Diana Richardson | |
---|---|
Deputy Borough President of Brooklyn | |
In office January 1, 2022 – October 17, 2022 | |
Leader | Antonio Reynoso |
Preceded by | Ingrid Lewis-Martin |
Succeeded by | Kim Council |
Member of the
New York State Assembly from the 43rd district | |
In office May 6, 2015 – March 30, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Karim Camara |
Succeeded by | Brian A. Cunningham |
Personal details | |
Born | Brooklyn, New York | January 16, 1983
Political party | Democratic |
Other political affiliations | Working Families |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Residence(s) | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Education |
Medgar Evers College (
BA) Baruch College ( MPA) |
Diana Richardson (born January 16, 1983) is an American politician who served as a member of the New York Assembly. She was elected on the Working Families Party line in a 2015 special election to replace Karim Camara in the 43rd district, which comprises the Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhoods of Brooklyn. [1]
Richardson was born in Brooklyn, to Caribbean immigrant parents from Aruba, [2] [3] and raised in Crown Heights. [3]
Richardson has an undergraduate degree in public administration from Medgar Evers College, and a Master of Public Administration from Baruch College, both campuses of the City University of New York. [2] [3]
Richardson was a Brooklyn Community Board 9 member when the Crown Heights Tenant Union, an advocacy organization for tenants that organizes, educations, and helps residents in housing court cases, [4] [5] convinced her to run for an open New York Assembly seat on an anti-gentrification platform. [6]
She won the May 2015 special election, [7] on the Working Families Party (WFP) ballot line, the first to do so in the state legislature. [7] She also won the general election the following November, on both the Democratic Party line as well as the WFP. [3]
In 2016, Richardson was arrested for hitting her 12-year-old son with a broomstick and was charged with assault, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing. [8] [9] The felony charge was dropped in April 2017, though she still faced six misdemeanor charges. [10]
In 2020, Richardson was pepper-sprayed by the New York City Police Department while marching at a demonstration over the murder of George Floyd. [11]
Richardson faced a primary challenge in the 2020 elections from Jesse Hamilton. [12] She defeated Hamilton in a landslide. [13]
In January 2022, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso selected Richardson to be the deputy borough president. [14]
On October 17, 2022, Richardson was fired for hosting a toxic work environment following a string of staff and constituent complaints about her behavior while working at Borough Hall. [15] [16]
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Diana Richardson | |
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Deputy Borough President of Brooklyn | |
In office January 1, 2022 – October 17, 2022 | |
Leader | Antonio Reynoso |
Preceded by | Ingrid Lewis-Martin |
Succeeded by | Kim Council |
Member of the
New York State Assembly from the 43rd district | |
In office May 6, 2015 – March 30, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Karim Camara |
Succeeded by | Brian A. Cunningham |
Personal details | |
Born | Brooklyn, New York | January 16, 1983
Political party | Democratic |
Other political affiliations | Working Families |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Residence(s) | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
Education |
Medgar Evers College (
BA) Baruch College ( MPA) |
Diana Richardson (born January 16, 1983) is an American politician who served as a member of the New York Assembly. She was elected on the Working Families Party line in a 2015 special election to replace Karim Camara in the 43rd district, which comprises the Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhoods of Brooklyn. [1]
Richardson was born in Brooklyn, to Caribbean immigrant parents from Aruba, [2] [3] and raised in Crown Heights. [3]
Richardson has an undergraduate degree in public administration from Medgar Evers College, and a Master of Public Administration from Baruch College, both campuses of the City University of New York. [2] [3]
Richardson was a Brooklyn Community Board 9 member when the Crown Heights Tenant Union, an advocacy organization for tenants that organizes, educations, and helps residents in housing court cases, [4] [5] convinced her to run for an open New York Assembly seat on an anti-gentrification platform. [6]
She won the May 2015 special election, [7] on the Working Families Party (WFP) ballot line, the first to do so in the state legislature. [7] She also won the general election the following November, on both the Democratic Party line as well as the WFP. [3]
In 2016, Richardson was arrested for hitting her 12-year-old son with a broomstick and was charged with assault, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing. [8] [9] The felony charge was dropped in April 2017, though she still faced six misdemeanor charges. [10]
In 2020, Richardson was pepper-sprayed by the New York City Police Department while marching at a demonstration over the murder of George Floyd. [11]
Richardson faced a primary challenge in the 2020 elections from Jesse Hamilton. [12] She defeated Hamilton in a landslide. [13]
In January 2022, Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso selected Richardson to be the deputy borough president. [14]
On October 17, 2022, Richardson was fired for hosting a toxic work environment following a string of staff and constituent complaints about her behavior while working at Borough Hall. [15] [16]
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