 On the same day, Hakeem Jeffries, Green's long-time political opponent, was elected to succeed him in the Assembly district he retired from in order to launch his unsuccessful bid for Congress.In 2007, shortly after the end of Green's term in the State Legislature, the Chancellor of the City University of New York and the President of Medgar Evers College, appointed him as a Distinguished Lecturer, teaching a course that explores the historical significance of the freedom amendments, 13th, 14th, 15th and 19th Amendments, and their influence on state and local government.Green is also the Director of the Dubois-Bunche Center on Public Policy, a think tank dedicated to advancing best practices in law, policy, and community covenants that advance social and economic justice for urban communities within the U.S. and throughout the African Diaspora.