Caribbean American candidate Farah Louis running
to fi ll Jumaane Williams’ vacant council seat
Farah Louis is a first-generation Brooklynite, an
experienced leader in the City Council, an esteemed
community organizer and publicist with over 15 years
of experience and dedication to advocacy and public
service.
Public service, workers’ rights and community
empowerment are passions that Farah inherited from
her family. Both of her parents were Caribbean immigrants
from Haiti who worked on behalf of their
community: Farah’s mother as a long-time healthcare
professional and 1199 member; her father as a
law enforcement professional and later a yellow cab
driver.
And both left Farah with a sense of service for her
community and the absolutely critical role that unions
play in helping people who work for little pay to achieve
a stable, middle class life in our City.
In pursuit of public service, Farah was the Deputy
Chief of Staff and Budget Director for Council Member
Jumaane Williams (Council District 45). In this role,
she represented the Council Member with the district’s
faith community; coordinated amongst not-for-profits
in receipt of city funding to ensure services were delivered
for constituents; oversaw the constituent services
operations for the district office; and managed participatory
budgeting submissions from community
groups for the annual City Council budget process.
Farah also developed a number of introductions and
legislation to create local laws in her role.
Farah grew in responsibility year after year with
Council Member Williams, beginning in his office as
Director of Community Outreach. Prior to her time
at the New York City Council, Farah spent eight years
as a mental health professional and healthcare administrator
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in Brooklyn, during which she was an active
1199 member.
Along with her service in the Council, Farah has
successfully launched a number of aggressive grassroots
initiatives with various city agencies, nonprofit
organizations and businesses.
She has facilitated workshops across the city and
state including Brooklyn and hosted community
events with and for various elected officials, including
former NYC Comptroller Bill Thompson, then-Public
Advocate Bill de Blasio, State Senator Kevin Parker,
City Council Member Jumaane D. Williams, Assembly
Member Helene Weinstein and Assembly Member Rodneyse
Bichotte.
Farah Louis is the founder of Girls Leading Up
(GLU), an organization that offers educational workshops,
programs and mentorship opportunities to prepare
young women to become emerging global leaders
and to ensure young women are mentally, emotionally
and skillfully ready to compete in today’s challenging
economic market.
In 2018, Farah ran an aggressive campaign and was
elected by the Flatbush residents as a Judicial Delegate
for the 42nd Assembly District. In her role, she has
coordinated judicial workshops to educate community
on the judicial process and civil rights in the courts.
Farah holds a Masters in Public Administration,
from New York University Robert F. Wagner Graduate
School of Public Service, and a Bachelors in English
from Long Island University. Farah is also a proud
product of the New York City public school system,
attending Midwood High School in the heart of Flatbush.
If elected, Farah Louis plans to continue her
fight for affordable housing, funding for education,
quality healthcare, and economic development for our
neighborhoods of Brooklyn and NYC.
Farah Louis