A separate funding stream for ferry boats and other maritime services would be appropriate.

Instead of bringing us together, our current transportation system keeps us apart.

Even in a city with the largest public transit system in the country.

The set-aside funding that I have requested will allow for new expansion and innovative transportation initiatives.

As a new congressman, I fought successfully for a new COVID vaccination center at Co-Op City.

The Federal Government can spur livable, sustainable communities, and it is our responsibility to the taxpayer to make sure we maximize their investment.

Fossil fuel pollution leads to roughly 350,000 premature deaths every year in the US.

I urge the Committee to include my legislation in the infrastructure package.

I strongly urge you to include funding for resilience projects like the LOSSAN Corridor relocation in the infrastructure package.

Strengthening the resilience of our infrastructure is critical as our country experiences the impacts of the climate crisis.

Let's turn our unnecessary highways into parks, and protect communities from displacement and gentrification.

The Scaffold Law is estimated to add $10,000 to the cost of a single-family home in New York State.

A significant failure of the bluffs impacting the LOSSAN Rail Corridor for an extended period of time will severely harm the local and regional economy.

When climate disasters strike, redlined communities of color and low-income people are hit hardest.

Big problems require big solutions, and that is exactly what we will be pursuing together on this Committee.

This goes to the heart of why we need to address climate change, inequality, and racism together.

Can you speak more to the challenges involved in bringing sustainable building technologies to redlined and low-income communities?

Thanks to a broad coalition of social movements, New York State passed the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act in 2019.

We need sustainable buildings now, and we need to rebuild our communities from the ground up.

This is a critical component of fighting the climate crisis.

I want to zero in on the health piece.

Now, we need to come together as a nation and build on these victories at the Federal level.

What do we know about the health benefits of deep energy retrofits at this point, and what do we still have to learn?

Currently, about 40 percent of our country's carbon dioxide emissions comes from the structures that we live, work, and sleep in.

We currently are in the midst of this pandemic doing work virtually with young people who have been exposed to violence.