Deborah Glick
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Deborah J. Glick is an American politician
from New York and a Democratic
member of the New York State Assembly
representing the 66th Assembly District in lower Manhattan
.
Glick is a lifelong resident of New York City. She received her BA from Queens College and her M.B.A. from Fordham University
. She has followed an unconventional career path: seven years as a production supervisor for Steinway Pianos
through a two-year stint as Deputy Director for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
.
Her political activity began in college and her involvement in grass roots organizing continues today. She has focused on areas relating to civil rights, reproductive freedom, Lesbian and Gay rights, environmental improvement and preservation, and the arts.
Glick first ran for the legislature in 1990, being sworn in to office the following January when she became the state of New York's first openly gay state legislator. She has been re-elected every two years ever since. She ran uncontested in the 2008 general election and won the 2010 general election with 87 percent of the vote.
In the Assembly, Glick has a generally left wing or progressive
voting record. She has proposed bills that would prevent evictions based on a tenant's ownership of a pet, protect seniors from unwarranted evictions and provide domestic partnership for life partners. She is Chair of the Assembly committee on higher education, as well as a member of the influential Ways and Means and Rules committees.
The first openly LGBT member of the New York Legislature
, she is today one of six, alongside Assemblymembers Micah Kellner
, Daniel O'Donnell, Matthew Titone
and Harry Bronson
, as well as Senator Thomas Duane
.
Politics of the United States
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from New York and a Democratic
Democratic Party (United States)
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member of the New York State Assembly
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652...
representing the 66th Assembly District in lower Manhattan
Lower Manhattan
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.
Glick is a lifelong resident of New York City. She received her BA from Queens College and her M.B.A. from Fordham University
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
. She has followed an unconventional career path: seven years as a production supervisor for Steinway Pianos
Steinway & Sons
Steinway & Sons, also known as Steinway , is an American and German manufacturer of handmade pianos, founded 1853 in Manhattan in New York City by German immigrant Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg...
through a two-year stint as Deputy Director for the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
The New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development is the mayoral agency of New York City responsible for developing and maintaining the city's stock of affordable housing. HPD is headquartered in Lower Manhattan, and includes smaller branch offices in each of the city's five...
.
Her political activity began in college and her involvement in grass roots organizing continues today. She has focused on areas relating to civil rights, reproductive freedom, Lesbian and Gay rights, environmental improvement and preservation, and the arts.
Glick first ran for the legislature in 1990, being sworn in to office the following January when she became the state of New York's first openly gay state legislator. She has been re-elected every two years ever since. She ran uncontested in the 2008 general election and won the 2010 general election with 87 percent of the vote.
In the Assembly, Glick has a generally left wing or progressive
Progressivism in the United States
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voting record. She has proposed bills that would prevent evictions based on a tenant's ownership of a pet, protect seniors from unwarranted evictions and provide domestic partnership for life partners. She is Chair of the Assembly committee on higher education, as well as a member of the influential Ways and Means and Rules committees.
The first openly LGBT member of the New York Legislature
New York Legislature
The New York State Legislature is the term often used to refer to the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York. The New York Constitution does not designate an official term for the two houses together...
, she is today one of six, alongside Assemblymembers Micah Kellner
Micah Kellner
Micah Z. Kellner is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat, he serves as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 65th district, which includes Manhattan's Upper East Side and Roosevelt Island ....
, Daniel O'Donnell, Matthew Titone
Matthew Titone
Matthew J. Titone is an American politician and lawyer from Staten Island, New York. A Democrat, he serves as a member of the New York State Assembly from the 61st District, on Staten Island's North Shore.-Early life, education, career:...
and Harry Bronson
Harry Bronson
Harry B. Bronson is an attorney and politician from Rochester, New York who serves as a member of the New York State Assembly. A former member of the Monroe County legislature, he was elected to the Assembly in 2010...
, as well as Senator Thomas Duane
Thomas Duane
Thomas K. Duane is an American politician from New York, currently serving in the New York State Senate. He was the nation's first openly HIV-positive person elected to office....
.