Team AOC represents New York’s 14th District: 700,000 people across parts of the Bronx and Queens, including:

• Astoria, College Point, North Corona, East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and parts of Corona in Queens

• Pelham Gardens, City Island, Country Club, Van Nest, Parkchester, Pelham Bay, Schuylerville, Hunts Point, Throggs Neck, Soundview, Castle Hill, Mott Haven, Port Morris, and parts Morris Park, Middletown, Longwood and Foxhurst in the Bronx

APA VOICE, (Asian Pacific Americans Voting and Organizing to increase Civic Engagement), increases civic participation and expands voting access for Asian American New Yorkers.

Convened by the MinKwon Center in 2014, APA VOICE emerged as the first pan-Asian coalition in NYC to increase civic participation rates among Asian Americans, which historically ranked lowest in the City.

The MinKwon Center for Community Action was founded in 1984 (formerly called YKASEC) in Jackson Heights, Queens as an open space for Korean Americans to devote themselves to service, youth education, and cultural activities for the community.

Connected Chef is an organization of cooks and restaurant workers on a mission to build a community-controlled food system that ensures every Queens’ household has consistent access to local, nutritious food; healthy eating education; and pathways to financial agency.

RETI Center is a model for how coastal cities can combine environmental justice, social responsibility, and innovative design to adapt to a changing climate.

Our Local Power training program uses hands-on learning and skill building in solar panel installation, workplace safety, career readiness, social entrepreneurship, and sustainability. Upon graduating from four weeks of intensive study, trainees choose from a wide range of sustainable businesses and organizations to start new careers.

Western Queens Community Land Trust (WQCLT) is a nonprofit made up of activists, small business owners, professors, artists, students, and community members who fight for democratic and equitable land use in Western Queens.

We’re working on establishing a multi-site, multi-focus community land trust (CLT) to slow gentrification and act as a stabilizing force across Western Queens, from Hunters Point to Flushing.

Tri-State Transportation Campaign is dedicated to promoting sustainable transportation, equitable planning policies and practices, and strong communities in the New York City metro area.

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to telling stories focused on climate, justice, and solutions.

Dabima helps students looking to apply to college and the community surrounding them get through the application process together. They are counselors, project managers, and technology experts working together to bring down the costs of getting help.

Urban Health Plan is one of the largest federally qualified health center systems in New York State proudly serving communities in the Bronx, Corona, Queens, and Central Harlem.

NYPA's mission is to lead the transition to a carbon-free, economically vibrant New York through customer partnerships, energy solutions, and the responsible supply of affordable, clean, and reliable electricity.

CHIMES, Community & Household Infant-Maternal Exposure Study, is a longitudinal pilot project, led by caregivers and researchers from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst, investigating the impact of the environment — beginning in pregnancy — on maternal and child health.

We hope that by studying how structural racism — often reflected in inequitable environmental and housing conditions — affects maternal and child health outcomes, we can shed light on the impact of environmental and neighborhood exposures on the health of both mothers and their children. 

Mazorca Colectiva fosters alternative intergenerational spaces of care, mutual aid, collective storytelling, and cultural revival. Through community workshops and a community garden located in East Elmhurst, Queens, Mazorca Collectiva centers ancestral practices and nourishing traditions for Indigenous children, Elders, community teachers, and immigrant community that are often overworked and highly exploited by racial capitalism.

Chhaya was founded to address the housing and economic needs for low-income South Asian and Indo-Caribbean New Yorkers.

The Improv Draft is a collective of Queens-based improvisers and comedians bringing unscripted comedy and community to Queens.