Stephen Levin

On June 10, 2015, he voted for a bill, which subsequently passed the City Council, to create a new tier of benefits for firefighters and police officers hired after 2009 who are permanently disabled in the line of duty.

In 2013, Levin introduced participatory budgeting, a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget, to his district. At that time, Levin was one of eight members of the City Council to offer participatory budgeting to his constituents.

Levin introduced a bill to reduce fines for street food vendors over procedural violations. The bill passed at the City Council on February 27, 2013, and reduced the regulatory burden for street vendors.

In September 2010, he was named one of City Hall's "40 under 40" for being a young influential member of New York City politics. He currently resides in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with his wife and children.

Levin was elected to replace David Yassky, who vacated the position to run for New York City Comptroller, in a competitive seven-way race with the support of Assemblyman Vito Lopez. Lopez helped him secure endorsements from the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), DC 37, the Working Families Party, the NY League of Conservation Voters, Senator Charles Schumer, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney. Most importantly, Lopez secured for his former employee the support of the Zaloni faction of the Jewish Satmar community in Williamsburg. That Hasidic faction provided Levin with his margin of victory in 2009.

Levin grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey. Related to former U.S. Senator Carl Levin of Michigan, and former Congressman Sander Levin from Michigan's 9th congressional district, he graduated from Brown University with a degree in Classics and Comparative Literature. He later moved to Brooklyn and began his career working with the Lead Safe House Program at the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council. There he helped remove families that had children with lead poisoning from toxic homes. In 2006 he went to work for the New York State Assembly as chief of staff to then-Assemblyman Vito Lopez.

Stephen T. Levin (born December 3, 1981) is an American politician, and the New York City Councilmember for the 33rd District of the New York City Council. He is a Democrat.