Elected in November 2002 to serve the newly created 21st Senate District,
Senator Kevin Parker had aggressively tackled the issues facing the 311,000
constituents of the district with a commitment to breaking down barriers and
building bridges. In so doing, he has worked with every population segment,
their civic, business and religious leaders and institutions in an effort to
realize his ultimate aim of ensuring adequate representation for all New Yorkers
and a making the 21st District the community of choice in the 21st Century.

The issues of focus for Senator Parker are as follows:

	Economic Development I am well aware that the struggle for economic empowerment continues for constituents of my district as well as the people of this great State of New York. Therefore, economic advancement must be the next big move for our community...
	Education Throughout my tenure in the State legislature, I have advocated education as an economic empowerment issue. Education holds the key to our empowerment...
	Energy As the Senior Democrat on the Energy and Telecommunications Committee and a member of the Senate Democratic Task Force On An Alternate Energy Future, I have continued to worked with my colleagues to find new and innovated ways to lower consumers’ heating bills, ensure a reliable and steady supply of electricity into Brooklyn...
	Housing The 21st Senate District is primarily a residential community with a significant number of large apartment complexes. Thus, the issue of affordable housing is one that is especially worrisome to me...
	Immigration As Chair of the Senate Task Force on New Americans, I have had the opportunity to conduct statewide public hearings on immigration issues. The Task Force has concluded that the added presence of undocumented aliens in this country has been far from detrimental...
	Rockefeller Drug Law Reform On May 8, 1973, we adopted a heavy-handed approach to dealing with drug offenders. Soon people realized that these tactics were failing, it took my Republican colleagues more than three decades to begin to correct this colossal mistake...
	Senior Citizens As one who has been taught that youth and experience are the greatest teachers, I have also been particularly interested in our senior citizens...