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Laurie A. Cumbo [1] (born February 4, 1975) is an American politician and Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.A Democrat, she served in the New York City Council for the 35th district from 2014 to 2021, which includes the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Prospect Heights, portions of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, the ...
Website. www .nyc .gov /dcla. The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs ( DCLA) is the department of the government of New York City [ 2] dedicated to supporting New York City's cultural life. Among its primary missions is ensuring adequate public funding for non-profit cultural organizations throughout the five boroughs. [ 3]
A Democrat, who served in the New York City Council and represented the 26th district from 2010 to 2021, which includes Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, and Woodside in Queens. Van Bramer is a progressive who was one of the few members of the City Council to endorse Cynthia Nixon's campaign in the 2018 New York gubernatorial election. [1]
For the 2013 political races in Brooklyn, REBNY created the Jobs for New York PAC, a pro-development political action committee to support controversial Brooklyn councilwoman Laurie Cumbo and other candidates. The PAC gave Cumbo at least $80,000 through August 2013, an unpopular move with residents in a rapidly gentrifying area.
Brian Cunningham, a former aide to state Sen. Kevin Parker and chief of staff to former Councilmember Laurie Cumbo (D-Bedford-Stuyvesant), has strong ties to establishment Democrats.
In 2014, now-city councilmember Laurie Cumbo designated $1.4 million, her largest capital budget allocation, to MoCADA, which she founded and directed before winning a position on city council. This was matched by the same amount of money in the city's executive budget for the 2015 fiscal year.
3,083. 55.2 % . Lisa Giovinazzo. 2,504. 44.8 %. Source: New York City Board of Elections. Only contested City Council races are shown. By Aaron Bycoffe, Jay Boice, Andrei Scheinkman and Shane Shifflett. Voters in New York City go to the polls to choose the Democratic and Republican nominees for mayor, comptroller and other local races.
Hudson began her career working for the Washington Mystics, a WNBA team based in Washington, D.C. In 2011, she joined Amtrak as a marketing executive. [2]After moving back to New York City to care for her mother, Carole Kay, [3] Hudson switched to public policy work, joining Brooklyn Community Board 8 [4] and later working for Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo as her chief of operations.