When I'm talking to voters, sometimes I get asked: why do you support the Green New Deal? 

My answer? To secure our future, we need massive infrastructure spending and a WWII style mobilization of our economy to meet the effects of climate change and inequality. Let me explain:

At its core, the Green New Deal seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to save our planet, but it is so much more. The Green New Deal will help fix inequality and save our communities.

The Green New Deal acknowledges the fact that many of us have been denied our human right to quality housing and guarantees to correct it.

We know that fundamentally, housing is a human right. However, high rent burdens, gentrification, and an inability to find rentals or buy homes have created enormous pressure on parts of our district. Moreover, NYCHA complexes are inadequate, leaving our neighbors to freeze without access to heat or hot water. 

The Green New Deal will uplift communities and deal with systemic inequality and racial discrimination.

By seeking to open more schools with green infrastructure, the Green New Deal paves the way for a New Deal For Education - one that will end the school to prison pipeline by improving the quality of teaching and learning for our children. Our children will be guaranteed access to higher education, jobs, and healthcare.

The Green New Deal will save us from climate change and make sure that the world becomes liveable and just. 

If we don’t act on climate change now, the coastal areas in our district will suffer the most. Our desire to fix the systemic problems in society will be meaningless if we destroy our planet.

Check out this site to learn more about rising sea levels in our community:

We need big, systemic change in order to right the wrongs of the past, and to make a more just future. Will you join me in support a Green New Deal?

In solidarity,

Jamaal Bowman