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This category includes current and former members of the New York City Council and its preceding legislative bodies, like the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Assistant Aldermen, since 1665. For a list of only the current members, see Membership of the New York City Council
The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs.. The council serves as a check against the mayor in a mayor-council government model, the performance of city agencies' land use decisions, and legislating on a variety of other issues.
Julissa Ferreras (born 1976) – New York City Council Member, Finance Committee chair; Richard Feynman (1918–1988) – theoretical physicist; recipient 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics; Barbie Ferreira (born 1996) – actress ; Harvey Fierstein (born 1952) – actor and playwright
Benjamin J. Davis – New York City councilman, ultimately sent to jail for violations of the Smith Act [37] Ossie Davis – actor and director; lived in Harlem in the late 1930s and mid-1940s; Sammy Davis Jr. – entertainer, actor, member of Rat Pack, born in Harlem Hospital in 1925 [58] Roy DeCarava – photographer, born in Harlem in 1919 [59]
Erik Bottcher (born May 9, 1979) [1] is an American politician from New York City. He is a Democratic member of the 3rd district of the New York City Council , which includes the neighborhoods of Greenwich Village , Chelsea , and Hell's Kitchen .
Rosie Méndez (born February 28, 1963) is an American Democratic politician who served in the New York City Council from the 2nd district from 2006 to 2017. Méndez's district included all or parts of Chelsea, the East Village, the Flatiron District, Gramercy, Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side, Midtown, Murray Hill, NoHo, and Stuyvesant Town in Manhattan.
In 1997, Perkins was first elected to the New York City Council, winning the seat easily after losing the Democratic nomination for the Council three times previously. [citation needed] On the Council, Perkins served as Deputy Majority Leader, and championed the lead paint laws that required New York City residences to be tested for hazardous conditions. [5]
Member of the New York City Council from the 35th district; In office January 1, 2002 – July 23, 2003: Preceded by: Mary Pinkett: Succeeded by: Letitia James: Personal details; Born April 3, 1962 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. Died: July 23, 2003 (aged 41) New York City, U.S. Manner of death: Assassination (gunshot wounds) Resting place