BUILDING  UP  OUR

COMMUNITIES

Building Community is about building quality relationships, focusing on equity for under-resourced neighborhoods, and ensuring that all voices are being heard and acknowledged.  

 

• Workforce Development

  • Help develop a pipeline of local businesses, who work to hire from their own neighborhood

  • Promote entrepreneurship as a way to create generational wealth in districts with higher rates of poverty

  • Work with local unions to ensure we improve access to job pipelines, better benefits, and greater protection for all New Yorkers

• Transportation

  • Create a more connected Bronx via bus investments

  • Speed up the expansion of the Fair Fares Program so that all eligible District’s residents will have access to half fare on subways and buses

  • Demand that there are more protective bike lanes throughout the Bronx 

• Environmental Justice

  • Advocate for the completion of the Renewable Rikers plan

  • Support green space initiatives that reduce the disparity in accessibility to green spaces across our city

  • End the delay of funding for The Haven Project

  • Support the Five Borough Resiliency Bill to ensure all NYC neighborhoods have a plan to prevent and respond to potential flooding predicted by climate change studies