Aurelia Greene

Aurelia Greene
Member of the New York State Assembly for the 76th & 77th District
In office
1982–2009
Preceded byCharles Johnson
Succeeded byVanessa Gibson
Deputy Bronx Borough President
In office
2009–2017
Personal details
Born(1934-10-26)October 26, 1934
New York City, U.S.
DiedMay 8, 2021(2021-05-08) (aged 86)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJerome Alexander Greene[1]
Children2

Aurelia Greene (October 26, 1934 – May 8, 2021) was an American politician who represented District 77[2] in the New York State Assembly, which comprises the Highbridge, Morrisania, and Morris Heights sections of The Bronx. She had been representing her district since 1982.[3] She resigned in April 2009 to become Deputy Bronx Borough President.[4] She retired in December 2017.[3] Her death was announced on May 10, 2021.[5] Greene died on May 8. 2021.[6]

In the Assembly

She was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1982 to 2009, sitting in the 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th, 190th, 191st, 192nd, 193rd, 194th, 195th, 196th, 197th and 198th New York State Legislatures.

Some of her positions within the Assembly included Deputy Majority Leader and Chairwoman of the Assembly Committee on Banks.[2] She was also once the Chairwoman of the Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs & Protection and Subcommittee on Adult Education. She was the Speaker Pro Tempore and the Ranking Member of both the Education Committee and Chairwoman of the Assembly's Bronx delegation. In 2007 she broke with her party and voted against marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples.

Greene served as Deputy Borough President of the Bronx from 2009 to 2017 under Ruben Diaz Jr.

Greene was succeeded by her Chief of Staff Vanessa Gibson. Gibson in 2021, won the Democratic nomination for Bronx Borough President.[7]

Personal life

Greene graduated from Central Commercial High School.

Aurelia Greene supported neighborhood schooling in 1968 during the Ocean-Hill Brownsville crisis. She lived in the Bronx then.

In March 1990, Greene, along with her husband and a former Bronx school superintendent, were acquitted of criminal charges "stemming from the removal of a baby grand piano" from a public school adjacent to the house of the Greene family in 1983.[8]

Greene endorsed Eric Adams for Mayor of New York in 2021 Democratic primary.[9]

References

  1. ^ Who's Who Among African Americans. Gale Research International, Limited. July 2002. ISBN 9780787657291.
  2. ^ a b Wirsing, Robert (December 22, 2017). "Deputy BP to take it easy/Aurelia Greene ends 4 decades in public service". Bronx Times. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Bronx Political Buzz: Good-Bye Aurelia Greene, Hello ... - The Bronx Chronicle". The Bronx Chronicle. December 17, 2017. Archived from the original on January 13, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  4. ^ Paybarah, Azi (April 8, 2009). "Aurelia Greene Leaving the Assembly for a Job in Borough Hall". Observer. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  5. ^ Slattery, Denis (May 10, 2021). "MSN". New York Daily News. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
  6. ^ Bronx Elected Officials Pay Tribute To Former Bronx Deputy BP, Aurelia Greene
  7. ^ "Last Bronx Summer concert held at Orchard Beach".
  8. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (March 16, 1990). "Jury Acquits 3 In the Removal Of School Piano". The New York Times. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
  9. ^ "The endorsements for NYC mayoral candidates". City & State NY. May 10, 2020. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
New York State Assembly
Preceded by New York State Assembly
76th District
1982–1992 		Succeeded by
Preceded by New York State Assembly
77th District
1993–2009 		Succeeded by