Aaron Commey
Aaron Commey was a Libertarian candidate for mayor of New York, New York. Commey was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.
Elections
2017
New York City held elections for mayor, public advocate, comptroller, and all 51 seats on the city council in 2017. New Yorkers also voted for offices in their boroughs: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.
Primary elections were scheduled for September 12, 2017, and the general election was on November 7, 2017. Under New York law, candidates who run unopposed in a primary or general election win the nomination or election automatically, and their names do not appear on the ballot.[1] The following candidates ran in the general election for mayor of New York City.
| Mayor of New York City, General Election, 2017 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Bill de Blasio Incumbent |
66.17% | 760,112 | |
| Republican | Nicole Malliotakis | 27.59% | 316,947 | |
| Reform | Sal Albanese | 2.13% | 24,484 | |
| Green | Akeem Browder | 1.44% | 16,536 | |
| Smart Cities | Michael Tolkin | 0.98% | 11,309 | |
| Dump the Mayor | Bo Dietl | 0.97% | 11,163 | |
| Libertarian | Aaron Commey | 0.24% | 2,770 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.47% | 5,343 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,148,664 | |||
| Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 General Certified Election Results," November 28, 2017 | ||||
Campaign themes
2017
Commey's campaign website included the following themes for 2017:
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My personal experiences with the criminal justice system woke me up to the realities of government gone wild. As Nelson Mandela so eloquently stated it wasn't until I spent time in prison that I truly knew this country. I vowed that I would not sit idly by and hope the system changed and that politicians started putting the people first but that I would stand up and be the change I wanted to see. Education Education being critical to allowing people to build better lives for themselves requires us to honestly examine the shortcomings of today’s current system and seek to provide drastic improvements in quality and efficiency. In addition to allowing parents to have greater freedom over their children’s education I believe we need to do a better job of providing parents greater, more diverse and higher quality choices in education. I think a better alternative to providing free college for all is providing a better more fruitful education in basic education. If people are not able to provide for themselves without a college degree it requires us to examine and correct the deficiencies of primary and secondary education. One of the biggest changes I wish to introduce to New York City Public Schools is teaching basic principles of economics, business and entrepreneurship. Teaching the next generation of New Yorkers how to become financially independent will go a long way to lowering crime, reducing unemployment, and winning the war on poverty. Criminal Justice Reform A complete overhaul of the criminal justice system is long overdue and requires addressing the failings of this system at each stage of the process. Legislative: We need to address our motivation behind and approach to making and passing new legislation. We also need to conduct this analysis with allowing current laws to continue to exist. Laws should not be enacted to impose personal views of morality on others. This includes not expanding the war on drugs, not expanding prostitution laws, and not enacting new “sin taxes”. This also includes introducing legislation repealing current laws in the above areas. Enforcement: We need to focus not only on accountability of police officers but limiting their negative interactions with the public by limiting the scope and reach of legislation. By curtailing legislation we can lessen the amount of adversarial encounters between civilians and officers. We must end intrusive policies like stop and frisk and place value on civil liberties of all New Yorkers. Prosecution and Judiciary: We need to ensure that Government officials at all levels of the criminal justice system are adhering to statutory and constitutional law. We need to review and strengthen modes of accountability for prosecutors and judges in relation to all criminal defendants regardless of race and socio-economic status.[2][3] |
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| —Aaron Commey (2017) | ||
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See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ New York Election Law, "Sec 6-160. Primaries," accessed July 14, 2017
- ↑ Aaron Commey 2017 campaign website, "Platform," accessed October 19, 2017
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
