Vito J. Lopez

Vito J. Lopez (b. 1940) represents District 53 in the New York State Assembly, which is comprised primarily of Bushwick and other neighborhoods within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Lopez holds a BS in Business administration from Long Island University and an M.A. in Social Work from Yeshiva University.

First elected in 1984, Lopez is the current Chairman of the Housing Committee as well as the Co-Chair of the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force. He is also the current Chairman of the Kings County Democratic Party.

Lopez has participated in various forms of political activism in addition to his duties as an Assemblyman, establishing Brooklyn Unidos, which is a coalition of local Latino leaders, and the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Center, which provides services to senior citizens within those neighborhoods.

References

• Julian E. Barnes, 'The Two Faces of Bushwick; A Troubled Brooklyn Neighborhood Is Mending. But Its Leaders Are Feuding Over the Size of the Gains and What to Do Next', The New York Times, February 27, 2000
• 'Vito Lopez, Reformer?', New York Observer, The Politicker, October 12, 2005
• Tom Robbins, 'Does Vito Lopez Have A Norman Problem?', The Village Voice, October 5, 2005

External links

• 'Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez', Member page, New York State Assembly