![]() Planning Disposition and Concession Committee Hearings: 23 Governmental Operations Committee Hearings Chaired: 67 ![]() I am looking forward to all we can accomplish in the remainder of my final term as your Council Member.Ĭonstituent Service Cases: 13,369 and counting I am proud of our achievements, but I know there is a lot more we can do together. Please take a moment to compare the goals we've set with our actions over the past five years by taking a look at my 2013 Policy Book, Inauguration and four States of the District. We've increased transportation options since I was elected with the opening of the Second Avenue Subway, Select Bus Service on the M79 and M86, closing the Second Avenue bike gap or new NYC Ferry stops on the Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island, it is getting easier to get around on the Upper East Side. This has allowed me to lead the fight against overdevelopment in Manhattan winning a first of its kind rezoning to stop a supertall tower and a citywide rezoning to stop buildings with empty voids created just to give billionaires better views. I refused to take big money from real estate and won campaign finance reforms to get big money out of politics. We've secured $100 million for a new greenway and $75 million for repairs for a grand total of $275 million. As Co-Chair of the East River Esplanade with Congress Member Carolyn Maloney we have secured public-private partnerships resulting in $15 million from Rockefeller University, $1 million from HSS, and $1 million from Brearley. ![]() When I got elected our waterfront was literally crumbling into the river. Together we have opened more than 1,100 Pre-K seats on the Upper East Side, secured $92 million for 640 new school seats, a $6.3 million gym for Eleanor Roosevelt High School, invested $5.3 million in STEM education and $5.9 million in green roofs, and took on youth hunger with free breakfast, free salad bars, and free lunch. We are stronger for it with so much more we can accomplish together. Whether facing a small challenge or taking on seemingly insurmountable odds, together we've fought, sometimes we've lost, but more often we've won. Over the past five and a half years we have been transparent and honest about the issues we face. ![]()
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