|
Julie Menin (born 6 October 1967) is the current Commissioner of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs and former Chairperson of Community Board 1 in Lower Manhattan. Menin began her career as a regulatory attorney, prior to starting a small business and becoming well-known advocate for helping Manhattan small businesses recover after the 9/11 attacks. Menin was elected to CB1 in a 2005 special election and was unanimously re-elected to three successive terms in 2006, 2008 and 2010. As chair of CB1, Menin worked on numerous land use and zoning issues, led a successful campaign to build New York City’s first "green" school and other initiatives to revitalize Lower Manhattan. Menin has been recognized for her “solution-based” approach to controversial issues in the wake of 9/11 and as chair of CB1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Making right decisions )〕 Menin was a candidate for Manhattan Borough President in 2013. In May 2014, Menin was appointed Commissioner of the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs by Mayor Bill de Blasio. As Commissioner of the first municipal consumer protection agency in the United States with a staff of 400 and a budget in excess of $30 million, Ms. Menin administers a department that licenses approximately 80,000 businesses across 55 different industries, enforces NYC’s Consumer Protection Law, and has subpoena power. == Early career and personal life == Menin was born Julie Lauren Jacobs, the daughter of Agnes Jacobs, a painter, and Dr. Robert Jacobs, a radiologist.〔(New York Times: "WEDDINGS; Bruce Menin and Julie Jacobs" ) February 14, 1999〕 Menin is a magna cum laude graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University where she received her BA in political science, and received her law degree from Northwestern University School of Law. In 1999, she married Bruce Menin in a Jewish ceremony at the Metropolitan Club in New York City.〔 They have three sons and reside in Lower Manhattan. Menin has worked as a senior regulatory attorney at Colgate-Palmolive and a regulatory attorney at Wiley, Rein & Fielding in Washington D.C. where she specialized in consumer product safety law, Federal Trade Commission issues such as deceptive consumer practices and advertising and administrative law spanning FDA, DOJ and numerous regulatory agencies. In the fall of 2009, Menin launched her own talk show, ''Give and Take'', a one on one substantive interview show on politics, legal issues and current events which aired on NBC's 24-hour cable network in major markets around the country. Menin's campaign deleted the archives of her show shortly after a segment where Menin criticized the auto bailout as a "money pit" had leaked. She has served as a frequent guest over the years on legal and political issues on CNN American Morning, (MSNBC's Hardball ), The Today Show, CNN Situation Room, and other shows. She formerly owned and operated Vine, a restaurant and catering business with over 75 employees that she created in Lower Manhattan. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julie Menin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|