- Marty Markowitz
Marty Markowitz is the Borough President of Brooklyn, New York City. He received his bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College, in Political Science, in 1970. Prior to being elected Borough President, he spent over two decades as a New York State Senator for Brooklyn. During his time as a state senator, he was known for creating a series of oceanfront concerts and other festivals rather than drafting legislation. Markowitz believes that all politics are local.
- Scott Stringer
Scott Stringer Manhattan Borough President
- Fernando Ferrer
Fernando James "Freddy" Ferrer (born April 30, 1950 in the Bronx, New York) was the Borough President of The Bronx from 1987 to 2001, and was a candidate for Mayor of New York in 2001 and the Democratic Party nominee for Mayor in 2005.
- Helen Marshall
Helen Marshall was elected Borough President in 2001 succeeding the term-limited Claire Shulman. Prior to being elected Borough President, Marshall served on the New York City Council from 1992 to 2002, an office she was term limited out of. Prior to being a city councilwoman, Marshall served for nine years in the New York State Assembly. In both the City Council and State Assembly, Marshall represented Queens.
- James Molinaro
James Molinaro, is the 14th and current Borough President of Staten Island in New York City. He was born on March 11, 1931, in the Lower East Side of Manhattan of Italian immigrants. He was one of six children, four brothers and two sisters. He is a widower since 1990 when his wife of 28 years, Carol, died of complications relating to scleroderma. The couple had two sons, Peter and Steven, and lived in the neighborhood of Fort Wadsworth since 1964.
- Guy Molinari
Guy Victor Molinari (born 1928) is a former United States Representative and borough president of Staten Island, New York.
- Adolfo Carrión Jr.
Adolfo Carrión, Jr. is the Bronx borough president. Elected in 2001, he was re-elected in 2005. On July 1, 2007 became the president of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
- Howard Golden
Howard Golden was the long-time Democratic borough president of Brooklyn serving from 1977 to December 31, 2001. Prior to becoming Brooklyn Borough President, Golden served as City Councilman for the Borough Park section of Brooklyn. Golden became the Kings County Democratic Leader following the resignation of Meade Esposito in 1982, a position he then held for almost 20 years. Throughout his long career Golden held various party positions, …
- Herman Badillo
Herman Badillo (born August 21, 1929 in Caguas, Puerto Rico) is a Bronx, New York politician who has been a borough president, United States Representative, and candidate for Mayor of New York City. He was the first Puerto Rican to be elected to these posts (and run for mayor) in the United States (outside of Puerto Rico). When Badillo was 11 years old, both of his parents died of tuberculosis and he was sent to live with his aunt in New York City.
- Donald Manes
Donald R. Manes (January 18, 1934 - March 13, 1986) was a controversial Democratic Party politician from New York City. He served as borough president of the New York City borough of Queens from 1971 until his suicide in 1986. Elected at age 37, the Brooklyn-born Manes was the youngest borough president in Queens history. During his term, Manes turned his position from merely a ceremonial role into a more proactive political job.
- Kevin Parker
Kevin Parker represents District 21 in the New York State Senate, which is comprised of East Flatbush, Flatbush, Midwood, Ditmas Park, Kensington, and Boro Park. He is African American. Elected to the State Senate in 2003, Parker is the current Ranking Minority Member on the Energy and Telecommunications Committee as well as a member of standing committees on Environmental Conservation, Higher Education, Insurance, Commerce, and Veterans.
- Inez Dickens
Inez Dickens is a member of the New York City Council, representing the 9th District, which includes Central Harlem. She replaced Bill Perkins after he ran for Manhattan Borough President. In the 2004 presidential election, she served as one of New York's 33 presidential electors casting her ballot for John Kerry.
- Robert Abrams
Robert Abrams (1938 -)is a politician and lawyer in New York. He served as a member of the New York State Assembly representing the Bronx in the 1970s. From 1970 to 1979, he served as the Bronx Borough President and "ex officio" member of the New York City Board of Estimate. He is considered a member of the reform wing of the Democratic Party. In 1978, he was elected to the first of four terms as New York State Attorney General.
- Andrew Stein
Andrew Stein (born Andrew J. Finkelstein in 1945) was the last President of the New York City Council. He was a longtime political leader in New York. Stein's father is Jerry Finkelstein, a multi-millionaire retired publisher (i.e. of the New York Law Journal, among other publications). Andrew Stein chose to shorten his name. Stein was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1970 and served in that office for seven years.
