No matter what one feels about Jamaal Bowman, and I might have voted against him had I lived in his CD

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159. County Executive Latimer supported the bill.

Bowman takes heat from local Dems for voting against Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill

Westchester Democrats were largely left disappointed by U.S. Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s vote against the bipartisan infrastructure bill Friday that is expected to bring billions of dollars to New York once President Joe Biden signs it into law. The $1.2 trillion package, formally know as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, will go toward upgrading roads and bridges, airports, public transit and water systems. Biden called it “a monumental step forward as a nation.”

But Bowman, along with five other progressive congressional Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, rejected the bill. Part of Bowman's district covers Yonkers, New Rochelle, Mount Vernon and other towns in the southern portion of the county.

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Legislator Catherine Parker (D-Rye) said the bill Bowman opposed will provide good opportunities to address a myriad of local infrastructure needs. “I felt (Bowman's) protest vote spoke more of his unwillingness to accept compromise than actually accomplishing anything,” Parker said in a statement. Greenburgh Supervisor Paul Feiner's called Bowman's decision "irresponsible." Bowman's district covers part of the town.

Westchester County Executive George Latimer took a softer tone. The Democrat said he supports the bill, though he noted, "Congressman Bowman is a friend and friends disagree sometimes on issues."

https://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/2021/11/09/jamaal-bowman-takes-heat-westchester-democrats-no-vote-infrastructure-bill/6338487001/