The Honorable Gale Brewer

Gale A. Brewer represents the 6th Council District, located on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Brewer chairs the Committee on Oversight and Investigations, which has a far-reaching mandate to examine the mayoral administration, its policies, and its delivery of city services. Under Council Member Brewer’s leadership, the committee assessed costs of the migrant crisis, studied operational challenges in family court, examined responses to climate emergencies, and much more.

Prior to her current term in the Council, Brewer served as Manhattan Borough President from 2014-2021 and represented the 6th Council District from 2002-2013. Before elected office, she served as Chief of Staff to Council Member Ruth Messinger, NYC Deputy Public Advocate, Director of the city’s Federal Office, and Executive Director of the Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women.