Howie Hawkins for Governor campaign is about reclaiming our democracy from the 1%. A "democracy"where a Democrat for Governor promotes austerity budgets while providing tax cuts to the rich, where the Republicans demand even more money for the rich and an end to the New Deal, and where the Supreme court repeatedly rule in favor of the 1% to buy our political system under the guise of free speech.

Howie Hawkins is running on a Green New Deal platform, calling for the state to invest in the transition to a carbon neutral economy as a way to provide living wage jobs to put New Yorkers back to work. His job creation program also included investments in education, infrastructure, mass transit, sustainable agriculture and public jobs. He opposes the austerity budget proposals and tax cuts for the 1% promoted by his Democrat / WFP / I and Republican / Conservative opponents. Hawkins supports banning fracking, ending the war on drugs and providing healthcare for all through a universal, Single Payer system.