Stephen Levin
Former Council Member, District 33 (Brooklyn)
Stephen Levin is a Former Council Member, District 33 (Brooklyn).
- Served
- Council Member, District 33 (Brooklyn), 2010-2021
- After the Council
- Chief Executive Officer, Solar One (CEC Stuyvesant Cove)
- Pay there (FY2024 filing)
- $289,146
- Discretionary sponsored (FY2020-2021)
- $3,680,000 · 170 organizations
After the Council
Became CEO of the environmental education nonprofit Solar One (legal name CEC Stuyvesant Cove) on January 10, 2022, immediately after his Council term ended. The organization receives discretionary funding from the Speaker and Manhattan members. Role and pay are from the organization's own 990
- Solar One (CEC Stuyvesant Cove) Chief Executive Officer · since January 2022 $289,146 (FY2024)
Discretionary funding they sponsored
Organizations this member steered City Council discretionary (member-item) money to (FY2020-2021), largest first. From the Council's Schedule C funded disclosure (FY2020 and later, where the sponsoring member is named). Organizations with a profile here link through.
- Department of Sanitation FY2020-2021 · 5 awards $247,000
- United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg FY2020-2021 · 5 awards $141,000
- Girl Be Heard Institute FY2020-2021 · 8 awards $111,000
- Center for Employment Opportunities FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $100,000
- Spanish Speaking Elderly Council - RAICES FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $94,600
- Brooklyn Ballet, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $82,000
- Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 10 awards $76,000
- YWCA of Brooklyn, Inc., The FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $70,000
- Department of Education FY2020-2021 · 29 awards $67,000
- Brooklyn Historical Society FY2020-2021 · 5 awards $67,000
- Center for Arts Education FY2020-2021 · 5 awards $66,000
- BRIC Arts Media Brooklyn FY2020-2021 · 5 awards $63,000
- Arab American Family Support Center FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $62,000
- Polish and Slavic Center, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 8 awards $60,400
- Noel Pointer Foundation FY2020-2021 · 3 awards $60,000
- HOPE Program, Inc., The FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $56,000
- Town Square, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 6 awards $56,000
- Day One New York Inc. FY2020-2021 · 2 awards $54,000
- Gowanus Canal Conservancy, Inc. FY2020-2021 · 8 awards $52,000
- Dancewave FY2020-2021 · 4 awards $47,000
Career before elected office
After Brown University he ran the Lead Safe House Program at the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, then served about three years as chief of staff to Assemblyman Vito Lopez until his 2009 Council win. From public biographies and news coverage (see sources).
- Program worker, Lead Safe House Program Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council 2004 to 2006
- Chief of Staff Office of Assemblyman Vito Lopez 2006 to 2009