Author: dannielmaio

1. Make house calls, one on one. Document and act on your issues. Cost of living, insurance, medical, gas, taxes, utilities, food… Neighborhood safety, parking, infrastructure, city rules and regulation.
2. Keep you up-to-date with what is happening in schools and our community. Street constructions, water shut offs, thefts and scams, bullying, police and community board reports, AI uses, store openings and closings, changes and enforcement in rules and regulations.
3. Create an online district community bulletin board where citizens could share their community events, and post neighborhood concerns.
4. Host town halls and meetings live and online. How many town halls were done by Senator Addabbo over his 25-year career?
5. Dig for mistakes and unanswered questions from MTA, police, budget, agencies, etc.
6. Focus on long-term solutions not short-term gimmicks. Not a $200 Powercheck (paid to taxpayer who is not necessarily the utility payer) or the $5,000 Trump promise.

Instead of taking one side OR the other as politicians normally do, Maio would state his position AND present differing views. Isn’t that what “our elected representative” is supposed to do?!

As a community, let’s identify what’s unacceptable, learn and educate from our youths, understand reasoning of opposing sides, rectify rules and laws that are wrong, and help those truly in need on a better path. Freebies and political photo ops do not benefit our community.

The best way to understand in context how you are doing is to witness it first hand. Instead of you meeting politician’s schedule, I will accommodate yours.

Some constituents may have health or mobility issues, are working, or have caregiving conflicts… call or text me even after November 3rd!

I could Zoom or meet wherever and whenever convenient for you.

I believe in giving credit where credit is due. These are Senator Addabbo’s upcoming hours. My hours are yours.

It does not matter from which candidate or party or what the truth is, bombardment by constant and repetitive ads since Labor Day turns people off. Politicians know that it works, but is it fair to candidates who don’t join the media arms race?

A more useful measurement would be how much candidates spent on TV, radio, print and web advertisements. I prefer to vote for candidates who message specifics on how they could help us.

Per state law, copy of literatures and ads used must be filed post-election. Currently, fact checking and submitted the pre-election are not required.

If ad message were stated falsely or if ad were done against the law, it’s up to the opposition to raise a red flag. How do voters know what’s real and who’s good?

Vote Maio. I propose legislatively an election literature integrity check done by state’s Public Campaign Finance Board (PCFB) and city’s Campaign Finance Board (CFB).

In report sent by PCFB and CFB to candidates after every reporting period, there would be a section on advertisements stating amount spent and whether those ads submitted conformed to law.

Politicians running our government don’t want it, and calling false advertisement “free speech”. They should know. They wrote the law.

I would start by checking past advertisements, and identify offenders.

When was the last time you heard a politician said he/she was wrong? The problem lies in the system. There is no auditing on laws passed, politician’s constituent service, community board records, nor 311 reports.

There are plenty of laws on the book. Politicians ignore most and pick problems that get media attention. A tiny list of laws that need to be cross checked among all stakeholders, reviewed, and audited includes:

• MTA response to fare evasion on trains, buses and subway
• Congestion Pricing’s $1 billion revenue + clean air promise
• NYC Garbage Bin refunds and enforcement
• Status and unfairness in reforming real estate tax
• Housing supply and building restrictions
• Coop and Condo management and abatement issues
• Local Laws 11 & 97 that gave rise to a cottage industry
• COVID accounting and mistakes not fixed
• Parking, speeding, noise, infrastructure problems

Has there ever been a government house cleaning done? Maio will start with Albany.

Senator Joseph Addabbo, Jr. spent about $100,000 in legal fees to keep Danniel Maio off the Republican and independent lines.  See the June 16 Board of Elections Commissioners’ Meeting video at the 1:19 mark.

First rule among politicians is to win the next (2028) election. In the case of Senator Addabbo, he replaced Serphin Maltese in 2008 after having served in the City Council for 8 years from 2001 until 2008.

In a court case challenging the Senator’s address of voter registration, the Appellate Court ruled in May 2026 that it’s OK for the Senator to live outside of the district.

Senator Addabbo had the taxpayer pay for his mailing, not unlike what President Trump did.

The Senator is good at his job. After nearly three decades, he kept competition away, skirt around the residency law, and used taxpayers’ money to fund political campagn. Re-elect him?