Jessica Ramos: “We have all of these mandates at the city level that a lot…”

“So for the future, what I'd like to talk about is what I call building a union climate economy. We are a frontline environmental justice community. I am the chair of labor. We have all of these mandates at the city level that a lot of my co ops are having trouble complying with, particularly here in historic Jackson Heights. But in other places of the district as well, I'm talking about Local Law 97 and that package of very important legislation.” (21:51–22:02)

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