- Apr 14, 2024
Jordan Wright attends Senator Cordell Cleare and CM Yusef Salaam's Eid celebration at Children’s Aid Dunlevy Milbank Center.
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The climate of petitioning season has evolved over the decades for candidates of color seeking elected offices and the approach has especially shifted somewhat since the COVID-19 pandemic, but still they persist: Hitting the streets, knocking on doors, staking out subways during morning commute, and networking with local volunteers to collect signatures.
“I believe that when you are able to get as many people as possible to sign your petitions, it shows that you’re worthy of the position that you’re running for,” said 70th Assembly District candidate Jordan J.G. Wright, who submitted close to a whooping 4,000 signatures on the first eligible filing day. Wright is in a packed assembly race that started off with six other candidates: Shana Harmongoff (about 2,300 signatures), Craig Schley (1,210 signatures), Joshua Clennon, Maria Ordonez, Alpheaus E. Marcus, and Seson Adams.
“Our team collaborated with local Democratic clubs made up of people who are experienced and knowledgeable about our village which was key to making sure we didn’t just collect signatures, but that we did it right,” said Wright.
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Jordan Wright talks about housing policy and where we go from here
“Eviction is a horrible thing for all parties involved,” said Jordan Wright, whose campaign slogan is about connecting the old and new Harlem. “It begets another problem of what happens next because we already have a short stock of housing as it is, now we have more people who are looking for housing.”
Wright said if elected to office he would advocate for the Housing Access Voucher Program, which is aimed towards addressing homelessness; the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA) that makes a path for tenants to buy their buildings from landlords if they can; and the right to counsel programs.
“There are property owners and homeowners who own buildings of all shapes and sizes in varying terms of affordability and we need to be understanding that this would impact all of them in different ways,” said Wright about Good Cause.
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