1. Place People Before Government
Fundamentally change how government views the taxpayers -- rejecting the concept that each person who lives, works or conducts business in NYC exists to support a bloated government bureaucracy. Implement both tax and spending cuts to bring our tax code, at the very least, on par with the second-highest taxed city in America, and our spending down to a manageable level that does not unfairly burden future generations.

2. Place Parents Before Bureaucrats
Empower individual schools to make decisions and establish priorities that enable it to create an effective, competitive teaching environment. Empower parents, within this new competitive environment, to be able to choose the school best suited to their child's needs, giving each student the best possible chance of receiving a high-quality education.

3. Remain Vigilant in the Fight Against Crime
Ensure that our neighborhoods remain the safe havens to which we have grown accustomed in recent years, and that we have the best-trained and equipped Police force in America. We will strive to keep the NYPD to the highest standards of conduct and professionalism.

4. Abolish Barriers to the Creation of New, Affordable Housing
Streamline the process of, and eliminate the barriers to, building new housing, and encourage new construction with a guarantee that rents on these buildings will not be regulated by government bureaucrats, but rather be set by contract between owners and renters.

5. Fight for Good, Responsible and Responsive Government
Reform the way that city government is run. Adopt methods of doing the city's business that create competitive forces and efficiencies in delivering taxpayer-funded services. Create more competition in municipal elections by modernizing the election process itself - reducing the power of incumbency thereby ensuring that New York has the best, most dedicated public servants possible.