The article critiques Mayor Eric Adams for his alleged failure to address pressing issues in New York City, including soaring rents, low wages, and environmental challenges like global warming. It emphasizes the need for solutions to provide essential needs like clean air, water, and affordable housing. The proposed Livable New York Act aims to fund 100,000 affordable housing units and reduce reliance on fossil fuels, which could also create numerous union jobs, highlighting a need for immediate action by Governor Kathy Hochul to ensure these basics for residents.
Through a tax on the mega-rich, the Livable New York Act would fund 100,000 units of deeply affordable housing and transition every building in New York off of fossil fuels over the next 10 years.
New Yorkers have a right to be worried. The president's stated priorities-mass deportations, billionaire tax breaks, corporate giveaways, and planet-warming fossil fuels-won't do anything to make our city better.
Every human needs a few key essentials to survive: clean air and water, food, and a safe home to protect them and their loved ones from the elements.
The affordability crisis is painfully real, and yet it's only half the problem. The other half is global warming and pollution, which are top of mind for families across the five boroughs.
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