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Rep. Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) sits down with News 12's Power & Politics anchor Jonathan Gordon to discuss the looming shutdown, immigration, his Green New Deal for Public Schools proposal and more.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman sat down with News 12 to discuss the looming shutdown, immigration, his Green New Deal for Public Schools proposal and more. Click here for the full conversation.

1-ON-1 WITH REP. BOWMAN

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Can send in your wishes until December 21st. I mean, Santa going high tech is very cool. He's got a lot of elves helping him get. Let's just shout out and Gen Zs who are like Santa, we're gonna, we're gonna Instagram account. Meanwhile, I've never been more like eager to get to the mailbox when I get home. I'm like, yes his card, the holiday cards can to brighten up your mood on a bad weather day. We had some bad weather days. I don't get them from the mailbox on that day. Well, someone's going to have to for you and then your mood will be brightened, right? As uh as uh we take a look at our storm watch featurecast for Sunday. So today and through Saturday overall, no major weather impacts, but we just want to make sure you are planning ahead for and ready for what is likely to come on Sunday, Sunday morning. It looks dry right now, but there will be an increasing chance for periods of rain showers to develop a Sunday afternoon. Now, this is not really what we're concerned about. The concern comes in Sunday evening and Sunday night as the intensity of the rain ramps up after eight or nine o'clock, Sunday night, it'll be warm. Temperatures will be in the upper fifties to near 60 at the same time the wind is picking up too, but expect a good soaking rain Sunday evening up and through about say four o'clock or so on Monday. Now, a of times, computer models can't handle the wind gusts, well, several days out from a storm like this. So I don't expect widespread 50 mile per hour gusts. But I do expect those winds to ramp up in the 30 to 40 mile per hour range of times. And that can lead to some scattered power outages. Sunday night into early on Monday. In addition to blowing around those holiday decorations that you might have up as far as today goes, go with the heavy cold all day. It's a very similar day to yesterday. A couple of flurries around the light pass snow shower, otherwise mostly cloudy and dry with highs in the upper thirties today. So mood canst stay overall today is fine. Just watch out for a little brief light snow shower throughout the day. Highs in the upper thirties overnight tonight, back down to around 30 or so for those late night temperatures into tomorrow morning. Nice and more seasonable tomorrow pick of the week. Saturday 54 a storm comes in Sunday evening into very early Monday morning. The rest of next week looks dry with highs in the forties.

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Now, the question I have about the mayor is that the weather down in DC, a warmer than the weather here because it's got to be at least a little bit better. It is a little bit warmer in DC. But you know, we are dealing with that really cold pocket of air that is taking us just for one more day. But we are going to turn our eyes for the weekend an early look for what are some potential impacts for this storm. So some thunderstorms in December, that's what is possible for Sunday evening into Monday, steady rain isolated flooding high winds of 40 MPH or even stronger that can knock down some decorations even cause some scattered power outages and then temperatures start to crash. So we're forecasting a high of 61 on Sunday by Monday night. It's going to be in the 30. So that's something that we need to monitor in terms of tomorrow. Another very cold start, temperatures will be near 29 feeling much colder than that high. Tomorrow will be in the low forties, feeling like the mid thirties throughout the day. A few flurries possible by the early afternoon drying out and clouds clearing out by Friday. Seeing more of that sunshine seasonable fill with highs in the upper forties. Saturday will actually be the pick of the week. We're going to see that beautiful sunshine highs in the mid fifties and then we're watching for some stormy weather on Sunday.

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Power & Politics: One-on-one with Rep. Jamaal Bowman

