Laurie Cumbo
| Laurie Cumbo | |
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| Member of the New York City Council from the 35th District | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Letitia James |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 21, 1975 Brooklyn, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Spelman College (B.A.) New York University (M.A.) |
| Website | Official website |
Laurie Cumbo (born February 4, 1975) is the Council member for the 35th District of the New York City Council. She is a Democrat.
The district includes portions of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Boerum Hill, Clinton Hill, Crown Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, East Flatbush, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Prospect Park, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Vinegar Hill in Brooklyn.
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, she graduated from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1997, receiving a degree in Fine Arts. She received a Master's degree in Visual Arts Administration from New York University in 1999.
Based on her 1999 NYU graduate work and a trip to Bilbao, Spain, Cumbo founded and served as the executive director of the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts (MoCADA). She told the New York Times's Local, "prior to [receiving her master's in 1999] I would say I was very inspired by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. This museum created a whole economy for this particular city after its shipping industry died. It made Bilbao and the museum a must destination when visiting Spain. I know that MoCADA can do that for Brooklyn as well." Originally based in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, the museum moved to its current location in Brooklyn's gentrified Fort Greene section within the BAM Cultural District with the help of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Local Development Corporation, which included Bruce Ratner, the Barclays Center and Atlantic Yards developer, on its board.
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