District 33 Initiatives

Climate Action Roadmap

The climate crisis is not a far-off threat—it’s happening now. The livelihoods of New Yorkers are at risk when our homes flood, our apartments overheat, and our businesses are destroyed by extreme weather events.

Today, we released a Climate Action Roadmap for the 33rd District. The goal is to drive down emissions using every tool the New York City Council has: pass legislation, fund initiatives, provide rigorous oversight & organize winning campaigns. 🌱

Street Tree Plan for District 33

District 33 Street Tree plan. We're planting 3,400 new street trees to ensure that every viable street tree location is filled across our community.

We’re planting 3,400 street trees in District 33 over the next 4 years -- filling every viable street tree pit. When I talk to experts about fighting back against climate change - a solution I hear most often is surprisingly simple: trees. This plan will get us one step closer to lowering the urban heat island effect & keeping our communities safer from the climate crisis

It’s Time to #CloseRikers

Mass incarceration is an epic policy failure.

Council Member Kevin Riley and I crafted an action plan of 19 policy initiatives, investments & legislation to end mass incarceration in NYC & #CloseRikers. We’ve laid out actions & investments that the Council & Mayor can act on today to put us back on track to close Rikers by 2027.

Closing Rikers is a moral imperative & it’s time to get serious about implementing the policies to make it happen.

Community Clean Up

District 33 Community Cleanup Plan. It's time to get serious about sanitation in the 33rd.

We launched a Community Cleanup Plan for the 33rd based on results of a survey of residents and a review of thousands of in-district 311 complaints from 2021.

There’s a demonstrated need for a renewed focus on improving the cleanliness of our streets & sidewalks and public spaces, including our neighborhood parks.

District 33’s Dog Runs

🐶 We launched our report for new & improved dog runs in District 33 & New York City! We're opening new dog runs, investing in existing ones, introducing new bills to ensure there are dog runs in every neighborhood & making New York City Parks maintain dog run conditions.

More dog infrastructure means happier dogs who have their own spaces. It also means Park areas where dogs aren’t permitted are cleaner too. It's hard to be a dog in NYC. Our beloved pets deserve a place to run around & socialize.

Let's make it happen in D33 & across NYC!