For the past twelve years, Maritza Silva-Farrell has led ALIGN toward its mission of challenging corporate power, building a renewable energy economy, and empowering working-class New Yorkers. As ALIGN’s executive director, Silva-Farrell has helped shift the organization’s focus towards building strong organizational coalitions and advocating for policy change.
Elected officials, environmentalists, union leaders and other advocates gathered on the steps of City Hall Thursday to demand Mayor Eric Adams and the NYC city council retrofit public schools with climate friendly infrastructure.
Advocates are calling for $50 million in funding in order to enforce a law that is meant to curtail the spread of airborne illnesses like COVID-19 in New York workplaces.
