Diana Richardson
Diana Richardson | |
|---|---|
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the 43rd district | |
| Assumed office May 6, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Karim Camara |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Working Families Party |
| Children | 1 |
| Residence | Brooklyn, New York |
| Alma mater | Medgar Evers College (B.A.) Baruch College (M.P.A.) |
Diana Richardson is an American politician who is 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]
Early life and education
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]
Career
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 charged with assault, endangering the welfare of a child, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing.[8][9]
In 2020, Richardson was pepper-sprayed by the New York City Police Department while marching at a demonstration over the death of George Floyd.[10] Richardson faced a primary challenge in the 2020 elections from Jesse Hamilton.[11]
References
- ^ By VIVIAN YEEMAY 5, 2015 (May 5, 2015). "Working Families Candidate Diana Richardson Wins Brooklyn Assembly Post - The New York Times". Nytimes.com. Retrieved April 22, 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "New York State Assembly | Diana C. Richardson". nyassembly.gov.
- ^ a b c d Foderaro, Lisa W. (November 6, 2016). "Support, and Dismay, for Brooklyn Assemblywoman After Charges She Hit Her Son" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Crown Heights Tenant Union gains ground in landlord disputes". The Real Deal New York. April 29, 2014.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/nyregion/disparate-forces-align-over-affordable-rents.html?referrer=
- ^ "The tenant movement's giant killer". The Real Deal New York. September 19, 2019.
- ^ a b Bellafante, Ginia (May 15, 2015). "Running on Rent, and Winning" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/nyregion/support-and-dismay-for-brooklyn-assemblywoman-after-charges-she-hit-her-son.html
- ^ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/diana-richardson-nyc-assemblywoman-charged-with-beating-son-12-with-broomstick/
- ^ Troutman, Matt (May 29, 2020). "NYPD, Protesters Clash At Rally Over George Floyd Killing". Prospect Heights NY Patch.
- ^ https://www.bkreader.com/2020/06/22/jesse-hamilton-tries-to-hit-the-reset-button-on-his-political-career/
