BY: Liliana Rocio, Senior Editor For World Liberty TV

Gale A. Brewer is the 27th Borough President of Manhattan.Since she took office in 2014, she has successfully passed legislation to reform the deed restriction process, add ‘caregivers’ to the city’s anti-discrimination law, remove criminal history questions from initial employment applications (the “Fair Chance Act”), and enforce requirements for street numbers on buildings in Manhattan (to aid emergency workers).

She has also spearheaded community planning initiatives at the South Street Seaport, in East Midtown, and in other neighborhoods to address development and zoning issues.

Brewer previously served on the City Council for 12 years, serving as the founding chair of the Technology Committee and leading the Government Operations Committee.

There, the Council passed her legislation guaranteeing paid sick leave for most hourly employees, requiring all City data be published online, and protecting domestic workers from abusive practices.

Prior to that, she served as Chief of Staff to Council Member Ruth Messinger, NYC Deputy Public Advocate, Director of the city’s Federal Office, and Executive Director of the Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women.

Brewer has an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and did her undergraduate work at Columbia University and Bennington College.

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewers office organized  Women’s History Month .at the Mezzanine of.Municipal Building with me and extraordinary local women authors and performers, including Aparna Nancherla, Abigail Pesta, Pamela Sneed, and Sheila Weller, who will read or perform their work. Tuesday, March 20, 2018, 6 – 8 pm, Municipal Bldg. Mezzanine, 1 Centre St. (North entrance).

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