18 Facts About Leroy Comrie

Leroy Comrie represents District 14 in the New York State Senate, which comprises St Albans, Cambria Heights, Jamaica, Hollis, Rosedale, Laurelton, Kew Gardens, Queens Village and other neighborhoods within the borough of Queens.

Leroy Comrie has served as a member and eventually president of Community School Board 29.

Leroy Comrie was elected to represent the 27th district in the 2001 elections, succeeding Spigner.

In 2007, then-Councilman Leroy Comrie helped pass a resolution in the NYC Council calling for an end to the use of the n-word in the New York.

In 2009, Leroy Comrie won re-election to the New York City Council to serve his third-term.

In 2013, Leroy Comrie launched a campaign to succeed Helen Marshall as Borough President of Queens.

Leroy Comrie's campaign promised to push for major investment in Queens infrastructure, particularly adding a new subway for Queens.

Early on, Leroy Comrie struggled to keep up with his competitors in fundraising and failed to receive the endorsement of the powerful Queens County Democratic Party who chose to support Melinda Katz instead.

Leroy Comrie defeated Smith in the Democratic Party primary election by a landslide.

Leroy Comrie was selected to be a delegate at the 2016 Democratic National Convention for the New York State 5th Congressional District.

Leroy Comrie even began to vocally protest the institution by participating in town halls organized by their opponents.

Leroy Comrie has not reached out to me at all in any type of collegial fashion.

Leroy Comrie took several high-profile stances against legislation considered by the NYC Council such as working with other Queens elected officials in opposing the congestion pricing proposal, and, in the NYS Senate, repealing the plastic bag fee passed by the NYC Council.

Leroy Comrie introduced legislation that would allow absentee ballot voting without an excuse.

In 2007, Leroy Comrie was tangentially associated with a controversy regarding the dismissal of Council Member Charles Barron's chief of staff, Viola Plummer.

In 2011, Leroy Comrie made headlines when he chose not to renew the membership of the Chairperson of Queens Community Board 12.

Adjoa Gzifa, chairperson of the board for three years, speculated that the decision came when she declared her opposition to numerous high-profile street renaming proposals supported by then-Councilman Leroy Comrie, including slain officer John Scarangella and Sean Bell.

Leroy Comrie is a lifelong member of Saint Albans the Martyr Episcopal Church, where he served as a layperson, vestryman and chalice administrator.