Alicka Ampry-Samuel | |
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Regional Administrator for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development | |
Assumed office January 1, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Lynne Patton |
Member of the New York City Council from the 41st district | |
In office January 1,2018 –December 31,2021 | |
Preceded by | Darlene Mealy |
Succeeded by | Darlene Mealy |
Personal details | |
Born | Brooklyn,New York,U.S. | May 6,1976
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 1 |
Residence(s) | Brooklyn,New York |
Alicka Ampry-Samuel (born May 6,1976) is an American lawyer and politician. A Democrat,she served as a New York City Council member for the 41st district. The district included portions of Bedford-Stuyvesant,Ocean Hill-Brownsville,East Flatbush,Crown Heights in Brooklyn.
In an upset,Ampry-Samuel was defeated for re-election in 2021 by Darlene Mealy,the former Council member whom Ampry-Samuel had succeeded four years earlier. [1]
Ampry-Samuel was born on May 6,1976 in Brownsville,one of the most impoverished neighborhoods of Brooklyn. [2] She graduated from North Carolina A&T State University and the CUNY School of Law. [3]
Ampry-Samuel first ran for the City Council in 2005,but lost to Darlene Mealy in the Democratic primary. [4]
Prior to public office,Ampry-Samuel worked as a Child Protective Specialist with the NYC Administration for Children Services. [5]
From 2012 to 2014,during a stint at the US Embassy in Ghana,she worked as a communication and outreach specialist for the United States Agency for International Development and subsequently on a human rights portfolio in the Embassy’s Political Office. She also served[ when? ] as Chief of Staff for State Assemblywoman Latrice Walker. [6] [7]
Three-term Councilwoman Darlene Mealy was term-limited in 2017 and unable to seek another term. Ampry-Samuel was one of nine Democrats who vied to replace her,and she won the Democratic primary with just over 31% of the vote. [8] She would go on to win the general election in the overwhelmingly Democratic district with over 95% of the vote. [9]
Ampry-Samuel was sworn into office on January 1,2018.
Election history | |||
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Location | Year | Election | Results |
NYC Council District 41 | 2005 | Democratic Primary | √Darlene Mealy 46.77% William Boyland,Jr. 18.85% Danny King 9.06% Royston Antoine 5.98% Stanley Kinard 5.11% David R. Miller 3.50% Alicka Ampry-Samuel 3.23% |
NYC Council District 41 | 2017 | Democratic Primary | √Alicka Ampry-Samuel 31.23% Henry L. Butler 22.04% Cory Provost 11.20% Moreen A. King 8.51% Deidre Olivera 8.11% Royston Antoine 5.72% Victor A. Jordan 5.28% David R. Miller 4.86% Leopold Cox 2.89% |
NYC Council District 41 | 2017 | General | √Alicka Ampry-Samuel (D) 95.49% Berneda Jackson (R) 3.18% Christopher Carew (I) 1.19% |
Ampry-Samuel was sworn into office as the Regional Administrator for New York and New Jersey of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development on January 18,2022. [10]
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