Former Longtime Assemblywoman Aurelia Greene passes away

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Former Assemblywoman Aurelia Greene, who is widely considered a role model and a trailblazer for her four-decades long career in public service to the Bronx, sadly passed away on May 8 at the age of 86.

Greene represented the 77th District in the state houses’s lower chamber between 1982 and 2009, and served as deputy borough president from 2009 to 2017 when she retired