Jobs & Economic Development

We have in our district one of the world’s greatest economic growth engines, John F. Kennedy airport. Everyone is working there. Except us. 

My plan: 

John F. Kennedy Airport is one of the world’s greatest engines of economic growth – and it is also in our neighborhood, right here in Assembly District 31. In the Assembly, I have advocated to increase the ways that our communities can be at the forefront of small business opportunities and job opportunities at the airport. 

In the legislature, I introduced a bill that directed the Department of Financial Services to study the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic impacted underbanked and underserved areas as well as small businesses and minority and women-owned business enterprises as they apply for loans. 

We need green jobs, urban agriculture and food cooperatives that benefit all in the Rockaway and Southeast Queens. There are great organizations that are leading this work in our communities but there is still much work ahead.