AOC makes case for tackling climate change with union jobs at Queens town hall

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez discussed the progress of the Green New Deal, five years after she introduced the proposal. Photo by Iryna Shkurhan

Feb. 27, 2024 By Iryna Shkurhan

US. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hosted a town hall in Astoria last week to discuss how federal climate change policy is playing out on a local level. 

Five years after she laid out the Green New Deal vision with Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts, Ocasio-Cortez who represents the Bronx and parts of western Queens, reflected on the progress made to address climate change.