Melissa Mark-Viverito
| Melissa Mark-Viverito | |
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| Speaker of the New York City Council | |
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Assumed office January 8, 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Christine Quinn |
| Member of the New York City Council from the 8th District | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Phil Reed |
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April 1, 1969 San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater |
Columbia University (B.A.) Baruch College (M.P.A.) |
| Website | Official website |
Melissa Mark-Viverito (born April 1, 1969) is the Speaker of the New York City Council as well as the Council member for the 8th District. She is a Democrat. The district includes Concourse, Concourse Village, East Harlem, Highbridge, Longwood, Mott Haven, Port Morris, and Randall's Island.
Described by The New York Times as "fiercely liberal", she was elected Speaker on January 8, 2014, succeeding Christine Quinn.
Mark-Viverito was born in San Juan and grew up in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. She came to New York at age 18 to attend college, earning a BA degree from Columbia University in 1991 and then a Master of Public Administration degree from Baruch College in 1995. Her hyphenated last name comes from her late father, Anthony Mark, and the maiden name of her mother, Elizabeth Viverito. Her father was a doctor and a founder of San Pablo Hospital in Bayamón, where her mother still lives.
Before running for City Council, Mark-Viverito served as a member of Community Board 11, coordinator of the movement Todo Nueva York con Vieques, president of Mujeres del Barrio, and Strategic Organizer for Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), an influential health care workers union.
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