As a “Commissioner of NYC’s Future,” I hope to conceptualize tangible solutions to our city’s policy issues surrounding policing. My research background concentrates on America’s carceral state and the criminal justice system designed to marginalize and exploit predominantly Black and Brown people. With the national recidivism rate being more than 40%, I am very interested in policies grounded in restorative justice approaches rather than punitive punishments that only serve to debilitate and further marginalize people of color. I have always wanted to create programs focusing on building more resilient communities, centering on intersectional approaches towards criminal justice and making a New York where policing serves to maintain order rather than disrupt it.