I wear a proper N-95 now.
I was the Policy Director for Shahana Hanif, a remarkable tenant organizer running for New York City Council (who recently just won her second term). I authored and researched 19 public facing policy platforms, internal campaign briefings, and ghost-wrote op-eds - the biggest issues in the race were around defunding the police (while responding to constituent concerns around public safety) and the Gowanus Rezoning (balancing affordable housing creation and extracting community benefits). Around language justice, I designed, implemented, and analyzed qualitative surveys to co-design policy with community members. Most of my time was spend applying for endorsements and preparing for public forums with CBOs, trade unions, and political organizations. I wrote speeches, talking points, and responses to constituent emails.
I have never spent more hours on zooms with community boards, writing hyper-hyper-hyperlocal policy points, drafting last minute text for campaign video promo, or learning about NYC’s complex web of unions, zoning, land use, and more.
Read through my policy platforms and op-eds about… prison abolition (which was covered by Current Affairs!!), the Gowanus rezoning, education (covered by Brooklyner!), education again, transportation, climate change and public infrastructure, green jobs, domestic violence, language access, adult literacy, labor rights, housing and land use, healthcare, reproductive justice, worker justice, small business support, immigrant justice, LGBTQ+ rights, animal rights, disability justice, open spaces, sanitation, worker cooperatives, confronting hate violence, more.
Oh also, check out this digital zine we made about policing:
