In 2007 Levine was elected Democratic District Leader in the 71st Assembly District,Part A,representing parts of Hamilton Heights/West Harlem and Washington Heights. He was an early supporter of Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential primary,and ran on Obama’s delegate slate that year in New York’s 15th Congressional District. In 2009 Levine founded the Barack Obama Democratic Club of Upper Manhattan,[8] a progressive,reform-oriented local political club. In 2010 he ran for New York State Senate in the 31st District,finishing second in a four-way race with 39% of the vote.[9]
New York City Council
Levine took office in January,2014.[10] During his first term he served as chair of the City Council's Parks Committee,[11] chair of the Council's Jewish Caucus,[12] and founder and co-chair of the Council's Affordable Housing Preservation Taskforce.[13]
Levine was lead sponsor of legislation passed in 2017[14] which established a right to counsel for low-income tenants facing eviction in housing court,making New York City the first place in the nation to grant such a right.[15][16][17]
Other issues Levine has focused on include:construction of affordable housing,[18] greater equity for parks in low-income neighborhoods,[19][20] improved police-community relations,[21][22] safer streets and expanded mass transit,[23][24] dual-language education,[25] historic preservation,[26] expanded access to medical marijuana,[27] and acceptance of bitcoin for payment of NYC fines and fees.[28]
In addition to chairing the health committee,Levine was a member of the education,transportation,economic development,juvenile justice,and hospitals committees at the end of his term. He was also member of the Progressive Caucus and the Jewish Caucus.
In 2017,Levine won the Democratic primary to remain in his council seat with 75% of the vote over closest competitor Thomas Lopez-Pierre with 25%.[29]
Levine announced his candidacy for Manhattan borough president in January 2020.[34] Levine was endorsed by Representatives Adriano Espaillat and Nydia Velázquez,among other elected officials,labor unions,and advocacy groups.[35] He won the Democratic primary defeating New York State Senator Brad Hoylman by 7%,and defeated Republican Lou Puliafito in the November 2021 general election.[36]
Levine took office on January 1,2022.
Levine is a member of the Vote Blue Coalition,a progressive group and federal PAC created to support Democrats in New York,New Jersey,and Pennsylvania through voter outreach and mobilization efforts.[37]
↑Levine, Mark; Paschalidis, Nicholas; Sarris, Emmanuel (May 1994). "Energetic ion distributions on both sides of the Earth's magnetopause". Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. 99 (A5): 8687–8703. Bibcode:1994JGR....99.8687P. doi:10.1029/93JA03563.
↑Levine, Mark (January 9, 2015). "Learning to See Each Other". Gotham Gazette. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
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