David Norman Dinkins was an American politician,lawyer,and author who served as the 106th mayor of New York City from 1990 to 1993.
Daniel J. O'Donnell is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat,he is a member of the New York State Assembly. O'Donnell represents the 69th district in Manhattan,made up of the neighborhoods of Manhattan Valley,Morningside Heights,and portions of the Upper West Side and West Harlem.
Clara A. L. Virginia Fields,better known as C. Virginia Fields,is an American politician who served as Borough President of Manhattan. She was served two terms,elected in 1997 and reelected in 2001,with her second term expiring at the end of 2005.
William Anson Barclay is an American politician and attorney from the State of New York. A Republican,he has served in the New York State Assembly since 2003. In January 2020,Barclay was elected to the position of Assembly Minority Leader.
Inez E. Dickens is the Assemblymember for the 70th district of the New York State Assembly. She is a Democrat. The district includes portions of El Barrio,Hamilton Heights,Harlem,and Morningside Heights in Manhattan. She formerly served on the New York City Council from 2006 to 2016,representing the 9th district.
Basil Alexander Paterson was an American labor lawyer and politician. He served in the New York State Senate from 1966 to 1971 and as secretary of state of New York under Governor Hugh Carey from 1979 to 1983. In 1970,Paterson was the Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New York on the Arthur Goldberg ticket. Paterson's son David served as governor from 2008 to 2011.
Herman Daniel “Denny”Farrell Jr. was an American politician from New York. He was a Democratic member of the New York State Assembly representing the Manhattan neighborhoods of West Harlem,Inwood and Washington Heights from 1975 to 2017.
Richard N. Gottfried is an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the New York State Assembly representing portions of Manhattan. Gottfried had been a member of the Assembly for more than 50 years,making him the longest-serving member of the body and one of the longest-serving state legislators in the United States.
The Riverton Houses is a large residential development in Harlem,Manhattan,New York City.
Michael J. Cusick is a former New York State legislator who represented the New York State Assembly's District 63,in Staten Island,New York. He is a Democrat,and served in the Assembly from 2003 to 2023.
Edward Richard Dudley was an American lawyer,judge,civil rights activist and the first African-American to hold the rank of Ambassador of the United States,as ambassador to Liberia from 1949 to 1953.
Brian Patrick Kavanagh is an American politician who represents the 27th district in the New York State Senate,representing Lower Manhattan since December 2017. Before the redrawing of legislative districts in January 2023,Kavanagh represented the west part of Brooklyn. He previously served in the New York State Assembly representing the East Side of Manhattan. Kavanagh is a Democrat.
John Raymond Jones was the last Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall,a New York City Councilman for Harlem,a district leader,ran the Carver Democratic Club,and was Adam Clayton Powell's campaign manager in 1958,opposing Tammany Hall,and Carmine DeSapio.
The Gang of Four,also known as the Harlem Clubhouse,was an African-American political coalition from Harlem whose members later ascended to top political posts. It is named after the Gang of Four of China. J. Raymond Jones was influential in helping these men obtain power.
Prior to becoming Governor of New York,David Paterson served in the New York State Senate,eventually becoming Senate minority leader.
Hulan Edwin Jack was a Saint Lucian-born New York politician who in 1954 became the highest ranking Caribbean American municipal official up until that time,when he was elected Borough President of Manhattan.
Bessie Allison Buchanan,of Manhattan in New York City,became the first African-American woman to hold a seat in the New York State Legislature when she was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1954.
Alfred E. Taylor is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Assembly for the 71st district. A Democrat,Taylor's district includes portions of Hamilton Heights,Harlem,Washington Heights,and Inwood.
Fritz Winfred Alexander II was an American judge who served as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1985 to 1992,and a deputy mayor of New York from 1992 to 1993. Alexander was the first black judge to serve a full term on the Court of Appeals. Fritz Alexander was a part of the Harlem Clubhouse headed by J. Raymond Jones
Jordan J.G. Wright is an American politician. He will serve in the New York State Assembly representing the 70th district from 2025. A Democrat,he represents a majority of Harlem in Manhattan. He is the son of the Manhattan Democratic Party chairman,Keith L.T. Wright.
