NYC Legend Gale Brewer Accepts Clare Boothe Luce Award

The James Jay Dudley Luce Foundation Clare Boothe Luce Award Presented to Hon. Gale Brewer of the New York City Council

New York, N.Y. — New York City Council Council member Gale Brewer joined the Quarter Century Leadership Awards evening of the J. Luce Foundation in the Henry Luce Penthouse of The Asia Society on Park Avenue in New York City on October 17th.

Gale Brewer began her career in public service as chief of staff to then-New York City Council member Ruth Messinger and then worked in the administration of David Dinkins and Served as Deputy Public Advocate for Intergovernmental Affairs under Mark Green.

Brewer then ran and won a seat on the New York City Council until term limitations forced her to run for Manhattan Borough President which she won, and then won again. In 2020, she ran to regain her seat on the New York City Council.

The Clare Boothe Luce Award for Public Service is named in honor of a true Renaissance woman who served both in the U.S. House of Representatives and as the first female American Ambassador, as well as having been a versatile author and editor.

Gale Brewer has focused on our migrant crisis, responses to climate emergencies, the proliferation of unlicensed cannabis shops, operational challenges in family court, maintaining the municipal workforce, and has convened task forces on construction safety, small business, faith-based entities and real estate, affordable housing, and the closing of Rikers Island jails.

Gale Brewer graduated from the Winsor School in Boston, and has earned two Bachelor’s degrees, the first from Bennington College in Vermont and the second from Columbia University. She also earned a Master’s of Public Administration from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Gale Brewer has taught at City University of New York and Barnard College. She lives with her husband Cal Snyder, and they have a grown son. In the past, she had many foster children.

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