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Melissa Mark-Viverito was born on 1 April, 1969 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, is a Puerto Rican politician. Discover Melissa Mark-Viverito's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?

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Age 54 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 1 April, 1969
Birthday 1 April
Birthplace Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Nationality United States

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1969

Melissa Mark-Viverito (born April 1, 1969) is an American Democratic politician and former speaker of the New York City Council from 2014 to 2017, as well as councilmember for the 8th district from 2006 to 2017, representing Concourse, Concourse Village, East Harlem, Highbridge, Longwood, Mott Haven, Port Morris, and Randall's Island.

1991

At the age of eighteen, she moved to New York to attend Columbia University, from which she graduated in 1991 with a bachelor of arts degree.

1995

She received her Master of Public Administration from Baruch College in 1995.

Mark-Viverito served as a member of Manhattan Community Board 11, coordinator of the movement Todo Nueva York con Vieques, president of Mujeres del Barrio, and strategic organizer for Local 1199 of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), an influential health care workers union.

1998

Prior to her inheritance, she applied for a taxpayer-subsidized loan in 1998 when her property at the time was worth $310,000.

2003

After running unsuccessfully against Phil Reed for City Council in District 8 in 2003, Mark-Viverito was elected to the position when Reed reached his term limit in 2005.

During her first four years in office, Mark-Viverito sponsored and passed several pieces of legislation regarding tenant harassment, building safety, greening buildings, and park conservancies.

2009

In January 2009, she criticized the voting record of newly appointed New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand on immigration.

During Mark-Viverito's second term in the Council, she served as chair of the Parks and Recreation Committee and as founding co-chair of the Progressive Caucus.

2013

In November 2013, she won re-election to her third term in the Council, and her close ally Bill de Blasio was elected mayor.

Soon the New York Daily News cited Mark-Viverito as "the front-runner" for "New York City's second-most powerful political post — Speaker of the City Council."

A grassroots effort to boost her Speaker candidacy included social media, fliers, phone banking, and volunteer recruitment.

2014

Described by The New York Times as "fiercely liberal", she was elected Speaker on January 8, 2014, succeeding Christine Quinn.

Mark-Viverito was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, to Anthony Mark, a physician and founder of San Pablo Hospital, and Elizabeth Viverito.

She grew up in Bayamón, where her mother still resides.

Mark-Viverito was elected City Council Speaker on January 8, 2014, at age 44, becoming the first member of the Council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus to hold this position.

Her first "State of the City" speech emphasized reform of the criminal justice system.

As of 2014, the multi-story condominium property was worth around $1,300,000.

Mark-Viverito rents out her properties, but did not report her rental income.

Her spokesman claimed it to be an honest oversight on her part.

In August 2014, Mark-Viverito publicly disclosed that she was infected with the most common STD, the human papillomavirus.

She said she was an "extremely private person" but that she what announcing it because she wanted to destigmatize and raise awareness about the disease.

2016

In January 2016, Mark-Viverito introduced a collection of eight bills known as the "Criminal Justice Reform Act" to reduce the penalty for acts such as violating park rules, littering and public urination from misdemeanors to the civil process.

In addition, the Criminal Justice Reform Act also suspended enforcement for "excessive noise," which resulted in a sudden spike in noise complaints around the five boroughs, according to data compiled by 311, New York City's complaint submission platform.

Mark-Viverito sponsored the bills so that young people in communities of color could "fulfill their potential" by incentivizing officers to give verbal warnings and fines but not remove the option of making arrests.

In 2016, Mark-Viverito was alleged to have pressured the New York City Housing Authority to fire a black manager of a NYCHA housing project and replace her with a "Spanish Manager".

2017

In 2017, Mark-Viverito declined to boycott the Puerto Rican Day Parade, after organizers decided to honor Oscar López Rivera, a prominently incarcerated member of Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN).

2018

As of 2018, the lawsuit is still pending and the City of New York's motion to dismiss the lawsuit was denied.

In 2018, Mark-Viverito announced her intention to run for the open seat of New York City Public Advocate, but lost to Jumaane Williams.

Mark-Viverito campaigned in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement and identified herself as part of the "99%" of income earners despite having a net worth in the millions.

She and her family inherited an estimated $6.7 million from her father, a doctor.