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== 2013 election ==
== 2013 election ==
Menin ran in the Democratic primary for Manhattan Borough President in September 2013 but was defeated by New York City Councilwoman [[Gale Brewer]].<ref>[[CBS]] new York (11 September 2013). [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/09/11/councilwoman-brewer-wins-nomination-for-manhattan-borough-president/ "Councilwoman Brewer Wins Nomination For Manhattan Borough President"]. Retrieved 25 September 2013.</ref> She announced her candidacy in December 2012, with a list of more than 200 community endorsements, including activists, district leaders, state committee members, community board chairs and prominent New Yorkers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pehme|first=Morgan|title=Declaring for Manhattan BP, Menin Announces 216 Endorsements|url=http://www.cityandstateny.com/declaring-for-manhattan-bp-menin-announces-216-endorsements/|publisher=Manhattan Media}}</ref> Since launching her campaign, Menin has also picked up endorsements from Speaker [[Sheldon Silver]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Katz|first=Celeste|title=Julie Menin Is Gold For Manhattan BP, Shelly Silver Says|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/02/julie-menin-is-gold-for-manhattan-bp-shelly-silver-says-uft-backs-robert-jacks|publisher=NY Daily News}}</ref> Congresswoman [[Nydia Velázquez]], former New York City Mayor [[Ed Koch]], State Senator [[Adriano Espaillat]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Colin|title=Team Espaillat Backs Julie Menin for Manhattan Borough President|url=http://politicker.com/2013/01/team-espaillat-backs-julie-menin-for-manhattan-borough-president/}}</ref> State Assembly Member [[Robert J. Rodriguez]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Katz|first=Celeste|title=Manhattan BP Hopeful Julie Menin Adds CWA Local 1101, East Harlem Leaders, To Team|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/03/manhattan-bp-hopeful-julie-menin-adds-cwa-local-1101-east-harlem-leaders-to--0|newspaper=Daily News}}</ref> State Assembly Member Gabriela Rosa,<ref>{{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Colin|title=Team Espaillat Backs Julie Menin for Manhattan Borough President|url=http://politicker.com/2013/01/team-espaillat-backs-julie-menin-for-manhattan-borough-president/}}</ref> State Assembly Member [[Deborah Glick]], City Council Member [[Melissa Mark-Viverito]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Katz|first=Celeste|title=Manhattan BP Hopeful Julie Menin Adds CWA Local 1101, East Harlem Leaders, To Team|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/03/manhattan-bp-hopeful-julie-menin-adds-cwa-local-1101-east-harlem-leaders-to--0|newspaper=Daily News}}</ref> City Council Member [[Ydanis Rodriguez]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Colin|title=Team Espaillat Backs Julie Menin for Manhattan Borough President|url=http://politicker.com/2013/01/team-espaillat-backs-julie-menin-for-manhattan-borough-president/}}</ref> Former Public Advocates [[Betsy Gotbaum]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Katz|first=Celeste|title=Betsy Gotbaum Goes For Julie Menin|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/01/betsy-gotbaum-goes-for-julie-menin|publisher=The Daily News}}</ref> and [[Mark J. Green|Mark Green]], Former Manhattan Borough President [[C. Virginia Fields]], the [[Communications Workers of America]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Katz|first=Celeste|title=Manhattan BP Hopeful Julie Menin Adds CWA Local 1101, East Harlem Leaders, To Team|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/03/manhattan-bp-hopeful-julie-menin-adds-cwa-local-1101-east-harlem-leaders-to--0|newspaper=Daily News}}</ref> and the [[Uniformed Fire Officers Association]].<ref>{{cite web|last=STEIER|first=RICHARD|title=Menin’s Activism Lands Her UFOA Backing for N.Y. Beep|url=http://thechiefleader.com/news/news_of_the_week/menin-s-activism-lands-her-ufoa-backing-for-n-y/article_65866196-5e5c-11e2-8dbc-001a4bcf6878.html|publisher=The Chief}}</ref>
