Julie Menin
| Julie Menin | |
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Menin in 2016
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| Commissioner of The Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment | |
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Assumed office February 2016 |
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| Appointed by | Bill de Blasio |
| Preceded by | Cynthia Lopez |
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| Born | November 6, 1967 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Bruce Menin |
| Residence | New York City, New York, USA |
| Alma mater |
Columbia University Northwestern University School of Law |
| Profession | Former Small Business Owner, Regulatory Attorney, Non-Profit Executive Director |
| Website | juliemenin.com |
Julie Menin is an American attorney civil servant, non-profit executive, and small business owner. In February 2016, she was appointed Commissioner of the New York City Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. She was formerly Commissioner of New York City's Department of Consumer Affairs.
Menin began her career in 1992 as a regulatory attorney at Wiley, Rein & Fielding in Washington D.C., and worked as senior regulatory attorney at Colgate-Palmolive in New York City beginning in 1995. As an attorney, she specialized in regulatory law. In 1999, she opened and operated Vine, a restaurant, market, and catering operation in lower Manhattan, which had more than 75 employees.
Menin earned her B.A. magna cum laude at Columbia University and her J.D. at Northwestern University School of Law. She resides in Manhattan with her husband and three children.
Following 9/11, Menin founded and was the president of the nonprofit Wall Street Rising, a leading catalyst in the recovery of the downtown neighborhood. She helped small businesses access grants, insurance, and other monetary aid; grew the organization to 30,000 members; and created a variety of programs, including the Retail Attraction Program, which helped more than 600 small businesses stay in lower Manhattan.
Under her leadership, the organization launched the “Music Downtown” and “Art Downtown” series, which provided cultural and entertainment amenities to local residents in an effort to revitalize Lower Manhattan. Menin worked with artists including Mikhail Baryshnikov on these programs.
Beginning in 2005, Menin served as Chairperson for Community Board 1, where she was unanimously elected for three consecutive terms totaling seven years, and was widely recognized for her role in revitalizing lower Manhattan following the upheaval of 9/11.
As chair of CB1, Menin worked on numerous land use and zoning issues, led a successful campaign to build New York City’s first "green" school and other initiatives to revitalize Lower Manhattan. Menin has been recognized for her “solution-based” approach to controversial issues in the wake of 9/11 and as chair of CB1.
She successfully pushed to move the trial of 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed out of Lower Manhattan, while maintaining the importance of a federal trial. resulting in the Obama Administration backing out of New York City
On May 25, 2010, Menin presided over the Community Board's historic 29-1 vote in favor of a proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque, preserving the fundamental principle of freedom of religion and used a solution driven approach to urge the interfaith center (where all different religions can worship) be part of the plans.
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