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Dan Garodnick
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Born and raised on the East Side of Manhattan, Dan Garodnick was elected to the New York City Council on November 8, 2005.

Prior to entering public office, Garodnick practiced as a litigator at the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP. Garodnick also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Colleen McMahon of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Garodnick holds a J.D. from University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review, and a B.A. in Government from Dartmouth College. Garodnick grew up in a rent-stabilized apartment in the Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village community, and he lives in that neighborhood today with his wife, Zoe.

Blog Entries by Dan Garodnick

Putting Civilian Review Back Into the CCRB

Posted September 23, 2009 | 11:50 AM (EST)

This post was co-written by Dan Garodnick and Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union.

Despite many fears that the current economic turmoil might lead to higher crime, statistics show that our streets are as safe as ever.

So far, the "bad old days" are simply a memory,...

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Turning New York Into Sun City

5 Comments | Posted July 6, 2009 | 02:59 PM (EST)

New York City, with its skyscrapers and dense, urban environment, may seem like an unlikely candidate for the expansion of solar power. Arizona, we are not.

But the truth is, we have a high ceiling for solar capability and an urgent need to work towards it.

Last year,...

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