WCPNP BOWMAN INTERVIEW

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Thank you for taking the time uh to speak with us. Um I wanna start with the shutdown. So obviously a deal may or may not be looming. It's kind of up in the air. What do you think about where we stand as we're speaking right now? And sort of the way um repub Republicans have handled uh this situation. Yeah, it's really frustrating and embarrassing. Um that Republicans can't get on the same page in terms of ensuring the government doesn't shut down. We're talking about millions of Americans are gonna be impacted by this people who live, check the check. People who come to work every day, work hard with pride and dignity, uh not being able to receive a check, not being able to pay their bills. And so, you know, this goes back to, you know, mccarthy being voted in for speaker, right? I mean, it took 14 votes to get him in, you know, one person that he made a deal where one person can recall him for speaker. Um And this goes back to the debt ceiling negotiations, you know, they seem to govern through uh dysfunction and chaos and there's always disagreement Right. And, and that's fine as part of democracy. But one would hope that the disagreements will be handled not so publicly so that, you know, the American people can feel a sense of security and right now they do not in general, but specifically, this hurts the most vulnerable. So, fingers crossed for, at the very least a continuing resolution which would keep the government open for another month or so. Um, at worst, hopefully that happens. But right now it's not looking good. Uh I'll stay in, you know, in DC, uh Republicans are, have begun an impeachment proceeding or impeachment hearing on President Biden. Um, your thoughts on, uh sort of what, what they're doing. Yeah. Again, continued frustration, uh because there's no evidence to show the president benefited financially from, from anything that his son may or may not have done. Uh, and his son's behavior hasn't impacted on his ability to govern. So, you know, this is, this seems petty to me. Um, and political, uh, and payback basically based on, you know, what happened with President Trump, which as we can see, did engage in behaviors uh that were impeachable or when you consider the 30 something indictments that he's going through. So, you know, it's, it's, you know, that's been one of my frustrations um as being a new member of Congress. Remember I come from education, um, I'm not a career politician and I ran for office so that I could serve my constituents, period. And that's why we were voted into office. And the more people continue to see political games being played in a circus type atmosphere, the less likely they are to trust or believe in our ability to govern. And that's what's most frustrating because even though this is all uh led geared by the Republican Party, it still reflects badly on all of us. So we just got to do better. That's, that's the bottom line. I know another topic that's kind of come up. Um And I will ask you a Trump question one second. But another thing that's come up is just about, uh the president's fitness to run for another term. Uh Where do you stand in your support for his decision to seek reelection? You know, it's his decision and I support that decision. Um He seems fit to me, um, not just physically but, but cognitively. Um, and I think when you look at his record over the first couple of years of his presidency, it's undeniable, I think because the president, you know, is a bit older and has, you know, uh sort of moderate energy. If you will, he doesn't get people excited, right? He doesn't have people jumping out their skin uh versus the Republican Party where when you look at that debate, there's just a bunch of people yelling and screaming and talking way too much. Um But the bottom line is, his record is crystal clear. He passed the bipartisan uh inflation. Uh excuse me, the bipartisan infrastructure bill passed the inflation reduction act, passed the American rescue plan, passed the bipartisan ships and Science Act passed the first gun control legislation uh in three decades. Uh He's taken executive action on gun control. He formed the first uh you know, gun safety prevention office uh in the White House's history. The record is crystal clear and it so it's incumbent upon him and all of us to go out there and share his record with the American people uh in the hopes that they support his reelection as they should because it's not just about him, it's about the team around him and it's about all of us in Congress doing our jobs and when we had the majority, uh we wanted to do even more. Um You know, if it wasn't for Senators Mansion in Cinema, we would have universal child care, uh universal pre K, we would have so much more. And so, but even without that, we still had great results. Uh I wanna ask you as well. Uh The New York Attorney General James secured a partial uh decision uh in her uh Trump investigation uh in relation to his business practices and inflating and deflating property costs. Uh What are you taking away from that result? You know, Trump is a uh a manifestation and recognition of many aspects of our corrupt capitalist system. Um what he has done and does is something that is consistently going on uh within uh financial markets and within that system. And so it's great that he is being held accountable, but it's really important for us to take a fresh look at the overall system that continues to allow uh inequality to persist uh throughout many aspects of society. And so, um his accountability, I think is also a reckoning uh for American democracy uh in a very public way, not just in terms of his private practices and what the a gag in New York is doing, but in terms of his federal indictments and what's happening at the state level regarding him stealing the election. And so, um you know, this is, this is a critical moment uh in our nation's history to make sure those it doesn't matter if you're powerful. It doesn't matter if you're a man or a white man who did something wrong. You need to be held accountable, period. Obviously, your background uh is in education, you're set to announce uh your Green New Deal for school. So tell us a little bit about uh what is in this proposal and why this is so important for the future of education uh in the nation. Yeah. So our Green New Deal for public schools, uh it responds to many intersecting critical crises that we are dealing with. It responds to the issue of climate change because it seeks to invest 1.3 trillion over the next 10 years to physically rebuild our public schools. It responds to many of the crises in terms of teacher shortages and student mental health because it invests in teacher development and teacher pipelines and it quadruples funding for Title one schools which goes directly to our Children. It also invests in more counselors in schools to support the mental health of our Children overall. Um Third, it deals with the issue of historically underfunded red line communities because we are gonna target those communities initially in terms of this funding to