Harry R. Burger, Congress, 2nd District

HARRY R. BURGER

Green

BACKGROUND:

• Burger, 37, is a Deer Park resident who has worked as a mechanical engineer for 15 years, specializing in part on aircraft ground support equipment.
• He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy.
• He’s been a volunteer with the Suffolk County Emergency Response Team and the Boy Scouts and is a member of the National Eagle Scout Association.

ISSUES:

• He supports a universal health care system run cooperatively "by the people it serves, not investors." Doesn’t oppose a Medicare expansion, "Medicare for All," is that is the best available option.
• He supports a "Green New Deal," including a renewable-energy interstate electric system, high-speed rail, manufacturing incentives and a new civilian conservation corps.
• On social justice, he supports legalizing marijuana and decriminalizing other drugs, raising taxes on the super wealthy, and reducing funding for police while increasing it for social programs and advocacy.