Welcome from Bill Perkins
From growing up in East Harlem, to earning scholarships to a top preparatory school and Ivy League college, to surviving colon cancer and running several New York City Marathons, to becoming the third highest ranking member of the New York City Council and now running for New York State Senate, Bill Perkins never has lost his street smarts and never has forgotten the road he traveled.
Bill Perkins walks everywhere. During his daily travel through his native Harlem, he keeps the young,
elderly and the most vulnerable New Yorkers on the top of his legislative agenda. Since his election
to the New York City Council, he has earned the respect of his City Council colleagues. As Deputy
Majority Leader, he’s also been able to get results. Legendary columnist Jack Newfield described
Bill Perkins as "a legislator who has no fear and limitless empathy for life's casualties."
Recent News:
The Daily Politic
May 22, 2006
This time last year, for a fleeting moment, Manhattan Borough President Virginia Fields looked like she had a chance to be the next mayor.
But her campaign foundered, in part because her main qualification seemed to be having spent more time in ci ... (more)
Harlem grandmas hit the warpath over Iraq
Apr 18, 2006
Fed up with a war they call "unjust," grandmothers in the city are taking to the streets.
Armed with canes and loudspeakers, a crowd of more than 40 grandmothers, great-grandmothers and even a few grandfathers gathered outside an Army recruiting s ... (more)
