Welcome to my governmental home page.
Here you’ll find information on my work representing the 6th Council District on New York’s City Council since January 3, 2022, when I was sworn in and appointed by Council Speaker Adrienne Adams to chair the Committee on Oversight and Investigations.
If you’re looking for my newsletter,
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Visit my Legislation page to read about what we have accomplished so far this term, including passage of laws to prevent lithium-ion battery fires, expand the city’s tree canopy, and protect hourly workers.
Visit my Events page to learn about the regular events hosted by my office, including our Fresh Food for Seniors program, our Housing Clinic, and our Older Adult Tech Clinic.
Manhattan’s District 6
Please visit this link to access our interactive map of District 6.
The map shows Community Districts and Police Precincts,
as well as boundaries for School, Sanitation, US Congress,
and State Assembly districts across the city.
About Gale A. Brewer
Gale A. Brewer represents the 6th Council District, located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Brewer chairs the Committee on Oversight and Investigations, which has a far-reaching mandate to examine the mayoral administration, its policies, and its delivery of city services. Under Council Member Brewer’s leadership, the committee assessed costs of the migrant crisis, studied operational challenges in family court, examined responses to climate emergencies, and much more.
Brewer is working towards solutions to city-wide issues from micromobility safety to unlicensed cannabis shops to affordable housing. She recently passed legislation to establish composting facilities in city parks, restrict the sale of e-bikes that fail to meet safety standards, and improve reporting requirements for cannabis enforcement.
Prior to her current term in the Council, Brewer served as Manhattan Borough President from 2014-2021 and represented the 6th Council District from 2002-2013. Before elected office, she served as Chief of Staff to Council Member Ruth Messinger, NYC Deputy Public Advocate, Director of the city’s Federal Office, and Executive Director of the Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women.
Brewer has taught at CUNY and Barnard College for many years. She holds an MPA from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and did her undergraduate work at Columbia University and Bennington College. She lives with her husband Cal Snyder and they have a grown son. In the past, she had many foster children.
