*For the 2013 election, incumbent Khalid Bey again faces Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins for Common Council District 4.

Biography

Bey has  been District 4 Common Councilor since 2011. He is a former regional coordinator for the New York State Senate, a song writer and author.  

Occupation: former regional coordinator for the New York State Senate, May 2009 to March 2011.

Education: Graduate of Thomas J. Corcoran High School; attended Virginia State University studying social work; in 2011 pursuing a degree in psychology at Empire State College.

Community Involvement: Board member of  Faith & Hope Community Center and of Home HeadQuarters, Inc.; former president of the Syracuse Inner City Rotary Club; former president of the Southside Community Coalition; former Pop Warner Coach for the Kirk Park Colts

Bey was born in Syracuse. He has written two books, “The African American Dilemma” and “The Key to Character.”

Past Political Experience

In 2011, Bey and Howie Hawkins of the Green Party competed to fill the seat of then-incumbent Democrat Tom Seals, who had reached his term limit of eight years and could not seek re-election. Bey won the 2011 election by 97 votes.  Bey ran unsuccessfully ran against Seals for the District 4 seat in 2005 and for a Common Council at-Large seat in 2009.

Labor Endorsements

1199 SEIU

Contact Information

2215 South Salina St.,
Syracuse, N.Y., 13205
( 315) 460-5058

217 West Kennedy St.,
Syracuse, N.Y., 13205
(888) 705-7786 or (315) 807-2627

Fundraising

New York State Board of Elections

District 4 Description/Map

District 4: is in central Syracuse, including the downtown area and the neighborhoods of University Hill, Brighton and Southwest. District 4 map