When the recent Supreme Court decisions started rolling in, it was like wave after wave of electricity came to shock me out of a stupor. I foolishly believed that the Supreme Court would do what was best in maintaining necessary regulations to stymie climate change and prevent unjust pollution of our environment by corporations. Instead, I was hit with the reality that it was up to us to ensure that state and local governments had to enforce the spirit of these dead regulations.

I have found hope and strength in action, however, and I’ve found that by supporting state Sen. Anna Kaplan’s campaign for re-election to New York State Senate District 7, I have an opportunity to help shape the country that I want to see.

My first experience in advocacy was at the Youth Climate Summit hosted by Residents Forward. There, I first met Sen. Kaplan and witnessed her passion for safeguarding our community and world as a whole. This was the largest factor in why I decided to campaign for her in the upcoming election.

The 2022 general election is going to be one of the thinnest margins we’ve ever seen on Long Island, and we need an experienced leader who can unite our community and effect action at the state Legislature. No legislator is better equipped to fight for Nassau County and, above all, our rights to a clean world, than Sen. Anna Kaplan.

Please join me in voting to re-elect our Anna Kaplan in the primary election on Aug. 23 to ensure that New York remains at the forefront of U.S. climate policy.

Jacob Keller
Port Washington