1. Nicholas James Mosby was born on 1978 and is an American politician who was the president of the Baltimore City Council from 2020 to 2024.
58 Facts About Nick Mosby
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Nick Mosby was elected as Baltimore City Council president in November 2020, assuming the role in December of that year.
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Nick Mosby ran for a second term in 2024, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by city councilmember Zeke Cohen.
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Nick Mosby attended Baltimore Polytechnic Institute where he participated in debate team and served as the student council president.
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Nick Mosby then attended Tuskegee University, where he received his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 2001.
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Nick Mosby was inducted as a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity within the Pi Omega chapter in Baltimore.
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Nick Mosby then worked as a network engineer and project manager with Verizon.
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In 2011, Nick Mosby ran again for city council, this time for the city's 7th district seat.
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Nick Mosby cited this negative media coverage, and Conaway's $21 million libel suit against a blogger as an impetus for him to run against her.
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Nick Mosby voted against a proposal to amend the city charter to require biannual audits of city agencies, a stance which aligned with the Rawlings-Blake administration.
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In July 2013, when 20 city recreation centers were shut down as part of Mayor Rawlings-Blake's budget, Nick Mosby spoke in favor of their continued operation under privatized administration, including one in Easterwood re-opened by his fraternity, Omega Psi Phi.
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In 2014, Nick Mosby started the "Get Fit with Councilman Nick Mosby" Challenge, partnering with close to 30 personal trainers, fitness organizations and chefs, the American Heart Association and Y of Central MD to provide free access to fitness and cooking classes.
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Nick Mosby called for hearings on the effects of sweetened beverages on children, and proposed legislation that to require warning labels on all advertisements for sugary drinks.
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In September 2014, following the contentious appointment of a replacement for another seat on the council, Nick Mosby supported a special election to replace any further empty seats.
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In 2016, Nick Mosby was the sole "No" vote to limit the influence of the mayor on the city's powerful Board of Estimates.
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In February 2014, Nick Mosby supported Mayor Rawlings-Blakes' proposal for expansion of tax breaks for developers of apartment projects within the city.
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Nick Mosby criticized Baltimore's affordable housing law as too weak, and sought to place more responsibility on developers to set aside units for low-income renters.
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In 2013, Nick Mosby sponsored Ban the Box legislation, which passed the city council the next year over the opposition of business groups like the Maryland Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Baltimore Committee.
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The bill, which Nick Mosby characterized the act as the "most progressive" iteration in the country, expanded the city's existing prohibition on asking about criminal history on public job applications to private employers as well.
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Baltimore's business community proposed replacing the prohibition with voluntary commitments like "a pledge to hire a certain number of ex-offenders each year" During the spring of 2014, Nick Mosby attempted to reach an agreement with the GBC and business interests, but reported that they were unable to come to a consensus, and so the legislation continued.
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Nick Mosby proposed further restrictions on liquor stores in 2016, requiring that they not "adversely affect, jeopardize or endanger public health," but was unable to gain majority support on the council, who voted to remove his amendment from the final zoning package.
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Nick Mosby lobbied to shut down operators of illegal after-hours clubs in his district, which he cited as a source of violence.
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Nick Mosby wrote in support of neighborhood farm activists in their fight to keep plots from being sold by the city for redevelopment.
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Nick Mosby worked with local activists in opposition to anti-LGBT violence.
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In January 2014, Nick Mosby worked with fellow councilman Brandon Scott and community activists to call for greater citizen intervention against rising homicides in the city, in particular a proposal for a "mobilized street force" of city residents to patrol the Sandtown-Winchester and Belair-Edison neighborhoods.
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In February 2015, Nick Mosby was a supporter of requiring body cameras for police officers "as quickly as possible".
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Nick Mosby received national coverage for his visible presence during the unrest, and for his calling attention to the roots of the violence.
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Nick Mosby agreed that the unrest was "unproductive" but the result of decades old of lack of investment and socio-economic decline.
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Nick Mosby published an op-ed in the Sun calling for "political will" to use data analysis, like the CitiStat program, to modernize the administration of the city.
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Nick Mosby proposed reforming Baltimore City's Civilian Review Board to include elected seats.
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Nick Mosby called for the city to sue lead paint manufacturers, and to use the proceeds to remove lead from houses in the city.
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Nick Mosby claimed he would eliminate the city's gag order on police brutality lawsuit settlements.
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Nick Mosby proposed cutting the city's property taxes and introducing a separate fee for trash pickup.
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Nick Mosby dropped out of the race the week before the primary, though his name remained on the ballot.
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In January 2017, Nick Mosby applied to the Democratic Central Committee of Maryland's 40th district to replace the outgoing Robinson in her seat in Maryland House of Delegates.
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Nick Mosby was selected after the committee's original choice, Pugh aide Gary Brown Jr.
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On taking office, Nick Mosby cited lead abatement, property values and school performance as legislative focuses for him.
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Three months after his appointment, Nick Mosby made an unsuccessful attempt to become the head of Baltimore's delegation to the House of Delegates.
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In March 2017, Nick Mosby sponsored legislation to assist people affected by gambling addiction.
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In January 2018, Nick Mosby supported plans to demolish and redevelop the Gilmor Homes project in his former city council district.
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In March 2018, Nick Mosby put forward legislation to use state funds to research the effect of Maryland's gun laws.
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Nick Mosby was a 2019 co-sponsor of legislation to allow lawsuits to be filed in Baltimore courts against manufacturers of lead paint The legislation failed to pass during the 2019 session.
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In January 2019, Nick Mosby joined State Senator Mary Washington to introduce bills prohibiting Baltimore city from placing liens on homes and churches due to unpaid water bills.
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Nick Mosby was lead sponsor of a statewide "Ban the Box" bill, which was passed but vetoed by Maryland Governor Larry Hogan.
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In March 2020, Nick Mosby was the lead sponsor of several among a package of ethics, anti-corruption and campaign finance bills that passed the House of Delegates.
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Nick Mosby supported reforms to Maryland's child support system in March 2020, which required courts to consider parent's extenuating circumstances and actual income before assigning the amount of support to be paid, calling them "definitely incremental steps in the right direction," and called for a commission to look into the situation further.
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In May 2019, another Nick Mosby-sponsored bill was successfully signed into law, this one providing up to $240,000 in annual tax credits to historically-black Maryland colleges and universities.
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Nick Mosby was a critic of proposals in 2019 to move the Preakness Stakes from Northwest Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course to Laurel Park in neighboring Anne Arundel County.
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In 2019, Nick Mosby voted against allowing school police to be armed.
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Nick Mosby was skeptical of the Johns Hopkins University proposal for a private police force and voted against the legislation authorizing it.
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Nick Mosby supported moving Baltimore's police academy at Coppin State University.
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Late in the summer of 2019, Nick Mosby was reported to be considering a second run for mayor of Baltimore.
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Nick Mosby ran for a second term in 2024, but was defeated in the Democratic primary by city councilmember Zeke Cohen.
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In February 2025, Nick Mosby was appointed by Governor Wes Moore to the Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Commission.
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In 2005, Nick Mosby married Marilyn Nick Mosby, who subsequently became the state's attorney of Baltimore City.
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Shortly after his wife's election, Nick Mosby stated he would recuse himself from any prosecutor-related matters in the city council, following speculation that the two might influence each other's actions in office.
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Nick Mosby stated that he has been "in ongoing conversations with the IRS" about resolving this issue.
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That same month, it was reported that Nick Mosby's consulting company, Monumental Squared LLC, was listed as sharing its address with a developer who was a major campaign donor to Nick Mosby.