rebuild the schools that are there. I mean, we're talking about schools where, you know, there's no hot water in the bathrooms, there's no ac uh in the summertime there's mold, there's mildew, uh there's lead in the waters. We're talking about schools that have been dealing with this for years and chronically underfunded for years. So this makes those investments in critical areas. And then finally, in terms of the issue of school safety, we added components to the bill to make sure that our schools are more hardened and fortified to respond better in case of a potential shooting incident in schools. So everything from hurricane proof uh windows uh to security apparatuses, it protects our students and keeps them safer. So from everything from climate to student mental health to teacher development, to safe schools, uh diss response to all of it, to crumbling infrastructure in response to all of it and makes the investments that we haven't made in many, many years. And the way you pay for these kind of investments is you ensure the wealthiest among us, contribute their fair share, you ensure corporations contribute their fair share. The ira uh that we passed uh several months, months ago, invest in IRS agents to go after tax sheets that will raise hundreds of billions of dollars a year. So the money is there, but we gotta invest it in the right areas. So we don't have to invest in more health care costs and jail costs. On the back end, you're in an interesting position where your district includes part of New York City, a little bit of the Bronx, but you know, the rest of the being in the suburbs, um I, I'll keep it sort of open ended because I think it's such a developing story when it comes to my migrants arriving, uh whether it's, you know, the tps that was extended by the White House or uh opening up the housing vouchers you've just seen from New York City mayor, Eric Adams. So when you take a look at the full picture about what's going on, um calls for more security at the border, uh, the way the city has handled it, the way the suburbs have responded, the way the federal government has responded. Uh Where do you kind of find yourself among all of this? And then on the back end of that, what more should the federal government be doing to kind of get ahead of the situation. So Congress is long overdue to pass comprehensive immigration reform. We should have been done this many, many years ago. We continue to kick the can down the road and we haven't been responsive as we have needed to be responsive to the issue of mass migration and to the issue of supporting the asylum seekers that are coming to our country. The other thing is this is not a uh this is not a migrant crisis, this is a global humanitarian crisis. We are seeing mass migration all over the world due to climate due to conflict due to scarcity, people are moving, hundreds of millions of people are moving all over the world as we speak to the United States and New York City, we're taking out our share of it. And it's important for us to respond in the most humane way possible. President Trump gutted the humanity aspect of our immigration system. We have less judges, we need more, we have less lawyers, we need more and we need to take a holistic approach to support the people who are coming here seeking asylum. And remember seeking asylum is a legal process. They're not coming here illegally, quote unquote as many people suggest. And then finally, there needs to be much more, much more collaboration, much more communication, much more creativity and critical thinking and much less finger pointing as it relates to supporting the migrants who are coming here. Now, this is not just my position. The business community knows that migrants are an essential component of our economy. They're the engine that drives our economy towards becoming the wealthiest nation on earth. And so comprehension, comprehensive immigration reform supports the engine that drives our economy. The last thing I'll say is this, you know, President Trump, former President Trump uh used to fear monger and many maga republicans continue to fear monger around migrants coming here. There have been very little reports if any, I have not seen many of recent incidents or rises in violence or crime as it relates to migrants coming here. So yes, the federal government has done some things extending TPS is part of it. We also need them to waive the application fees, it relates to TPS so that the migrants can begin working immediately. They want to, they are ready to. And then the last thing I'll say is the the mutual aid networks that have developed in my district. I am super proud of. So I want to acknowledge White Plains. I want to acknowledge Yonkers. I want to acknowledge a, I want to acknowledge grassroots organizations in Rochelle and other places. My office has been on the ground working directly with uh the migrants to support their paperwork and support them in, in, in finding employment, support them in mental health services, all of it. So this is a humanitarian crisis. That's global and we all need to come together to support each other as human beings. It's crazy to me that some people, you know, they scream things like close the border, send them back. Remember we all came here from somewhere else. Unless you're indigenous Native American, we all came here from somewhere else and we need to remember that and have empathy as we work to support the asylum seekers and I'll just wrap it up here. Any other uh big votes uh or anything going on in district, do you think is important for your constituents to be aware of? Yeah, absolutely. So we're gonna have a few job fairs coming up. So please stay tuned for that. Uh We're also gonna have a town hall on school safety on October 12th. So please stay tuned for that. That's going to be a big deal. We have a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration happening. Hopefully the government remains open and we can do that in person. But if it doesn't, it's gonna have to, it's gonna have to move uh to zoom. So please stay tuned for that. And then you know, the one thing I want to just leave everyone with again. If the government shuts down, we're talking about working class people, even the working poor and people who live in poverty being the most impacted by this people will not receive their wick snap and 10th benefits. These are the most vulnerable people among us being put in the most desperate of circumstances. Our job as the federal government at the very least is to provide the basic necessities for the American people, food, clothing, shelter, roof over your head, keep communities safe. If we're, if we put people in desperate situations, we're not doing our basic job. And so, you know, iii, I want to impress upon everyone to realize that this should not be happening. Unfortunately, it's being driven by the Republican party and we have to push, push on Congress and push on that party to do the right thing, not just locally but nationally congressman. Thank you so much for taking the time. You're welcome. I appreciate you.

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