Environment

Worked with communities, experts, and all levels of government to advocate for resiliency plans that protect our shorelines and existing environment
- Supported environmental activitsts and gave a platform to their serious concerns about our district’s loss of trees due to resiliency plans that prioritize construction over trying to preserve plant and animal life
- Rallied with neighbors, wrote letters to pressure City agencies, and called for hearings to stop the complete destruction of East River Park
- Advocated for bike lane improvements to the BMCR to improve the safety of people travelling south from the Lower East Side
- Testified for increased funding to protect our district’s lowest sea-level point at the South Street Seaport
Invested in the long-term environmental health of Lower Manhattan
- Funded more trees and tree-guards to expand our district’s canopy, and reduce its temperature during the summer
- Worked with nonprofit partners to host e-waste recycling, paper-shredding, and increased hours for compost drop sites
- Purchased new trash bins to keep litter off the streets and out of our waterways
- Opened two new parks, one in SoHo and by Pier 42 on the Lower East Side
- Allocated $6 million to revitalize Sara D Roosevelt Park and secured funding to finally fix the Allen and Pike Street Malls
- Organized to defend Little Italy’s only open green space, Elizabeth Street Garden