Childcare & Education
For too long, students in our district have not received the quality education they deserve. To fix this, we must fully invest in our public schools to guarantee that every child in Bed-Stuy and Crown Heights enjoys an excellent education. This means more funding for early childcare, higher education, and everything in between. As your Assemblymember, Eon will work to address the shortage of teachers in our neighborhood's public schools, first by investing more in our existing teachers to raise retention rates. He will ensure that our children have nurses, mental health counselors, and strong after-school programs that will boost literacy and numeracy levels. He will prioritize winning free, quality childcare and education from cradle to college by fighting for no-cost childcare and free and universal CUNY and SUNY.
Everyone who wants to start a family deserves that opportunity, and every child in Brooklyn deserves the best. We must pass the Universal Child Care Act to guarantee the best possible start for every child in New York.
This act will invest in building out our state's childcare infrastructure and put us on the path toward a truly universal system, where every family in our state has quality care, nobody gets priced or means-tested out, and childcare workers are treated with dignity and compensated generously, as the educators they are.
As a product of public schools, PTA leader, and father, Eon believes New York City Public Schools should be vibrant, accessible to all, deeply sustainable, and fully-funded. He will never vote to cut public school funding, and will reject charter school CEOs' attempts to use public money and space for private profit.
Eon supports the Green Schools for a Healthier New York platform, which means he'll push to renovate 500 public schools with renewable energy infrastructure and HVAC upgrades, build 500 green schoolyards and turn heat-absorbing asphalt into joyful green spaces, and create 15,000 union jobs in the process. He'll make sure these upgrades prioritize the most out-of-date facilities, combatting the environmental racism that has long been visited on Central Brooklyn.
Eon will push for truly and permanently accessible schools and funding for education and care for all children, including those with special needs. He sees the goals of greening our schools, ensuring that they're welcoming to all students, and committing to fully-funded public schools as part of the same mission: Raising our children to know that they are loved, and giving them the best possible start in life.
Everyone should be free to pursue their education. The City University of New York was founded in 1847 as the Free University of New York, and only began charging tuition in 1976. Eon believes free college is a common-sense policy in a world where rising tuition costs and student debt often price young people out of the future they dream of—the life they deserve.
Eon will push to make CUNY free again and supply the same policy to the State University system, making our city and state examples for the rest of the country and guaranteeing every New Yorker's right to follow their dreams.