Brian Benjamin (D)

Education: B.A. Brown University, M.B.A. Harvard Business School

Background:

  • Worked as an investment advisor at Morgan Stanley.
  • Served as Chair of Community Board 10 and the land use committee.
  • In 2017, elected to the New York State Senate to represent Harlem and the Upper West Side.

Work Related Proposals (gleaned from Candidate website):

  • Support minority and women owned business enterprises by working with one of the smaller pension funds to invest in M/WBEs.
  • Encourage small businesses to do business with the City by allowing them to register their contracts with the comptroller’s office earlier.
  • Create a public bank to help currently unbanked residents and invest with MWBEs.

To learn more about Brian Benjamin’s campaign:  https://www.benjamin2021.com/

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