Menin ran in the Democratic primary for Manhattan Borough President in September 2013 but was defeated by New York City Councilwoman [[Gale Brewer]].<ref>[[CBS]] new York (11 September 2013). [http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/09/11/councilwoman-brewer-wins-nomination-for-manhattan-borough-president/ "Councilwoman Brewer Wins Nomination For Manhattan Borough President"]. Retrieved 25 September 2013.</ref> She announced her candidacy in December 2012, with a list of more than 200 community endorsements, including activists, district leaders, state committee members, community board chairs and prominent New Yorkers.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pehme|first=Morgan|title=Declaring for Manhattan BP, Menin Announces 216 Endorsements|url=http://www.cityandstateny.com/declaring-for-manhattan-bp-menin-announces-216-endorsements/|publisher=Manhattan Media}}</ref> Since launching her campaign, Menin has also picked up endorsements from Speaker [[Sheldon Silver]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Katz|first=Celeste|title=Julie Menin Is Gold For Manhattan BP, Shelly Silver Says|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/02/julie-menin-is-gold-for-manhattan-bp-shelly-silver-says-uft-backs-robert-jacks|publisher=NY Daily News}}</ref> Congresswoman [[Nydia Velázquez]], former New York City Mayor [[Ed Koch]], State Senator [[Adriano Espaillat]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Colin|title=Team Espaillat Backs Julie Menin for Manhattan Borough President|url=http://politicker.com/2013/01/team-espaillat-backs-julie-menin-for-manhattan-borough-president/}}</ref> State Assembly Member [[Robert J. Rodriguez]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Katz|first=Celeste|title=Manhattan BP Hopeful Julie Menin Adds CWA Local 1101, East Harlem Leaders, To Team|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/03/manhattan-bp-hopeful-julie-menin-adds-cwa-local-1101-east-harlem-leaders-to--0|newspaper=Daily News}}</ref> State Assembly Member Gabriela Rosa,<ref>{{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Colin|title=Team Espaillat Backs Julie Menin for Manhattan Borough President|url=http://politicker.com/2013/01/team-espaillat-backs-julie-menin-for-manhattan-borough-president/}}</ref> State Assembly Member [[Deborah Glick]], City Council Member [[Melissa Mark-Viverito]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Katz|first=Celeste|title=Manhattan BP Hopeful Julie Menin Adds CWA Local 1101, East Harlem Leaders, To Team|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/03/manhattan-bp-hopeful-julie-menin-adds-cwa-local-1101-east-harlem-leaders-to--0|newspaper=Daily News}}</ref> City Council Member [[Ydanis Rodriguez]],<ref>{{cite web|last=Campbell|first=Colin|title=Team Espaillat Backs Julie Menin for Manhattan Borough President|url=http://politicker.com/2013/01/team-espaillat-backs-julie-menin-for-manhattan-borough-president/}}</ref> Former Public Advocates [[Betsy Gotbaum]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Katz|first=Celeste|title=Betsy Gotbaum Goes For Julie Menin|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/01/betsy-gotbaum-goes-for-julie-menin|publisher=The Daily News}}</ref> and [[Mark J. Green|Mark Green]], Former Manhattan Borough President [[C. Virginia Fields]], the [[Communications Workers of America]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Katz|first=Celeste|title=Manhattan BP Hopeful Julie Menin Adds CWA Local 1101, East Harlem Leaders, To Team|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2013/03/manhattan-bp-hopeful-julie-menin-adds-cwa-local-1101-east-harlem-leaders-to--0|newspaper=Daily News}}</ref> and the [[Uniformed Fire Officers Association]].<ref>{{cite web|last=STEIER|first=RICHARD|title=Menin’s Activism Lands Her UFOA Backing for N.Y. Beep|url=http://thechiefleader.com/news/news_of_the_week/menin-s-activism-lands-her-ufoa-backing-for-n-y/article_65866196-5e5c-11e2-8dbc-001a4bcf6878.html|publisher=The Chief}}</ref>

