Jessica Ramos: “People need housing now. People need food access now. People…”

“Ramos was born and raised in Queens, the daughter of Colombian immigrants, and says her shapes her priorities affordable housing, mental health, immigration and public safety. People need housing now. People need food access now. People need access to good jobs and to universal childcare now. And we've been delaying. As a mom of two, she says expanding childcare is personal. I want to build out a system much like we did with universal pre k, just start working backwards, making 3k universal and baselining the funding for that.” (00:51–01:02)

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