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/></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">14th <a href="/wiki/Borough_president" title="Borough president">Borough President</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">The Bronx</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />January 1, 2022</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Janet_A._Peguero&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Janet A. 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Gibson</b> (born March 19, 1979) is an American politician who has served as the <a href="/wiki/Borough_president" title="Borough president">Borough President</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">The Bronx</a> since 2022. She served as a member of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Council" title="New York City Council">New York City Council</a>, representing the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City%27s_16th_City_Council_district" title="New York City's 16th City Council district">16th district</a> from 2014 to 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a>, she was elected Bronx Borough President in November 2021 to a four-year term beginning January 2022, running on a platform focused on recovery from <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> impact, <a href="/wiki/Food_security" title="Food security">food insecurity</a> and housing instability.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is the first female and first <a href="/wiki/African_Americans" title="African Americans">African American</a> Bronx Borough President.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vanessa_Gibson&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gibson is a lifelong resident of <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> and was raised in <a href="/wiki/Bedford%E2%80%93Stuyvesant,_Brooklyn" title="Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn">Bedford–Stuyvesant</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She graduated from <a href="/wiki/Murry_Bergtraum_High_School" title="Murry Bergtraum High School">Murry Bergtraum High School</a> in 1997 and went on to earn a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor%27s_degree" title="Bachelor's degree">Bachelor's degree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sociology" title="Sociology">Sociology</a> from the <a href="/wiki/State_University_of_New_York" title="State University of New York">State University of New York</a> at <a href="/wiki/University_at_Albany,_SUNY" title="University at Albany, SUNY">Albany</a> in May 2001. Gibson received a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Public_Administration" title="Master of Public Administration">M.P.A.</a> from <a href="/wiki/Baruch_College" title="Baruch College">Baruch College</a> (<a href="/wiki/City_University_of_New_York" title="City University of New York">City University of New York</a>) in May 2009. </p><p>In her senior year of undergraduate studies, Gibson interned for Assemblywoman <a href="/wiki/Aurelia_Greene" title="Aurelia Greene">Aurelia Greene</a>. Two years later, in November 2003, Gibson was promoted to the District Manager for Greene's 77th District. She was subsequently elected to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_State_Assembly" title="New York State Assembly">New York State Assembly</a> in a June 2009 <a href="/wiki/Special_election" class="mw-redirect" title="Special election">special election</a>. Her assumption was in succession of her mentor Greene, who had joined the cabinet of Bronx Borough President <a href="/wiki/Ruben_Diaz,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ruben Diaz, Jr.">Ruben Diaz, Jr.</a> earlier that year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="New_York_City_Council">New York City Council</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vanessa_Gibson&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: New York City Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Officers_at_mullaly_pool.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Officers_at_mullaly_pool.png/220px-Officers_at_mullaly_pool.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Officers_at_mullaly_pool.png/330px-Officers_at_mullaly_pool.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Officers_at_mullaly_pool.png/439px-Officers_at_mullaly_pool.png 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Gibson with <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department" title="New York City Police Department">NYPD</a> at Mullaly Pool in the <a href="/wiki/The_Bronx" title="The Bronx">Bronx, NY</a>, July 2015 </figcaption></figure> <p>On November 5, 2013, Gibson successfully ran for New York City Council after winning a fairly contentious primary election. Within her district, Gibson is particularly adamant about eliminating homelessness and hunger.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gibson held Annual Housing Conferences to solidify the relationship between landlords and tenants in District 16.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She held free meal events to feed the children of the South Bronx,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and designated much of her district's budget allocation towards the schools and senior homes within her district.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While working at the city council, Gibson used her influence to escape penalties from a traffic ticket she received from a police officer for using her cellphone while driving in 2014. The officer who wrote her the ticker later sued the NYPD for $75 million after her supervisor insisted she void the ticket after talking to Gibson.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gibson later paid a $5,000 fine in connection with the incident and admitted to violating a section of the City Charter that forbids elected officials from using their positions for personal advantage.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p> Gibson worked as chairperson to the council's public safety committee, which is among bodies charged with oversight of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Department" title="New York City Police Department">New York Police Department (NYPD)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the wake of public outrage over the deaths of civilians such as <a href="/wiki/Death_of_Eric_Garner" class="mw-redirect" title="Death of Eric Garner">Eric Garner</a>, she assured the public through various media outlets that she would rectify the NYPD transparency system and better equip officers for public service.