New York City Campaign Finance Board
 

CITY COUNCIL | 2ND COUNCIL DISTRICT

 
  MARGARITA LÓPEZ  
  Democratic
Working Families


 
  Party Enrolled In: Democrat

 
  Occupation: Full-time council member

 
  Occupational Background: City Council member 1997-2001; Goddard-Riverside Community Center; U.S. Office of Programs for Homeless Mentally Ill and National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness, Consultant (Program Development/Evaluation and Training)

 
  Educational Background: Columbia University, Revson Fellow; University of Puerto Rico

 
  Organizational Affiliations: Lower East Side Joint Planning Council; People’s Federal Credit Union, Founding Member; MacArthur Foundation Advisory Committee on Mental Illness and the Law; Puerto Rican Initiative to Develop Empowerment (PRIDE); Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats; Coalition for a District Alternative (CODA)

 
  Prior Public Experience: Current Council Member; Community Board 3; Democratic District Leader