Josh Riley
Liberal
Democrat
House Representative
New York - District 19
Current Position: US House Representative NY-19
Running For: House Representative - District 19
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For cutting taxes on the middle class while raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations; supports closing the carried interest loophole, creating a wealth surtax on incomes over $5 million and estates over $25 million, and expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit
Business & Labor
- For labor union rights; supports the PRO Act to make it easier to join a union and harder to bust one
Health Care
- For a public healthcare option and lowering prescription drug costs including allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices
Environment
- For transitioning away from fossil fuels and fighting climate change through clean energy investment and restoring EPA authority
Civil Rights
- For abortion rights; supports sponsoring the Women's Health Protection Act to restore Roe v. Wade into federal law, opposes restrictions on birth control, IVF, and mifepristone, and supports a Constitutional amendment to protect reproductive rights
- For same-sex marriage; supports the Respect for Marriage Act guaranteeing marriage equality
- For LGBTQ+ anti-discrimination protections including the Equality Act and a ban on conversion therapy
Voting Rights & Democracy
- For term limits in Congress
- For overturning Citizens United and removing dark money from politics
- For ending partisan gerrymandering
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For border security including hiring more border patrol agents and immigration judges, and halting fentanyl flow; supports legal immigration while opposing illegal immigration
- For sanctions on International Criminal Court officials who attempt to investigate or prosecute U.S. or allied personnel; voted for the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act
Public Safety
- For gun restrictions including stronger background checks, assault weapons restrictions ('weapons of war') in schools and public spaces, and prohibiting domestic abusers from accessing weapons, while stating support for law-abiding gun owners' Second Amendment rights
- For maintaining law enforcement funding; opposes 'defund the police' initiatives and supports increased resources for law enforcement
- For reforming New York's cashless bail policy to give judges more discretion to keep repeat and violent offenders off the streets
- For eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for non-violent drug offenses