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MIT—Economics; Harvard Law School—J.D.
Data last updated 10/27/2026
Caroline Shinkle graduated from MIT, where she majored in economics, and earned a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Her professional background includes work at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, the European Central Bank, the Bank of Israel, and the Bank for International Settlements. She later worked as a corporate attorney in New York City advising businesses and financial institutions on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and financial regulatory matters.
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Caroline Shinkle’s published healthcare platform is brief and market-oriented: she supports increasing competition and price transparency in healthcare. She also backs passage of the Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act, which would reduce patient cost-sharing for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Shinkle says she would reintroduce competition into the healthcare marketplace and enhance price transparency.
SourceShinkle says she supports passing the Access to Breast Cancer Diagnosis Act, a proposal to bar group health plans and health insurers from imposing cost-sharing requirements for diagnostic and supplemental breast examinations.
SourceCaroline Shinkle frames her Economy & Jobs agenda around tax relief for wage earners, fiscal restraint, deregulation, private enterprise, housing supply, and lower energy costs. Her stated approach emphasizes reducing federal income taxes on W-2 wages, balancing the federal budget to fight inflation, and encouraging investment and job growth in New York City.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Shinkle supports reducing the federal income tax on W-2 wages so workers can keep more of what they earn, and separately told NY1 she wants Americans making $150,000 or less to keep all of that wage income.
SourceShinkle supports balanced-budget amendments and zero-based budgeting to restrain Washington spending, fight inflation, and lower the cost of capital.
SourceShinkle supports common-sense deregulation intended to let industry and innovation flourish and to counter the loss of jobs, opportunity, investment, and capital from New York City.
SourceShinkle supports increasing high-quality affordable housing supply by repurposing unused office space, streamlining permitting, using advanced building technology, and upzoning near transit corridors.
SourceShinkle says New York City should attract investment rather than drive it away and argues for reenergizing the city through private enterprise and investment.
SourceCaroline Shinkle favors a law-enforcement-centered immigration approach: she supports ICE enforcing federal law and prioritizing removal of people she describes as dangerous and illegally present. She also leaves open discussion for immigrants who are working and contributing, but says policy should not reward people who broke the law to enter illegally.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Shinkle said ICE is enforcing federal law and should focus on removing individuals who are most dangerous in society and illegally in the country.
SourceShinkle said the country can discuss how to address people who are working hard and contributing, but should not reward people who broke the law to come to the United States illegally.
SourceIn iVoterGuide's immigration questionnaire, Shinkle did not answer whether she supports sanctuary cities protecting undocumented persons, so no affirmative sanctuary-city position is documented there.
SourceCaroline Shinkle's publicly stated Climate & Energy platform emphasizes lowering living costs by increasing energy production, using an "all-energy-options-on-the-table" approach, and pursuing strategic deregulation. No congressional bills are available because she is not a sitting member of Congress.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Shinkle says she supports lowering the cost of living by increasing energy production, promoting an all-energy-options-on-the-table approach, and pursuing common-sense strategic deregulation.
SourceCaroline Shinkle’s education platform emphasizes affordability, school choice, curriculum transparency, vocational training, STEM, and technology-enabled classroom improvement. She frames education as both a student-support issue and a workforce-preparation issue, including tax relief for student-loan interest and expanded pathways to high-paying careers.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Shinkle supports treating education expenses like business expenses by making student-loan interest payments fully tax deductible with no income caps.
SourceShinkle supports treating every student like an honors student, using best practices to improve outcomes, and integrating technology and innovation to tailor classroom resources.
SourceShinkle supports empowering parents through school choice and greater transparency over curriculum.
SourceShinkle supports investing in trades and vocational training to create pathways to high-paying careers for students.
SourceShinkle supports investing in STEM education and marketable skills to prepare students for success in the 21st century.
SourceCaroline Shinkle emphasizes a law-and-order public safety platform focused on supporting police and first responders, increasing accountability for violent offenders and prosecutors, and strengthening federal law-enforcement capacity. She also links public safety to quality of life in Manhattan, including subway and street safety, antisemitic violence, immigration enforcement, homelessness, and mental health programs.
Specific Actions & Proposals
Shinkle says she supports prioritizing New Yorkers' safety through a pro-safety, pro-community law enforcement agenda that empowers law enforcement officers and first responders.
SourceIn a Patch candidate Q&A, Shinkle said one way she would make New York safer is by supporting police while developing a rapid removal process for prosecutors who politicize their jobs.
SourceShinkle told Fox News that New Yorkers should be able to walk to dinner and take the subway without fearing for their lives, connecting public safety to economic vitality.
SourceShinkle stated that she is proud to stand with law enforcement, saying that without safety New York does not have a city.
SourceShinkle's campaign priorities call for ensuring federal prosecutors have resources to tackle crimes including retail theft, drug trafficking, and subway assaults.
SourceBallotpedia
https://ballotpedia.org/New_York%27s_12th_Congressional_District_election%2C_2028Fetched: biography
FEC API
https://api.open.fec.gov/v1/candidate/H6NY12404/totals/Fetched: totalRaised, totalSpent, cashOnHand
New York Republican State Committee
https://nygop.org/nygop-chair-ed-cox-endorses-caroline-shinkle-in-ny-12/Fetched: endorsements
New York Young Republican Club
https://nyyrc.com/endorsements/endorsement-caroline-shinkle-for-new-yorks-12th-congressional-district-2/Fetched: endorsements
Spectrum News NY1
https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2026/10/07/ny12-micah-lasher-caroline-shinkleFetched: issuePositions
The Jewish Press
https://jewishpress.com/we-are-not-going-to-reward-failure-caroline-shinkle-on-her-congressional-bid-in-manhattan/Fetched: issuePositions
Branch
https://www.branch.vote/races/2026-new-york-general-election-ny-state-us-representative-ny-congressional-12Fetched: issuePositions
West Side Rag
https://www.westsiderag.com/2026/03/19/meet-caroline-shinkle-a-republican-candidate-running-to-represent-the-uws-in-congressFetched: issuePositions
Caroline Shinkle campaign priorities page
https://carolinefornewyork.com/prioritiesFetched: issuePositions
Caroline Shinkle campaign priorities
https://carolinefornewyork.com/prioritiesFetched: issuePositions
The Ballot Brief NY-12 candidate guide
https://theballotbrief.com/district/ny-12Fetched: issuePositions
Patch candidate Q&A
https://patch.com/new-york/upper-east-side-nyc/election-q-meet-ny-12-candidate-caroline-shinkleFetched: issuePositions
Fox News interview
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nyc-gop-hopeful-says-mamdani-running-city-ground-taxes-crime-fears-fuel-backlashFetched: issuePositions
Caroline Shinkle LinkedIn profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-shinkle-55793152Fetched: issuePositions