york and outlying areas. we haven t experienced this before but should expect it the next time. that means we have to continue investments in infrastructure, working in partnership with our federal government and support from senator schumer and president biden, who are working so hard, so hard to get the infrastructure dollars back to our state so we can build this up, working in partnership with the mayor and other officials, to work collaboratively and get this done so we can take care of the drainage shortcomings in our streets. when the streets get flooded, what happens next? the water rushes down not just through the highways but also finds its way to penetrate our subway system. and as a result, what happened yesterday, trains were shut down. people were stranded. the fear that they must have experienced when this occurred i cannot imagine. and i don t want this to happen again. so what we re doing in preparation, we directed all of our state resources to be prepared, our d.o.t.
very hard to make sure that this borough receives all of the infrastructure dollars and the attention that it rightfully needs. donovan richards. thank you congressman and thank you to the governor and the mayor for their support this morning or into the wee early morning hours. i want to thank all of the agencies. first off, let me start by saying that we mourn all 2.4 million queens residents mourn the lives of those lost on the early morning hours due to this catastrophic storm. let me also just say that we ve surveyed a lot of different communities across the borough and i m happy to say that rosedale and the rockaways, because of the investment by the city, i want to thank the mayor for his $2 billion investment into queens, we saw a different
allowed to permit, we have constantly and always been in a space that has been polluted, via the air, the water and the land. so it s no surprise that black people and brown people alike are more likely than any other demographic to support climate action, to support climate infrastructure, and more importantly than anything, to keep it going and to be resilient. that s why the infrastructure plan is so important. and why we have to take this very moment to assure that the infrastructure dollars that are coming out will go to help black and brown communities and marginalized communities across this country really prepare for climate resiliency, and really let s dig into the health and well building of our communities as we move forward in this green economy. now i want to pivot to politics, to the politics of environmental justice. and your editorial in this week s dame magazine titled how the infrastructure bill fails the climate crisis.
so it is no surprise that black people and brown people alike are more likely than any other demographic to support climate action, to support climate infrastructure, and, more importantly than anything, to keep it going and to be resilient. that s why this infrastructure plan is so important and why we have to take this very moment to assure that the infrastructure dollars that are coming out will go to help black and brown communities and marginalized communities across this country really prepare for climate resiliency and really let s dig into the health and wealth building of our communities as we move forward in this green economy. now, i want to pivot to politics, to the politics of environmental justice. in your editorial in this week s dame magazine titled how the infrastructure bill fails the climate crisis, on how this compromised version of president biden s infrastructure plan fails the nation and as such
that s about 101 colleges and universities, but they graduate about 20% of the undergraduate degrees that come, that african-americans earn come from hbcus, so we know historically black colleges and universities have a unique position in the universe. so the senator making public and private hbcus tuition-free, investing $5 billion into helping these hbcus with infrastructure, canceling a lot of that infrastructure debt. rev, as you know, some of our institutions, they need more infrastructure dollars so they can attract more students, and equally as important, to $10 billion to increase doctors, medical doctors, dentists, and teachers. so that those institutions can continue to develop the leadership of the minds of african-americans all across this country, to lift not only our community but all communities. a lot of studies show when a