Charlie King (politician)
Charlie King | |
|---|---|
| Executive Director of the New York State Democratic Committee | |
| In office April 2010 – 2015 | |
| Administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for Region II | |
| In office 1999–2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 5, 1959 New York University (JD ) |
Charlie King (born June 5, 1959) is an American attorney, politician, and civic leader in New York City.
Education
After graduating from the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, King earned a bachelor's degree from Brown University in 1981, and a Juris Doctor from the New York University Law School in 1987.
Career
King served as the chairman of the Democratic County Committee in New York County. King was a volunteer attorney for the Mollen Commission in the early-1990s, and was a member of the Election Monitoring Committee in South Africa when Nelson Mandela was elected president in 1994.
In 1999, he was appointed by President Bill Clinton as the regional director for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for New York and New Jersey, serving in this post until 2001.[1]
King served as the acting Executive Director for
In April 2010, King was appointed executive director of the New York State Democratic Committee.[2] King stepped down from the post to work as a lobbyist at Mercury Public Affairs, a political strategy and consulting firm with offices in Washington, D.C., New York City, Albany, New York, and Sacramento, California.[3]
King is also a frequent host and guest on Keepin' It Real with Al Sharpton. He remains a staunch ally of Governor Andrew Cuomo.[4][5][6]
Runs for elected office
In 1998, King ran for the Democratic nomination for
In 2002, King again sought New York's Lieutenant Governorship as the running mate of former HUD Secretary
In 2006, King sought
References
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ a b c Paybarah, Azi (April 13, 2010). "Cuomo's Friend, Charlie King, Moves Into Democratic Party Position". The New York Observer. New York. Archived from the original on February 21, 2011. Retrieved Jan 5, 2011.
- ^ "Charlie King Joins Mercury as Co-Chair of New York, Expanding Mercury's Growing Bipartisan Team". Mercury. 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "Cuomo's Friend, Charlie King, Moves Into Democratic Party Position". Observer. 2010-04-13. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
- ^ "Cuomo's No. 2, Charlie King, still has ties to lobbying, consulting firms". nydailynews.com. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
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