As a campaign strategist, Tanvier works alongside activists, organizations, and community to advance issue campaigns, reach goals, and identify tactics to realize success through effective strategies — while engaging in policy work related to campaign issues.
Free the People WNY Coalition
State-Level Demands
Protect the Dignity of the Incarcerated
- HALT Solitary Confinement (S2836/A2277A) – ENACTED
- Provide Protections Against COVID-19
- Reform Prison Labor
Fix the Unjust Parole System & End Perpetual Punishment
- Pass Elder Parole (s15/A3475), and Fair and Timely Parole (S1415/A4231) (RAPP)
- Clean Slate Act (S1553A/A6399)
Transition to a Renewable Energy Economy
- Support the Climate and Community Investment Act (CCIA) (S4264A/A6967)
- End racial disparities in the justice system by investing in green jobs, not jails
Protect Immigrant Communities
- Pass New York for All (S3076/A2328) requiring state and local law enforcement resources are not used to help ICE and federal authorities separate families
Prevent a Mass Housing Crisis
- Pass “Good Cause” eviction protection (S3082/A5573) to ensure residents can stay in their homes
- Add more stringent penalties for bad and absentee landlords
- Create mortgage forgiveness protections for homeowners
End the War on Drugs
- Pass the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act (MRTA) (S854/A1248) – ENACTED
- Decriminalize Syringes & Remove the ESAP Limit (S2523/A868)
- Decriminalize Low-Level Drug Possession
