William Raudenbush

William Raudenbush

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William Raudenbush was a Stand Up Together candidate for District 6 representative on the New York City Council in New York. Raudenbush was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.

Elections

2017

See also: Municipal elections in New York, New York (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. Incumbent Helen Rosenthal (D) defeated Hyman Drusin (R) and William Raudenbush (Stand Up Together) in the general election for the District 6 seat on the New York City Council.

New York City Council, District 6 General Election, 2017
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Helen Rosenthal Incumbent	86.92%	32,286
	Republican	Hyman Drusin	10.04%	3,731
	Stand Up Together	William Raudenbush	2.62%	973
		Write-in votes	0.41%	153
Total Votes				37,143
Source: New York City Board of Elections, "2017 General Certified Election Results," November 28, 2017

Campaign themes

2017

Raudenbush's campaign website included the following themes for 2017:

“	As Council Member, I will empower you through accessible transparency. Expensive new programs need cost/benefit analysis. de Blasio has increased spending by 20% from $70 Billion to $85 Billion. We need to see more tangible benefits from increased spending. Digitize the City Budget. The city should make the online City Budget searchable, indexed, and organized in order to access the relative information contained within does not live up to the claim of transparency. It is time for NYC to use design/build contracting. Design/Build combines the design and construction into a single contract. Many other cities like Denver have adopted this approach with great success. Advantages of design/build are increased accountability, better budget management, faster project completion, and quality control. Fight for home rule, so that NYC can determine its own future better. We know what is best for our city, Andrew Cuomo should not be behaving like a dictator and overruling city decisions made by elected representatives from every borough. A New York State Constitutional Convention is necessary to pass the broad ethics reform and broadened voter access our leader in Albany have repeatedly blocked. Stop Corruption and the Culture of Pay-to-Play I believe that government officials are public servants, and should serve their constituents, not their own self-interest. Reform campaign finance laws so that “doing business with the city” includes ALL individuals who make their living in the Real Estate Syndicate. ​ We need to strengthen our ethics laws. Over $15 million dollars of your money was spent on lawyers to defend corruption investigations against current city officials. End pay-to-play, slush funds, and the selling of our quality of life to the highest bidder. ​ Publish all city contracts. Crowd-sourcing the fight against corruption costs next to nothing and helps undo some of the disenchantment our young people have about politics that keeps them away from the polls. Land-Use, Preservation and Zoning As Council Member, I will support your quality of life by supporting preservation, protecting every inch of our parks, and make sure buildings are contextual with the neighborhood, not out-of-scale like the mega-tower at 200 Amsterdam Avenue. Base decisions about land-use, preservation and zoning upon what is best for the neighborhood, not upon political contributions and lobbying from developers. Protect residents, landmarks, historic districts, parks, libraries, hospitals, views, light, and air, especially against over development and the privatization of public assets. Expand environmental assessment review and scoping requirements especially for taller buildings; include bulkheads, voids, and secondary displacement effects. Create sanctions for developers, architects, and lawyers, who break zoning or construction rules. Change zoning rules to ensure that buildings are built contextually, and to a human scale, with active street uses that contribute to a lively city. Promote responsible development by requiring early electronic distribution of full documentation, and facilitating neighborhood input and debate.	”
—William Raudenbush (2017)

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