In July 2012 she was the first candidate for the office “to raise all the money she is legally entitled to spend in the 2013 primary.”<ref>{{cite web|last=Saul|first=Michael Howard|title=Candidate Shows Early Fundraising Success|url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303343404577519333847166346.html|publisher=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> The fundraising was done in record time, out raising those who previously held the office including Scott Stringer and Virginia Fields.<ref>{{cite web|last=Chen|first=David|title=Panel Chief Raises $450,000 as She Eyes Manhattan Post|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/nyregion/julie-menin-raises-money-for-likely-manhattan-borough-president-bid.html?gwh=8B445F5DF546E7234B02FE76DE789F53|publisher=The New York Times}}</ref>

== Early career and personal life ==
Menin is a magna cum laude graduate of [[Columbia College, Columbia University]] where she received her BA in [[political science]], and received her law degree from [[Northwestern University School of Law]]. She has three young sons and resides in Lower Manhattan with her husband Bruce.

Menin has worked as a senior regulatory attorney at [[Colgate-Palmolive]] and a regulatory attorney at [[Wiley Rein|Wiley, Rein & Fielding]] in [[Washington D.C.]] where she specialized in consumer product safety law, Federal Trade Commission issues such as deceptive consumer practices and advertising and administrative law spanning FDA, DOJ and numerous regulatory agencies.

In the fall of 2009, Menin launched her own [[talk show]], ''Give and Take'', a one on one substantive interview show on politics, legal issues and current events which aired on NBC's 24-hour cable network in major markets around the country. She has served as a frequent guest over the years on legal and political issues on CNN American Morning, [http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3036697/ns/msnbc-hardball_with_chris_matthews/vp/35132379#35132379 MSNBC's Hardball], The Today Show, CNN Situation Room, and other shows.

She formerly owned and operated Vine, a restaurant and catering business with over 75 employees that she created in Lower Manhattan.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hodgson|first=Moira|title=Within a Banker’s Vault, Vine Reincarnates Classics|url=http://observer.com/2000/05/within-a-bankers-vault-vine-reincarnates-classics/|publisher=New York Observer}}</ref>

Revision as of 15:46, 27 September 2013

Julie Menin
File:Julie Menin, Portrait.jpg
Menin in 2012
Chair of Manhattan Community Board 1 in Lower Manhattan
In office
June 21, 2005 – June 26, 2012
Preceded byMadelyn Wils
Succeeded byCatherine McVay Hughes
ConstituencyManhattan: Battery Park City, Financial District, Seaport/Civic Center, Tribeca, Ellis Island, Governor's Island, Liberty Island
Personal details
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBruce Menin
Residence(s)New York City, New York, USA
Alma materColumbia University
Northwestern University School of Law
ProfessionFormer Small Business Owner, Regulatory Attorney, Non-Profit Executive Director
Websitejuliemenin.com

Julie Menin is the former Chairperson of Community Board 1[1] in Lower Manhattan, small business owner and regulatory attorney and a well-known advocate for helping Manhattan small businesses recover after the 9/11 attacks.[2] Menin was elected to CB1 in a 2005 special election and was unanimously re-elected to three successive terms in 2006, 2008 and 2010. As chair of CB1, Menin worked on numerous land use and zoning issues, led a successful campaign to build New York City’s first "green" school and other initiatives to revitalize Lower Manhattan.[3] Menin has been recognized for her “solution-based” approach to controversial issues in the wake of 9/11 and as chair of CB1.[4] Memin was a candidate for Manhattan Borough President in 2013.[5]

