NYC

Connecting Street Vendors to the Grid

I am running an initiative to connect NYC's street vendors to the grid with the Street Vendor Project and Mayor's Office of Climate and Environmental Justice so they do not have to use gas generators. Learn more

NYC Government Course

From September 2023 to January 2024, I took an independent study in NYC Government with Mr. Kildahl.

Here is the Self-Paced Course

Manhattan Community Board 1 Member

Being a community board member has been an exciting and rewarding experience. I have enjoyed learning how NYC Government works, talking with different department liaisons, making friends with other board members, and am grateful to be a part of a group of inspiring involved community members.

My Initiatives

  • Advocated for adding maker spaces to middle schools in my district.
  • Wrote to the DOT about electric ferries and made a budget request for electric ferries to the EDC (Budget Request for Electric Ferries.jpg).
  • Advocated for Miyawaki forests in the resolution about the rotary tunnel (mentioned in this Broadsheet article).
  • Advocated to five elected officials for private school e-bus funds.

Good ol' Joe Cocker nicely describes the frustration of community board members: