Byron Brown Biography and Wiki
Byron Brown is the 62nd and current mayor of Buffalo, New York, who was elected on November 8, 2005, and is the City’s first African-American mayor. He initially served Western New York as a member of the New York State Senate and Buffalo Common Council.
Brown was also the first African-American politician elected to the New York State Senate to represent a district outside New York City. He is also the first member of any minority race to represent a majority white New York State Senate district.
Byron Brown Age and Birthday
Byron was born on September 24, 1958, in Queens, New York, United States of America. He celebrates his birthday on September 24th every year. Brown will be 62 years old on Sep. 24th 2020.
Byron Brown Height and Weight
Byron is a man of average stature, he also appears to be quite tall in stature in his photos. He stands at a height of 5 feet and 11 inches (1.8 meters). However, details regarding Byron actual weight and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.
Byron Brown Education
He attended Public School 134 in Hollis, junior high school PS 109, and August Martin High School. Mayor Brown and his sister Andrea were the first generations in his family to go to college.
It was after his graduation from the August Martin High School, that he went to Buffalo State College, in part due to a grudging admiration for Randy Smith. While at Buffalo State College, Brown played a year of Junior Varsity basketball as a 5-foot-11-inch (1.80 m) guard.
While he had considered a potential medical career, Brown finished, in 1983, with a dual Bachelor of Arts in political science and journalism. He afterwards completed a certificate program for senior executives in state and local government at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Byron Brown Family
He was raised in Hollis which is a southeastern neighbourhood in New York City’s Queens borough. He was raised in a double that his family shared with his grandparents. His grandparents were immigrants from the Caribbean island of Montserrat.
His father rose from a job as a stock boy to one as an executive in the garment industry. As a child, he was a Boy Scout at Hollis Presbyterian Church in Queens. He was also active in the Central Queens YMCA which now called Jamaica YMCA.
Mayor Byron Brown Wife
Brown is married to Michelle Austin. The couple has a son, Byron Brown III. They attend St. John Baptist Church.
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The couple has a Byron III (referred to as Byron, Jr. by some accounts) who enjoys basketball and has attended high-level youth basketball camps. He played for City Honors School. On the national level, he was an unheralded point guard in the 2008 high school graduating class. He went on to attend Queen City Prep in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Byron Brown Measurements and Facts
Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Byron Brown.
- Full Name: Byron Brown
- Age: 61 years (2019)
- Date of Birth: September 24, 1958
- Place of Birth: Queens, New York
- Education: Buffalo State College (BA political science and journalism), Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government (certificate program for senior executives in state and local government)
- Birthday: September 24
- Nationality: American
- Father’s Name: Not Available
- Mother’s Name: Not Available
- Siblings: Andrea
- Wife: Michelle Austin
- Children: Byron III
- Height: 1.8m
- Weight: Average
- Profession: Politician
- Known For: Mayor of Buffalo
- Net worth: $ 1.4 million
- Salary: $105,000
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Speaking of his career, Brown after college, worked for Bristol-Myers for a year as a regional sales representative. This job came with a respectable salary and employee benefits such as an expense account and a company car. He was disappointed with his advancement potential in this position and as a result, he quit. He took the New York State Troopers exam before becoming Chief of staff for Buffalo Common Council President George Arthur for two years.
After that, he worked for two years under Arthur Eve, the Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly. After two years under Arthur Eve, Brown served eight years as director of the Erie County division of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. This was under Erie County Executive Dennis Gorski. He resigned his directorship in July 1993 to run for public office.
Brown became a member of Grassroots, a political organization which was founded in 1986 by a group of block club leaders. Brown eventually served as a vice president of the Grassroots political organization.
The Ebony Magazine issue of November 1989 recognised Byron as one the “30 Leaders of the Future” with a caption that read “Byron Brown chosen for leadership skills.” The Buffalo Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1991 honoured him with the Martin Luther King, Jr Award for community service. In 1993 he was selected by Business First for its “40 Under Forty Honor Roll”.
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Among the awards that Byron has received are the Infinity Broadcasting/WBLK 2001 “Voice of Power Award” and the 2004 “Citizen of the Year” award. He also received the “Political Impact Award” from the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in 2001.
In 1992, Brown was a delegate to the 1992 Democratic National Convention from the New York’s 33rd congressional district. He was originally pledged to Bob Kerrey but switched to Bill Clinton after Kerrey bowed out of the 1992 Democratic Primary campaign on March 5, 1992.
In 1993, Brown was invited to attend Bill Clinton’s Inauguration. After college, Brown worked for Bristol-Myers for a year as a regional sales representative, a job that came with a respectable salary and employee benefits such as an expense account and a company car.
Brown was disappointed with his advancement potential in this position. Byron quit from his regional sales representative job and took the New York State Troopers exam before becoming Chief of staff for Buffalo Common Council President George Arthur for two years. He then spent two years as an aide to Erie County Legislator Roger Blackwell (later Erie County Legislature Chairman).
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For two years, Brown worked under the Deputy Speaker of the New York State Assembly, Arthur Eve. Right after he served eight years under Erie County Executive Dennis Gorski as director of the Erie County division of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He resigned his directorship in July 1993 to run for public office.
Byron became a member of Grassroots, a political organization which was founded in 1986 by a group of block club leaders. He eventually served as a vice president of the organization. The Buffalo Chapter of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1991 honoured him with the Martin Luther King, Jr.
Award for community service. In 1993 he was selected by Business First for its “40 Under Forty Honor Roll”. He also received the “Political Impact Award” from the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in 2001.
In 1992, Brown was a delegate to the 1992 Democratic National Convention from the New York’s 33rd congressional district. He was originally pledged to Bob Kerrey but switched to Bill Clinton after Kerrey bowed out of the 1992 Democratic Primary campaign on March 5, 1992. In 1993, Brown was invited to attend Bill Clinton’s Inauguration.
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When a meeting hosted by Michael Bloomberg and Thomas Menino at Gracie Mansion was held Brown was among the 15 mayors from the US who met. The meeting was to confirm their support for more serious attacks on the use of illegal firearms. Bloomberg and Philip A. Amicone, Yonkers Mayor, were the only Republicans.
The 15 mayors signed a six-point “statement of principles” which main focus was on punishing gun possession “to the maximum extent of the law”, by prosecuting dealers who sell guns to criminals through so-called straw purchasers.
They opposed two United States House of Representatives bills to restrict cities’ access to gun-tracing data, endorsing technologies to detect illegal guns, and coordinating strategies and outreach to other cities hoping to reconvene with at least 50 mayors by year-end.
A little over a year later the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition co-chaired by Bloomberg and Menino included 225 bi-partisan municipal leaders in pursuit of legal, political and media strategies to stem gun crime and had a stated goal of “making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets”.
Brown credit his participation in the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition has earned him several techniques that he has found useful in Buffalo in reducing the homicide rate 21% from the coalition and talks with specific mayors. Rising homicides had been a disappointment in his first year as mayor.
Byron Brown State Of The City
Brown’s first-year review as a mayor had mixed reactions. Some sections praised for his overhaul of city hall, his follow through on projects and systems. He was also praised for his influence on statewide redistribution. Crime issues and his efforts for the planned casino dogged him.
His agenda, hiring, and discipline were respected, but rising homicides, continuing decay, and evolving bureaucracy were troubling. Besides public perceptions, Brown had a good working relationship with the Buffalo Common Council.
As mayor of Buffalo, Brown spearheaded emergency relief from blizzards such as the mid-October 2006 two-foot snowstorm. The storm more than doubled the previous record for single-day October snowfall. Although about 200,000 city residents were without electricity, the city saw no spike in criminal activity, according to Brown.
Buffalo is second only to St. Louis among cities nationwide in terms of percentage of vacant properties per capita. Therefore, in fall 2007, Brown committed to a $100 million five-year plan to demolish 5,000 houses, which is about half of the city’s total of vacant houses.
However, since Buffalo has the second-highest residential poverty rate (to Detroit) homes continue to be abandoned. The program may benefit the city because abandoned house costs it an approximate average of $20,060 over five years in lost taxes, debris removal, inspections, and policing. Also, 41% of all fires in Buffalo are in vacant buildings, and over 90% of all arson cases involved abandoned houses.
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During the first-ever “State of Upstate Address”, New York Governor Spitzer suggested committing $100 million in state funds to build or rehabilitate 10,000 homes and apartments. The mayor’s initial demolition plans met with resistance from preservationists and he had to negotiate with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, which got him attention from coast to coast.
Brown influenced Buffalo to use a real-time wireless video surveillance system in 2008. The city installed 56 Avrio Rapid Deployment Surveillance Solution PoleCams.
The system was the result of a request by Brown that the city evaluates surveillance cameras in other cities. This greatly reduced crime and by January 2009 State of the City Address, he reported that crime had fallen 12% and homicide by 50% since he had taken office.
Byron Brown Summer Youth Program
On Feb 4 this year, 2019, Brown announced that the application process for his 2019 Summer Youth Internship Program was then underway. The Summer Youth Internship program provides six weeks of employment and work-readiness training to youth in the city of Buffalo during the summer months.
Byron Brown Salary
Mayor Brown is one of the highest-paid employees in the city of Buffalo at $105,000.
Byron Brown NetWorth
Mayor Brown has enjoyed a long career in politics spanning almost three decades. Through proceeds from his work as the mayor of buffalo, Brown has been able to accumulate a modest fortune. Mayor Brown is estimated to have a net worth of about $1.4 million.
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