Aurelia Greene

Aurelia Greene (born October 26, 1934) represented District 77[1] 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.[2] She resigned in April 2009 to become Deputy Bronx Borough President.[3] She retired in December 2017.[2]

Aurelia Greene
Member of the New York State Assembly for the 76th & 77th District
In office 1982–2009
Preceded by	Charles Johnson
Succeeded by	Vanessa Gibson
Deputy Bronx Borough President
In office 2009–2017

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.[1] 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 has voted that illegal aliens should be given drivers licenses.

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

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.[4]

References

1. Wirsing, Robert (December 22, 2017). "Deputy BP to take it easy/Aurelia Greene ends 4 decades in public service". Bronx Times. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
2. "Bronx Political Buzz: Good-Bye Aurelia Greene, Hello ... - The Bronx Chronicle". The Bronx Chronicle. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
3. Paybarah, Azi (8 April 2009). "Aurelia Greene Leaving the Assembly for a Job in Borough Hall". Observer. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
4. McFadden, Robert D. (16 March 1990). "Jury Acquits 3 In the Removal Of School Piano". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 January 2018.

External links

• New York Assembly Member Website
• NY Dems Biography.
• Gotham Gazette's Eye On Albany: New York State Assembly: District 77
• Project Vote Smart Interest group ratings.