Kayla Santosuosso is an attorney, a former small business owner, and a dedicated public servant who proudly represents southern Brooklyn in the New York City Council.
A child of small business owners, Santosuosso has been serving the public in some form or another since she was a teenager, whether it was bussing tables at her parents’ restaurant, managing a nonprofit for new immigrants after college, fighting poverty through philanthropy during law school, or litigating as a City attorney.
Santosuosso has called Bay Ridge home for over a decade, and is married to a Bay Ridge native. She and her husband owned a bar and restaurant in Bay Ridge, and Santosuosso spent much of her time working in Bay Ridge, too, including for former Council Member Justin Brannan.
Santosuosso knows that effectively representing our neighborhoods means paying attention to issues big and small. It means focusing on quality of life issues like beautiful parks, clean sidewalks, safe streets, and good schools we deserve. But it also means flexing policy and budgetary muscle to solve the big problems, like fighting for universal childcare, so that families can afford to stay and thrive here. And because small businesses have been such a big part of her life, Santosuosso is a champion for small businesses, doing everything she can to ensure that small businesses can open and stay open in southern Brooklyn.
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