- Abe Stark
Abe Stark was a Russian-American politician from New York City. An immigrant who came to America from Russia as a small boy with his parents, he became a tailor and owned a clothing store at 1514 Pitkin Avenue in the East New York section of Brooklyn. A sign for Abe Stark's clothing store, placed directly under the Ebbets Field scoreboard in right-center field, told players “Hit Sign, Win Suit. Abe Stark.
- Gary Popkin
Gary S. Popkin (b. May 17, 1938 in New York) is a retired Professor of Computer Systems at New York City College of Technology and is a Libertarian activist. He has written several college textbooks on the Cobol Programming Language. He has a Ph.D. from Polytechnic University. He produces Hardfire, a Libertarian Talk Show which is broadcast on Brooklyn Community Access Television (BCAT).
- Ralph J. Lamberti
Ralph J. Lamberti is a member of the Democratic Party, and held the office of borough president of Staten Island, New York from 1984 to 1989. He was defeated in the 1989 by then Congressman Guy Molinari. Lamberti lost the election mostly because of deal with then New York City Mayor Ed Koch to put a homeless shelter on Staten Island.
- Karen Burstein
Karen Burstein is a politician and former judge from New York. She was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for New York State Attorney General in 1994. Burstein served as a state senator representing Long Island in the 1970s. She later moved into the administration of former Gov. Mario Cuomo as the Chairwoman and Executive Director of the State Consumer Protection Board.
- James J. Lyons
James J. Lyons (February 12, 1890 - January 7, 1966) was an American Democratic Party politician, who served as Borough President of the Bronx from 1934-1962.
- Julius Miller
Julius Miller (1880-1955) was a Manhattan Borough President from 1922 to 1930, who is best remembered for pushing through the West Side Elevated Highway from 72nd Street to the tip of Manhattan. Among his other accomplishments was pushing through the construction of the Park Avenue ramp through New York Central Building and around Grand Central Terminal, the establishment of the center strip on Park Avenue, and initiated plans to replace the Sixth Avenue elevated train.
- Jeffrion Aubry
Jeffrion L. Aubry represents District 35 in the New York State Assembly, which is comprised of East Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, Corona and Woodside. Chosen in a special election in 1992, Aubry is the current Chairman of the Corrections Committee, as well as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Airports and Economic Development and a member of several other standing committees, including Cities, Economic Development, Commerce and Industry and Social Services, among others.
- Sebastian Leone
Sebastian Leone was borough president of Brooklyn from 1970 to 1976.
- Henry Bruckner
Henry Bruckner (June 17, 1871 - April 14, 1942) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New York City, he attended the common and high schools in New York and became engaged in the manufacture of mineral waters in 1892. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1901 and from 1902 to 1905 was commissioner of public works for the Borough of the Bronx. Bruckner was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, …
- Philip T. Sica
Philip Theodore Sica (born September 27, 1934) is a realtor who, in 2005, made an unsuccessful bid for Queens borough president in New York City. He was the nominee for the Republican and Conservative parties ultimately losing to incumbent Borough President Helen Marshall. Sica's earliest education was at St. Stephen's Elementary School. Sica graduated high school from Cardinal Hayes.
- Nicholas Muller
Nicholas Muller (November 15, 1836 - December 12, 1917) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, he attended the common schools in the city of Metz and afterward the Luxemburg Athenaeum. He immigrated to the United States with his parents, who settled in New York City, and was employed as a railroad ticket agent for over twenty years.
- James C. Healey
James Christopher Healey (December 24, 1909-December 16, 1981) was a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from New York. He was born in the Bronx. He graduated from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1933 and St. John's University School of Law in 1936. He was an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1940 until 1943. He served in the United States Navy from 1943 until 1946.
- John Merolo
John Merolo , Commissioner John Merolo is currently serving his second term on the New York City Planning Commission. He was originally appointed to the post in 2000 by Guy Molinari, the former Staten Island Borough President, and was reappointed by current Borough President James Molinaro in 2002. Mr. Merolo has been involved in the real estate industry for over 20 years.
- Carlos Manzano
Carlos worked for the Department of Information Technology as a Computer Specialist handling Database Administration projects. He acted as liaison for various technology projects such as the citywide Geographical Information Systems. Currently, Carlos works as a consultant and marketing strategist in the technology industry. In February 2000, Carlos became one of the few Certified ORACLE Database Administrators (DBAs) in the United States.
