Issues

Bronx residents are being crushed by out-of-control fees and increasing costs from a building maintenance crisis.
 
An existential threat looms for the historic Amalgamated Houses in Van Cortlandt Village, the nation's first low-equity cooperative houses facing financial and structural demise. Despite the boasting of $10 million in state aid for the Amalgamated, not a cent of this funding has been made available to actually use toward any repairs to date. Morgan will work to end the bureaucratic red tape and advocate for residents living in fear of displacement from potential privatization. Amalgamated and Mitchel-Lamas offer working, middle-income New Yorkers pathways to affordable home ownership, and Morgan will fiercely defend them.
 
The 81st District is where a residential building from NYC Public Advocate's "worst landlords of NYC" took the top spot. Morgan will work to ensure renters know their tenants rights, including rights to form tenants associations. She will ensure unscrupulous landlords in violation of city and state tenant laws are held accountable.

​As a teacher of 20 years, Morgan will bring an educator's voice, as well as a mother's, to Albany. 
 
Bronx families spend the highest percentage of their income on childcare of any U.S. county. This burden is exacerbated by the Borough's larger wealth gap and low median household income compared to national averages. Morgan knows the struggle firsthand. She and her husband, also a teacher, were in debt for five years after paying for childcare on credit cards before their sons were school-aged.
 
Morgan will ensure that Bronx families have equitable access to NYC's newly-expanded free, universal childcare including 2K and 3K programs. She will also work to expand childcare and daytime programs during all those school holidays, including summer, winter and spring breaks.

The vitality of our local businesses and their ability to stay open should be equally a state priority as it is the city's.
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When Morgan gets to Albany, she will work on advancing legislation that directly addresses incentives to help our local business corridors stay thriving. She will work to fast-track a vacancy tax so greedy commercial landlords do not receive tax credits for lingering empty storefronts.
 
She will also start a district-wide program to help small businesses and merchants access opportunities for contracting, subcontracting and purchasing with the state, like Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises including navigating the system to apply for and receive certification.

Whether it's addressing the healthcare worker shortage or calling for additional investments in developmental healthcare clinics, Morgan will address growing concerns of high insurance premiums, obstacles with prior authorizations and a state response to the dangerous and politicized agenda of the  new U.S. Department of Health.
 
As a woman who suffered postpartum hemorrhaging after medical professionals didn't believe her concerns during pregnancy, Morgan will advocate to lower maternal mortality,  especially among women of color.
 
She is proudly pro-choice and will defend reproductive rights for women seeking abortion care in New York no matter their immigration status or residency, in person or by mail.

As a community organizer in the North Bronx who started a rapid response dispatch group in her neighborhood, Morgan has called for the expulsion of ICE out of New York and has hosted Know Your Rights canvasses. She supports dismantling ICE and strongly supports the passage of NY for All in its entirety. Morgan has also called for federal agents to be held criminally liable in a court of law for unconstitutional violations against New Yorkers, including the illegal disappearing of people and detention of children and families. Morgan has and continues to organize bystander and rapid response trainings in the North Bronx.

Morgan is calling for state legislative action in response to the Trump administration’s attacks on disability rights. The Department of Justice removed nearly a dozen Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance guidance for businesses last year. These moves are promises to roll back enforcement of the ADA including Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act–federal civil rights protections for educational services and programs for the disabled that receive funding from the U.S. Department of Education. The Trump administration has shown that they intend to deliver on Project 2025's mission to gut the ADA and dismantle the Department of Education.

As a woman who is legally blind and lives with a visual impairment, Morgan will lead New York's fight for protections on behalf of the disability community.

From transportation safety to protecting our elderly population from scammers targeting seniors,  Morgan believes our aging population deserves more attention.
 
Morgan will prioritize serving seniors with respect and dignity so they can receive timely information and assistance while navigating the many layers of government and new technologies related to applications and interactions. 

Morgan acknowledges that gun violence in a neighboring community impacts the entire district and we should not look away. As an educator, she will look to proactive solutions to address youth-involved street violence by investing in early education and community-led violence interruption programs. She will fight in Albany to increase more funding specifically for the Bronx to address the borough's unique challenges with rising teen-involved gun violence. She is partnering with community advocates for more transparency with NYPD's newly-proposed North and South Patrol Divisions for the Bronx, announced this year in response to the increase in shootings, so public safety measures do not become over-policing and officers can build trust in the communities they serve.

Trans rights are human rights. 
 
Morgan will fiercely defend queer and trans families from making their own decisions with their doctors on gender-affirming care. She will partner with advocates and organizations fighting the Trump administration's threats and unconstitutional rollbacks to LGBTQ+ rights. As an ally, she is working to promote and bring inclusive programming and events to the district.

Morgan strongly advocates for polluters to pay hefty fines and penalties, including illegal dumping across the Bronx. She will also advocate to institute safer and additional green spaces and planting of trees to mitigate highway air pollution that contributes to Bronx children suffering higher rates of asthma.

Morgan is a strong supporter of AI regulation in order to prevent dangers related to privacy and workforce replacement. From unpredictable malfunctioning to potential bias and discriminatory outcomes, Morgan will advocate for a safe balance of the use of AI. 

She opposes unregulated and untaxed expansions of data centers, which are contributing to environmental hazards and rising utility costs passed on to consumers.