Council Member Farah N. Louis is Brooklyn’s history-maker—and she’s just getting started.
Representing the 45th Council District’s vibrant communities of Flatbush, East Flatbush, Midwood, Flatlands, Kensington, Marine Park, and Canarsie, Council Member Louis is breaking barriers with every bold move. She is the first woman ever to Chair the Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises, one of the Council’s most powerful committees shaping housing and development citywide. She’s the first Haitian and Bahamian American Council Member in New York City history. She is the first Council Member in her district to deliver affordable housing, from the BPHN Senior Residence, to the RiseBoro Bethany Senior Terraces, to the transformative MHANY Neighborhood Restore project. She is the first legislator to fund and create a design-build project on New York City parkland with the innovative Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center.
Council Member Louis has secured over $170 million in capital investments for District 45, including the first women’s health center on Flatbush Avenue, the first recreation center with a pool in Central Brooklyn, and the creation of the East 25th Street Historic District—the first of its kind in East Flatbush. In 2024, Council Member Louis fought to secure $3.5 million toward AYO Labs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the first anchored business incubator and accelerator focused on helping launch and grow woman-owned health and beauty businesses launch and grow in New York City with a goal to create over 900 jobs.
A first-generation Brooklynite raised in an immigrant, pro-union household, Louis champions affordable housing, education reform, maternal and reproductive health care, pay equity, and economic justice for women and minority-owned businesses. As former Chair of the Committee on Women and Gender Equity, she tackled maternal mortality, domestic violence support, and entrepreneurship opportunities for women and girls with relentless determination.
From grassroots organizing to citywide policy reform, Council Member Louis operates with one unshakeable principle that her community deserves excellence, and she refuses to accept anything less.
Unbossed. Unbought. Unstoppable.