Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office March 18, 2022
Mayor
Eric Adams
Preceded by
Gonzalo Casals
Majority Leader of the New York City Council
In office January 11, 2018 – December 31, 2021
Speaker
Corey Johnson
Preceded by
Jimmy Van Bramer
Succeeded by
Keith Powers
Member of the New York City Council from the 35th District
In office January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2021
Preceded by
Letitia James
Succeeded by
Crystal Hudson
Personal details
Born
Laurie Angela Cumbo
(1975-02-21) February 21, 1975 (age 49) Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Alma mater
Spelman College (BA) New York University (MA)
Website
Official website
Laurie A. Cumbo[1] (born February 4, 1975) is an American politician and Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. A Democrat, she served in the New York City Council for the 35th district from 2014 to 2021, which includes the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and Prospect Heights, portions of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and Vinegar Hill.[2] She is the founder and first executive director of the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts.
Cumbo was ineligible to run in 2021 due to term limits.
^"About". MoCADA.
^"District 35". Laurie A. Cumbo. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
Laurie A. Cumbo (born February 4, 1975) is an American politician and Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. A Democrat, she...
original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023. "District 35". Laurie A. Cumbo. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved September...
Union Armory in Crown Heights. In 2017, Brisport ran against incumbent LaurieCumbo in the 35th New York City Council District. In a rare Green Party primary...
December 3, newly elected black Democratic New York City councilwoman LaurieCumbo added a letter to her Facebook page saying: "The accomplishments of the...
of its kind to be opened in New York. MoCADA was founded in 1999 by LaurieCumbo in a building owned by the historical Bridge Street AWME Church in the...
to support controversial Brooklyn councilwoman LaurieCumbo and other candidates. The PAC gave Cumbo at least $80,000 through August 2013, an unpopular...
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theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020. "Mayor Adams Appoints LaurieCumbo as Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner". The official website...
joining Brooklyn Community Board 8 and later working for Councilwoman LaurieCumbo as her chief of operations. Hudson was chosen in 2019 to be a Deputy...
for Mayor of New York in 2021 In the 35th district, incumbent Democrat LaurieCumbo was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term. Withdrawn...
order against the project. His company, along with city councilwoman LaurieCumbo, are defendants in a case about the controversial rezoning near the Brooklyn...
received official backing from the New York City Council, including LaurieCumbo, Jimmy Van Bramer and Corey Johnson. Villarreal, Alexandra (2014-10-08)...
gentrification, driven by the gentrification mayor and rubber-stamped by LaurieCumbo." In November 2017, Crown Heights tenants stood on the steps of City...
Local officials Justin Brannan, councilmember from the 43rd district LaurieCumbo, councilmember from the 35th district Chaim Deutsch, former councilmember...
2017 Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito Preceded by Joel Rivera Succeeded by LaurieCumbo Member of the New York City Council from the 26th district In office...
York philanthropist Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel and Commissioner LaurieCumbo (then councilwoman of the 35th District of New York City) to erect a...
assemblymember Local officials Gale Brewer, Manhattan Borough President LaurieCumbo, NYC Councillor Vanessa Gibson, NYC Councillor Mark Green, former NYC...
in the Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts. Sally Block and LaurieCumbo were its curators. In 2011, he was given a retrospective exhibition called...
York City Council Marcos Crespo, Member of the New York State Assembly LaurieCumbo, Majority Leader of New York City Council Andrew Cuomo, 56th Governor...
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