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Stephen T. Levin (born April 28, 1981) is the Council member for the 33rd District of the New York City Council. He is a Democrat. The district includes portions of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Clinton Hill, Cobble Hill, DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Gowanus, Greenpoint, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Park Slope, Vinegar Hill and Williamsburg in Brooklyn. ==Life and career== Levin grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. He is related to US Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, and Congressman Sander Levin from Michigan's 12th congressional district. Levin graduated from Brown University with a degree in Classics and Comparative Literature. He later moved to Brooklyn and began his career working with the Lead Safe House Program at the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council. At the Lead Safe House he helped remove families that had children with lead poisoning from toxic homes. In 2006 he went to work for the state Assembly as chief of staff to then-Assemblyman Vito Lopez. Levin was arrested, along with Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, as an act of civil disobedience in protest of the closure of Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn. Levin delivered 7000 petitions to SUNY officials at the protest demanding that the hospital stay open. In September 2010, he was named one of ''City Halls "40 under 40" for being a young influential member of New York City politics.〔(Rising Stars 40 Under 40: Stephen Levin ), ''City & State'', September 28, 2010.〕 He currently resides in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. 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「Stephen Levin (councillor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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