
Climate
︎︎︎︎︎︎Platform ︎
- Support the Green New Deal for Public Housing, will work with Council and new Mayor to create a New York City equivalent
- Increase Green Space in the community via community land trusts/community purchase of derelict spaces
- Collaborate with existing land trusts and green organizations to further develop green spaces
- Expand the number of street trees in the district, where possible and able
- Invite small owners and businesses to retrofit and weatherize their spaces
- Reduce carbon emissions by advocating for more public walking space & closed streets during the Spring and Summer
- Assess the expansion of the bike lanes, protected bike lanes, and Citi Bike
- Fight to implement public power in NYC to replace private corporations like ConEd or National Grid
- Support the NYPA 100% renewable energy bill
- Create a climate task force to transition city workers to green jobs and to hire a new generation of city workers to help in the effort of modernizing New York City
- Advocate for S.2649C , beginning the process of ending fossil fuel subsidies in New York State
Actions ︎
- Marched and petitioned with the No Brooklyn Pipeline
- Petitioned and testified against Hope Street Capital, a developer that wanted to build a development that would have gotten rid of 36,ooo square feet of green space in the district. The building of this development would increase the heat island in the district.
- Working to influence the passing of the NYPA 100% renewable energy bill
- Advocate for S.2649C , beginning the process of ending fossil fuel subsidies in New York State -- using conversations
