Zack Polanski - London Assembly Member
Key information
Start date for this term:
Salary: £64,331
Constituency: Londonwide
Political group: City Hall Greens
Biography
Zack Polanski was elected to the London Assembly in May 2021. He is a strong advocate for electoral reform and has been a spokesperson for Make Votes Matter.
Zack’s background has been in the gig economy, and he has worked as an actor, youth worker, mental health counsellor and in the hospitality sector.
Zack is currently a property guardian and has first-hand experience of London’s housing crisis.
He is committed to campaigning for the introduction of a basic income and championing London’s creative and cultural sectors.
Responsibilities for 2024-25
- Chair of the Environment Committee
- Member of the Budget and Performance Committee
- Member of the Economy, Culture and Skills Committee
- Member of the Fire Committee
Key issues
- Retrofit resolution: pressuring the Mayor to live up to his own promise by repairing London's leaky homes.
- Universal basic income: campaigning for a minimum safety net for every Londoner to thrive in our city.
Media enquiries
Email Julia Albertson at [email protected] for press and media enquiries.
If you are constituent, email Zack at [email protected].
Zack's committee memberships
We review the Mayor’s strategies on air quality, water, waste, climate change and energy.
We review economic development across the capital and investigate matters relating to culture, skills, and tourism.
We review the work of the London Fire Commissioner and other matters relating to fire and rescue in London.
We are looking at the increased cost of living across London and whether existing Mayoral policies address the issue.
Zack's questions at Mayor's Question Time
Assembly Members can put questions to the Mayor at Mayor's Question Time.
Latest news from Zack
Following deadly droughts in Zambia, harrowing floods in Valencia, and apocalyptic pollution in Delhi, Zack Polanski AM demanded to know why the Mayor continues to fall behind on his own climate targets. [1]
Just over one year since Zack Polanski AM published his report outlining the Mayor’s failure to follow through on his so-called “retrofit revolution,” Londoners have finally seen several of the Mayor’s key promises materialize. [1]
As London Fashion Week begins tomorrow, Zack Polanski AM questioned London’s Mayor over his failure to ensure public funding from the Greater London Authority (GLA) was not supporting fashion that exploited and/or harmed animals.
The London Assembly Environment Committee responds to the London Climate Resilience Review report.