stress disorder, require that certain inmates with detainers be provided access to drug treatment programs, and exempt homeless individuals from paying fees for non-driver identification cards. Gusciora co-sponsored "New Jersey Housing Assistance for Veterans Act," a pilot program to assist veterans with housing modification and rehabilitation as well as a bill to permit small, women-owned, or minority-owned businesses located in designated regional centers or planning areas to qualify for loans from the New Jersey Economic Development Agency (EDA) as if located in a designated urban center. 2018-2019 Legislative Session Despite only serving in the New Jersey Legislature for the first six months of the 2018-2019 legislative session, Gusciora was the primary sponsor for 12 pieces of legislation and co-sponsor of 25 pieces of legislation that became law. Gusciora sponsored legislation restricting the use of isolated confinement in correctional facilities, requiring boards of education to include instruction that accurately portrays the political, economic, and social contributions of the LGBT community and persons with disabilities, and reinstating the duration of certain UEZs (areas within Trenton, Plainfield, Newark, Camden, and Bridgeton that provide tax benefits to commercial properties). Gusciora co-sponsored legislation requiring a background check for private gun sales, reducing the maximum capacity of ammunition magazines to 10 rounds, and requiring "breakfast after the bell" in all schools with 70% or more of students eligible for free or reduced price meals. Role as mayor He defeated businessman Paul Perez to become Mayor of Trenton in 2018, earning 52 percent of the vote in a runoff election on June 12 since no candidate won the 50 percent threshold or more in the May 8 election. Youth initiatives Gusciora convened the first youth council since the Doug Palmer administration (a decade prior): This consistent of students, between eight grade and high school seniors, representing each of the four wards, who provided counsel to Gusciora. Gusciora's administration hired a record number of city youth for summer employment and expanded summer programming for city students. Gusciora's initiative, "Trenton Production and Knowledge Innovation Campus" (TPKIC), was awarded the Innovative Challenge grant by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. The City partnered with Princeton University, Rider University, The College of New Jersey, Thomas Edison State University, and Mercer County Community College to build the vision behind the application, which seeks to support start-up businesses, local creators, students and faculty at partner colleges and universities, and Trenton Public Schools students