Welcome to the homepage of TradeJustice New York Metro's chapter for the 15th Congressional district of New York. Our group works to stop the passage of free trade agreements that undermine democracy, offshore jobs, undermine health, safety, animal welfare, and environmental regulations, contribute to human rights abuses, replace family farms with industrial scale factory farms and genetically modified foods, prevent needed regulations on the banking industry, and limit internet freedom and access to lifesaving generic drugs by expanding corporate intellectual property rights to an absurd degree. Currently, we are focusing on stopping the passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a 12 country free trade agreement described as "NAFTA on Steroids."
Our Congressional Representative is Jose Serrano. Congressman Serrano represents New York’s 15th Congressional District, loosely bounded by the Harlem, Bronx, and East Rivers on the west, south, and east, extending north up past Fordham Road. The District includes the neighborhoods of Mott Haven, Hunts Point, Melrose, High Bridge, Morrisania, East Tremont, Tremont, Morris Heights, University Heights, Belmont, Fordham, Bedford Park, West Farms, the Longwood Avenue Historic District, and parts of Soundview. You can view a map of the 15th Congressional district here We work to alert Representative Serrano's constituents to the threat posed by TPP and to encourage his to use his bully pulpit and influence among his Congressional colleagues to built resistance to a trade deal that will only advance the interests of the 1% - at the expense of the rest of us!
Want to get involved or learn more? Contact Taleigh Smith at (646) 379-7670 or email jserrano @ tradejustice . net (no spaces). Do you live in our congressional district? Find out by entering your zip code here. If you're not in our district, you can find out how to get involved in a TradeJustice group in your Congressional district by calling (718) 218-4523 or emailing info @ tradejustice . net.
Learn more about the Trans-Pacific Partnership here
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