City Council Member Alicka Ampry-Samuel (D-Brownsville, East Flatbush, Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy) came to the city council in 2017 with a wealth of government, legal and life experience.
A product of New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), she has met the challenges of her circumstances through faith, tenacity, positive energy, community support and the desire to help others.
Her life experience took her to such places as the Bavarian Alps to Ghana via North Carolina AT&T with several other stops along the way.
Amry-Samuel is the chair of the council’s Public Housing Committee and has a wealth of both personal and studied experience in how to remedy some of the ills that NYCHA faces.
She also is related to Bronxville native former Heavyweight boxing champ, Mike Tyson.
Check out the following podcast and hear how Alicka Ampry-Samuel lives up to the motto of her neighborhood: Brownsville – Never Ran, Never Will!
https://soundcloud.com/user-919141626/episode-31-alicka-ampry-samuel
