rates, treatment completion, re-offense.
Clean Streets & Civic Pride
- Illegal dumping cameras + rapid fines; free bins; rat task force.
- Graffiti crackdown + sanctioned mural programs; volunteer cleanup week.
- Vacant property/vehicle seizure → community reuse.
- 311 accountability: deadlines, photos, ZIP-code dashboard.
Insurance & Consumer Protection
- Ban credit scores in pricing; overhaul no-fault fraud.
- Public option for home/auto; cap overhead; transparent rate filings.
- Risk-mitigation rebates (flood/fire hardening).
- Assigned-risk appeals with legal protections.
Liberty & Survival
- Gold/silver tender; garden & water rights; CBDC ban.
- Unity & Accountability Act: protect peaceful protest, punish masked vandalism.
- WEEA: pay transparency, audits, hotline, enforcement.
- Speech protections & anti-censorship legal defense.
Accountability & Open Government
- Line-item budgets, contracts, change orders — all public in real time.
- Rider/Parent watchdog boards with pre-vote review powers.
- Operations audits; eliminate zombie boards; executive bonuses tied to results.
- Public metrics: crime, fares, education, cleanliness, project delivery.
Deep Dive Archive: Keep every detailed volume — link them from a single index page for researchers and media.
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