- Lou Tobacco
Lou Tobacco developed his leadership skills at a young age while earning Eagle Scout honors at St. Teresa's Boy Scout Troop 37. Lou was presented with the prestigious Irving Berlin Citizen Award by the Greater New York Council Boy Scouts of America for his leadership on Substance Abuse Awareness. Lou attended Public School 35, St. Joseph Hill Academy grammar school and Monsignor Farrell High School.
- Dominic Muntanga
Dominic Muntanga - Director Dominic Muntanga is currently completing his studies in Non- Profit Management at Washington University in Saint Louis, where he is President of the African Students Association. Prior to moving to Saint Louis, Dominic was a Campaign Advisor ( http://www.newyorkers4fields.com ) for a New York City democratic Mayoral Candidate, C. Virginia Fields. Before this position, he worked as a special assistant to the Borough President of Manhattan.
- Borough President James Molinaro
Mr. Molinaro has served as a political advisor for a wide range of elected officials. His political expertise has been instrumental in electing a number of elected officials at every level of government, including former U.S. Senator Alphonse D’Amato, Surrogate Judge John Fusco, Councilman James Oddo, former Congresswoman Susan Molinari and, most recently, Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan. Community Service
- Darwin M. Davis
KACF Darwin M. Davis Darwin M. Davis is the President and CEO of the New York Urban League, having been appointed to that position in September 2002. The New York Urban League is a flagship affiliate amongst one hundred affiliates of the National Urban League, the nation’s oldest, professionally staffed civil rights organization. The League has four locations, housing seventeen programs servicing fifty thousand New Yorkers annually.
- Ethan Schlesser
Ethan Schlesser is a musician, composer, musical director, and works as a teaching artist in the field of vocal performance and creating original musical theater. Having studied music and piano since age 7, Ethan graduated from the University of Miami¹s music program in 1989 and currently directs the Urban Academy High School Pop/Gospel Choir, and directs the ³Create A Musical² program for young people (ages 10 14) at the Berkeley Carroll Creative Arts Program.
- Eldin L. Villafane
ELDIN L. VILLAFANE , PARTNER Eldin L. Villafane is a Partner handling political, non-profit, and corporate clients, among others. Villafane also manages and directs the firm’s practice in the Hispanic market, working with clients to reach the powerful and influential Spanish-language media across the U.S. A long-time practitioner in strategic communications, Mr. Villafane has managed media and public affairs strategies for elected officials, community groups, and business leaders.
- Lana Zinger
Dr. Lana Zinger Lana was elected to serve the Council as a Borough President appointee in April of 2006. She lives in District 26 and her child attends a school within the district as well. Dr. Zinger is an assistant Professor of Health at CUNY-Queensborough. She has extensive experience as an HIV/AIDS researcher and a community dietitian and health educator. She is an advocate for health care, human rights and civil liberties.
- Donald Manes
Donald Manes Even to this day, Donald Manes remains a man of conflicting personas. Headlines and perhaps even history will remember him as a political figure devastated by scandal, a powerful man who used his influence to extort dirty money from city businesses. But those who knew him say he was a kind and generous man, who, despite anything else, always had the best interests of Queens in his heart.
- Ken Fisher
Ken took them on and won. As Borough President, Ken Fisher will make sure that Brooklyn gets its fair share, because as a Brooklyn native and parent, he wants only the best for us. Fighting for our fair share of education funding. Councilman Ken Fisher won hundreds of millions of dollars to reduce class sizes and fix crumbling school buildings. Stopping big tobacco from advertising to kids.
- Jeannette Gadson
Jeannette Gadson led the fight against the City's proposal to develop waste transfer sites along the borough's waterfront. She has supported continuing rent regulations to protect tenants. She worked to expand senior rent and property tax exemptions. Gadson successfully fought the privatization of our schools and hospitals and has initiated a program through Borough Hall to extend health care coverage to low-income workers.
- James P.Molinaro
James P.Molinaro Borough President Treasurer
- Stephen J Walsh
Stephen J Walsh Mr. Walsh has 14 years of executive management level experience with the City of New York for both the executive and legislative branches. Public safety operations management, strategic planning, management of complex technology projects and e-business/government development are Mr. Walsh's specialties.