“NYC High“: A portrait series and daily feature in which we introduce you to one New York City council member per day, as drawn by Lauri Apple, until Election Day 2010 (Nov. 2).
Name: Helen D. Foster (D)
District 16: Bronx
Reps: Highbridge, Morrisania, West Bronx and Melrose.
Member: since 2001.
-Is the first African-American woman from Bronx County to be elected to a city office.
-Describes herself as “not a ‘yes, sir” type of elected official.
-Inspired the New York Daily News to use “humina-humina” in a lede.
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