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Michael Blake

D

New York State Assembly, District 79 (? - Present)

Quick Facts
  • Full Name:
    Michael Alexander Blake
  • Gender:
    Male
  • Birth Place:
    Bronx, NY
  • Home City:
    Bronx, NY
Personal Details

Education

  • BS, Broadcast Journalism, Northwestern University, 2000-2004

Professional Experience

  • BS, Broadcast Journalism, Northwestern University, 2000-2004
  • Founding Principal/National Consultant, ATLAS Strategy Group, 2013-present
  • Former Deputy Political Director/Constituency Outreach Director, Iowa Caucuses, Barack Obama Campaign
  • Former Director of External Affairs, Michigan House of Representatives
  • Director of Public Policy & External Affairs, Green For All, 2014
  • Senior Advisor, Operation HOPE, 2014
  • Senior Advisor, Office of Public Engagement, Presidential Inaugural Committee, 2013
  • Campaign Manager, Reshma Saujani for New York City Public Advocate, 2013
  • National Deputy Director, Operation VOTE, Obama for America, 2011-2012
  • Deputy Associate Director, Offices of Intergovernmental Affairs & Public Engagement, The White House, 2009-2011
  • Director of National Labor Outreach, Presidential Inaugural Committee, 2009
  • Michigan Deputy State Director/Political Director, Barack Obama Campaign, 2008
  • Intern, State Senator Jeff Schoenberg, 2005

Political Experience

  • BS, Broadcast Journalism, Northwestern University, 2000-2004
  • Founding Principal/National Consultant, ATLAS Strategy Group, 2013-present
  • Former Deputy Political Director/Constituency Outreach Director, Iowa Caucuses, Barack Obama Campaign
  • Former Director of External Affairs, Michigan House of Representatives
  • Director of Public Policy & External Affairs, Green For All, 2014
  • Senior Advisor, Operation HOPE, 2014
  • Senior Advisor, Office of Public Engagement, Presidential Inaugural Committee, 2013
  • Campaign Manager, Reshma Saujani for New York City Public Advocate, 2013
  • National Deputy Director, Operation VOTE, Obama for America, 2011-2012
  • Deputy Associate Director, Offices of Intergovernmental Affairs & Public Engagement, The White House, 2009-2011
  • Director of National Labor Outreach, Presidential Inaugural Committee, 2009
  • Michigan Deputy State Director/Political Director, Barack Obama Campaign, 2008
  • Intern, State Senator Jeff Schoenberg, 2005
  • Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, 2014-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 15, 2020
  • Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 79, 2018

Current Legislative Committees

Member, Banks Committee

Member, Correction Committee

Member, Election Law Committee

Member, Governmental Operations Committee

Member, Housing Committee

Member, Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force

Chair, Subcommittee on Mitchell-Lama

Member, Veterans' Affairs Committee

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • BS, Broadcast Journalism, Northwestern University, 2000-2004
  • Founding Principal/National Consultant, ATLAS Strategy Group, 2013-present
  • Former Deputy Political Director/Constituency Outreach Director, Iowa Caucuses, Barack Obama Campaign
  • Former Director of External Affairs, Michigan House of Representatives
  • Director of Public Policy & External Affairs, Green For All, 2014
  • Senior Advisor, Operation HOPE, 2014
  • Senior Advisor, Office of Public Engagement, Presidential Inaugural Committee, 2013
  • Campaign Manager, Reshma Saujani for New York City Public Advocate, 2013
  • National Deputy Director, Operation VOTE, Obama for America, 2011-2012
  • Deputy Associate Director, Offices of Intergovernmental Affairs & Public Engagement, The White House, 2009-2011
  • Director of National Labor Outreach, Presidential Inaugural Committee, 2009
  • Michigan Deputy State Director/Political Director, Barack Obama Campaign, 2008
  • Intern, State Senator Jeff Schoenberg, 2005
  • Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, 2014-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 15, 2020
  • Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 79, 2018
  • Vice Chairman, Democratic National Committee, 2017-present
  • Member, 100 Black Men of New York
  • Exhorter, African Methodist Escopial Church
  • Certified Lay Speaker, United Methodist Church
Policy Positions

2020

Abortion

Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-choice

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

3. Do you support providing financial relief to businesses AND/OR corporations negatively impacted by the state of national emergency for COVID-19?
- Unknown Position

Education

Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

1. Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

2. Do you support requiring businesses to provide paid medical leave during public health crises, such as COVID-19?
- Unknown Position

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- No

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Unknown Position

Speeches

Letter to Donald Trump, President of the United States - Meng, Hevesi, Persaud and Koslowitz Lead 94 New York Elected Officials from Congress, State Legislature and City Council in Letter to President Trump Calling for More Funding for Critical Safety Net Programs for NY
Apr. 30, 2020Letter
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Governor Cuomo Announces Projects Funded Through the Empire State Poverty Reduction Initiative Launching in the Bronx
Feb. 18, 2020Statement
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Governor Cuomo Leads Broad Delegation of Support in the Kickoff of the Mario Cuomo Campaign for Economic Justice to Raise the Minimum Wage
Sep. 12, 2015Press Release
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