Issue Position: Education

Issue Position

It is imperative that we offer all our young people access to high quality, affordable education.

The costs of college have skyrocketed, and students today face crushing debt loads. In Congress, I am fighting to lower interest rates on student loans, ease the process for students and graduates to pay off their loans, and provide incentives to colleges to lower their skyrocketing tuition rates.

As a product of the New York City schools, I appreciate the value of a strong public education system, and oppose attempts to marginalize it. I also support strong private and religious school options for our city's students. We must keep our schools open, hire more teachers, and save after-school and extracurricular programs.

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