2013 election

Menin ran in the Democratic primary for Manhattan Borough President in September 2013 but was defeated by New York City Councilwoman Gale Brewer.[6] She announced her candidacy in December 2012, with a list of more than 200 community endorsements, including activists, district leaders, state committee members, community board chairs and prominent New Yorkers.[7] Since launching her campaign, Menin has also picked up endorsements from Speaker Sheldon Silver,[8] Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, State Senator Adriano Espaillat,[9] State Assembly Member Robert J. Rodriguez,[10] State Assembly Member Gabriela Rosa,[11] State Assembly Member Deborah Glick, City Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito,[12] City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez,[13] Former Public Advocates Betsy Gotbaum[14] and Mark Green, Former Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields, the Communications Workers of America[15] and the Uniformed Fire Officers Association.[16]

In July 2012 she was the first candidate for the office “to raise all the money she is legally entitled to spend in the 2013 primary.”[17] The fundraising was done in record time, out raising those who previously held the office including Scott Stringer and Virginia Fields.[18]

Early career and personal life

Menin is a magna cum laude graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University where she received her BA in political science, and received her law degree from Northwestern University School of Law. She has three young sons and resides in Lower Manhattan with her husband Bruce.

Menin has worked as a senior regulatory attorney at Colgate-Palmolive and a regulatory attorney at Wiley, Rein & Fielding in Washington D.C. where she specialized in consumer product safety law, Federal Trade Commission issues such as deceptive consumer practices and advertising and administrative law spanning FDA, DOJ and numerous regulatory agencies.

In the fall of 2009, Menin launched her own talk show, Give and Take, a one on one substantive interview show on politics, legal issues and current events which aired on NBC's 24-hour cable network in major markets around the country. She has served as a frequent guest over the years on legal and political issues on CNN American Morning, MSNBC's Hardball, The Today Show, CNN Situation Room, and other shows.

She formerly owned and operated Vine, a restaurant and catering business with over 75 employees that she created in Lower Manhattan.[19]

  1. ^ Shapiro, Julie. "Julie Menin Makes Way for New CB1 Chairwoman". DNAinfo.com.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Aline. "After seven packed years, Julie Menin to step down from chair of C.B. 1". Downtown Express.
  3. ^ Shapiro, Julie. "Spitzer, mayor back new school". Downtown Express.
  4. ^ Editorial. "Making right decisions". The Villager.
  5. ^ Saul, Michael Howard. "Candidate Shows Early Fundraising Success". The Wall Street Journal.
  6. ^ CBS new York (11 September 2013). "Councilwoman Brewer Wins Nomination For Manhattan Borough President". Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  7. ^ Pehme, Morgan. "Declaring for Manhattan BP, Menin Announces 216 Endorsements". Manhattan Media.
  8. ^ Katz, Celeste. "Julie Menin Is Gold For Manhattan BP, Shelly Silver Says". NY Daily News.
  9. ^ Campbell, Colin. "Team Espaillat Backs Julie Menin for Manhattan Borough President".
  10. ^ Katz, Celeste. "Manhattan BP Hopeful Julie Menin Adds CWA Local 1101, East Harlem Leaders, To Team". Daily News.
  11. ^ Campbell, Colin. "Team Espaillat Backs Julie Menin for Manhattan Borough President".
  12. ^ Katz, Celeste. "Manhattan BP Hopeful Julie Menin Adds CWA Local 1101, East Harlem Leaders, To Team". Daily News.
  13. ^ Campbell, Colin. "Team Espaillat Backs Julie Menin for Manhattan Borough President".
  14. ^ Katz, Celeste. "Betsy Gotbaum Goes For Julie Menin". The Daily News.
  15. ^ Katz, Celeste. "Manhattan BP Hopeful Julie Menin Adds CWA Local 1101, East Harlem Leaders, To Team". Daily News.
  16. ^ STEIER, RICHARD. "Menin's Activism Lands Her UFOA Backing for N.Y. Beep". The Chief.
  17. ^ Saul, Michael Howard. "Candidate Shows Early Fundraising Success". The Wall Street Journal.
  18. ^ Chen, David. "Panel Chief Raises $450,000 as She Eyes Manhattan Post". The New York Times.
  19. ^ Hodgson, Moira. "Within a Banker's Vault, Vine Reincarnates Classics". New York Observer.
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