Castle Hill, Country Club, City Island, Clason Point, Edgewater, Hunts Point, Mott Haven, Parkchester, Pelham, Port Morris, Soundview, Throggs Neck, and Westchester Square
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NY-14 is one of the most diverse districts in the country, with immigrants making up over 45% of our population. More than 200 languages are spoken here, representing families with cultural origins in Colombia, China, Bangladesh, Greece, Yemen, Ecuador, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and many, many more countries.
The district is also home to some of New York City’s most celebrated cultural landmarks, including: the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Corona, where the famed jazz musician lived with his wife, Lucille, for nearly 30 years; Astoria Park in Queens, home to the city’s oldest and largest (free!) public pool; and Pelham Bay Park is the city’s largest park (3 times bigger than Central Park!), and home to the Thomas Pell Wildlife Sanctuary and Orchard Beach
This investment will create nearly 9 million new jobs in clean energy, reduce dangerous emissions by 40% by 2030, and lower annual energy bills by $1,000 per household. Working with other House Members, Alexandria also launched the first Green New Deal projects and secured 100 million dollars for more than sixty projects, stretching from Hawai’i to Vermont.
Alexandria expanded Green New Deal support in Congress with 17 new co-sponsors. She also developed a Green New Deal implementation guide to help local governments and nonprofits apply for federal grants that meet Green New Deal goals, and successfully pushed the White House to create the American Climate Corps—a pilot program providing thousands of new jobs to fight climate change.
We helped pass into law The Inflation Reduction Act - which will provide funding for the IRS to go after wealthy tax evaders, establish a 15% minimum tax rate on the wealthiest corporations, and set a 1% tax on stock buybacks used to benefit wealthy shareholders.
The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act expands background check requirements for the sale of firearms to individuals under 21 years of age, prohibits gun ownership to those convicted of abusing a dating partner (closing the ‘boyfriend loophole’), and increases funding for mental health programs and school security updates.
Medicare will soon have the ability to negotiate some drug prices for the first time. Alexandria also helped to cap insulin prices at $35 per month, and out-of-pocket costs at $2000 per year, for those covered by Medicare.
Including a new labor unit and delivery unit at Elmhurst Hospital to improve care for mothers and babies at our Queens public hospital, and a workforce training program for 300 students at SUNY Maritime to prepare for good, union jobs in green energy.
Homework Helpers, our volunteer tutoring program, established a chapter at the University at Buffalo, and provided over 4000 sessions of free homework help to students all throughout NY-14. Become a Homework Helpers Volunteer Tutor here, or sign up for free online homework help here!
In the House, alongside Rep. Velazquez and others, Alexandria helped lead negotiations and passage of the Puerto Rico Status Act, which acknowledges the U.S. as a colonizing force for the first time in history and outlines a process for Boricuas to determine their own future. Alexandria also successfully passed an amendment that required the U.S. military to provide an update on their efforts to clean up hazardous waste in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Alexandria raised $100k for fellow progressive Members and candidates who are facing unprecedented efforts from AIPAC and special interest groups seeking to unseat pro-ceasefire Members of Congress.
Alexandria and her congressional team helped NY-14 residents get back over $1.9 million that they were owed from federal agencies. In total, they opened over 1,800 cases, responded to thousands of calls and met with over 800 walk-ins.