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She worked with <a href="/wiki/Bill_de_Blasio" title="Bill de Blasio">Mayor Bill de Blasio</a>, Council Speaker <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Mark-Viverito" title="Melissa Mark-Viverito">Melissa Mark-Viverito</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Civilian_Complaint_Review_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Civilian Complaint Review Board">Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB)</a> to implement the use of body worn cameras, GPS tracking devices for officers, and technological advancement funding for the NYPD.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gibson_w_Mayor3.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Gibson_w_Mayor3.png/220px-Gibson_w_Mayor3.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Gibson_w_Mayor3.png/330px-Gibson_w_Mayor3.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Gibson_w_Mayor3.png/440px-Gibson_w_Mayor3.png 2x" data-file-width="494" data-file-height="511" /></a><figcaption>Gibson with Mayor Bill de Blasio during the Legionnaires Bill Signing on August 18, 2015</figcaption></figure><p> Gibson also addressed the school-to-prison pipeline. On March 31, 2015, Gibson introduced an amendment to the 2011 Student Safety Act. The bill, Intro 0730-2015, co-sponsored by <a href="/wiki/Corey_Johnson_(politician)" title="Corey Johnson (politician)">Council Member Corey Johnson</a>, was designed to mandate the release of school disciplinary activity on the Department of Education's website. The amendment also called for statistical data of student arrests to be reported to the NYC Council. Intro 730 was signed into law on October 13, 2015. It was the first New York City law to be introduced to the NYC Council by Council Member Gibson.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gibson responded to the <a href="/wiki/2015_Bronx_Legionnaires%27_disease_outbreaks" title="2015 Bronx Legionnaires' disease outbreaks">2015 Bronx Legionnaires' disease outbreaks</a> that primarily plagued her constituents. She worked with <a href="/wiki/Bill_de_Blasio" title="Bill de Blasio">Mayor Bill de Blasio</a>, Speaker <a href="/wiki/Melissa_Mark-Viverito" title="Melissa Mark-Viverito">Melissa Mark-Viverito</a>, Bronx Borough President <a href="/wiki/Ruben_Diaz,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Ruben Diaz, Jr.">Ruben Diaz, Jr.</a>, the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Department_of_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Department of Health">Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH)</a>, among many other New York City authorities to investigate the cause of the outbreak and implement <a href="/wiki/Preventive_healthcare" title="Preventive healthcare">prophylactic</a> legislation accordingly.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On August 18, 2015, Gibson stood alongside the Mayor as he signed Local Law 866 (Int 0866-2015),<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a historical legislation that mandates cooling tower registration and regulates the maintenance of citywide towers.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gibson secured $25M for Grant Park, $4.6M for Bridge Playground, $4M for Corporal Fischer Park, and supported a $100M renovation of the Bronx's only state park, Roberto Clemente State Park.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Election_history">Election history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vanessa_Gibson&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Election history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable collapsible"> <tbody><tr valign="bottom"> <th colspan="4">Election history </th></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <th>Location </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Election </th> <th>Results </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/New_York_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Assembly">NY Assembly<br />District 77</a> </th> <td>2009 </td> <td style="background:#17aa5c">Special </td> <td><b>√ Vanessa Gibson (D) 74.92%</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Joel_Rivera" title="Joel Rivera">Joel Rivera</a> (Conservative) 21.12%<br />Barbara Bowland (R) 3.97% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/New_York_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Assembly">NY Assembly<br />District 77</a> </th> <td>2010 </td> <td style="background:#DDDDDD">General </td> <td><b>√ Vanessa Gibson (D) 95.83%</b><br />Tanya Carmichael (R) 2.83%<br />Robert Marrero (Conservative) 1.16% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/New_York_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Assembly">NY Assembly<br />District 77</a> </th> <td>2012 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic Primary </td> <td><b>√ Vanessa Gibson 89.94%</b><br />Anthony Curry 9.80% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/New_York_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Assembly">NY Assembly<br />District 77</a> </th> <td>2012 </td> <td style="background:#DDDDDD">General </td> <td><b>√ Vanessa Gibson (D) 97.74%</b><br />Tanya Carmichael (R) 1.73%<br />Devon Morrison (Conservative) .52% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Council" title="New York City Council">NYC Council<br />District 16</a> </th> <td>2013 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Democratic Primary </td> <td><b>√ Vanessa Gibson 44.15%</b><br />Pedro Alvarez 16.77%<br />Carlos Sierra 14.36%<br />Daryl L. Johnson 7.70%<br />Naaimat Muhammed 6.55%<br />Carlton Berkley 5.87%<br />Bola Omotosho 4.62% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Council" title="New York City Council">NYC Council<br />District 16</a> </th> <td>2013 </td> <td style="background:#DDDDDD">General </td> <td><b>√ Vanessa Gibson (D) 91.06%</b><br />Carlos Sierra (Independence) 4.33%<br />Walter L. Newsome Jr. (Jobs & Education) 2.83%<br />Benjamin Eggleston (R) 1.77% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/New_York_City_Council" title="New York City Council">NYC Council<br />District 16</a> </th> <td>2017 </td> <td style="background:#DDDDDD">General </td> <td><b>√ Vanessa Gibson (D) 96.17%</b><br />Benjamin Eggleston (R) 3.61% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_New_York_City_borough_president_elections" title="2021 New York City borough president elections">Bronx Borough President</a> </th> <td>2021 </td> <td style="background:#DDDDDD">General </td> <td><b>√ Vanessa Gibson (D) 79.93%</b><br />Janelle King (R) 13.41%<br />Sammy Ravelo (Conservative) 6.52% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vanessa_Gibson&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:1_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ballotpedia.org/Vanessa_Gibson">"Vanessa Gibson - Ballotpedia"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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