Deborah Glick first ran for public office in 1990, when she became not only the Assembly member for lower Manhattan, but also New York State's first openly lesbian or gay state legislator.

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Deborah Glick first ran for public office in 1990, when she became not only the Assembly member for lower Manhattan, but also New York State's first openly lesbian or gay state legislator.

Deborah's political activity began in college and her involvement in grass roots organizing continues today. She has focused on areas relating to civil rights, reproductive freedom, Lesbian and Gay rights, environmental improvement and preservation, and the arts. This involvement has shaped Deborah's view of government and her role in it. "To be effective in moving the world toward social justice for all people, government needs to be motivated by the activism of grassroots organizations and people." For that reason, Deborah sees her job as one similar to a community organizer.

Ms. Glick is a lifelong resident of New York City, she received her B.A. from Queens College and her M.B.A. from Fordham University. Having followed an unconventional career path - seven years as a production supervisor for Steinway Pianos through a two-year stint as Deputy Director for the New York City Housing, Preservation and Development agency - Deborah has found that her experiences have kept her grounded with the needs of working people and the struggles of average individuals and families. The diverse skills she has assembled along with her managerial experience have taught her that "everyone must contribute their own valuable and diverse skills to help create a better society."

In the Assembly, Ms. Glick has proposed bills which would prevent the evictions based on a tenant's ownership of a pet, protect seniors from unwarranted evictions and provide Domestic Partnership for life partners. The Assembly member's presence in the legislature resulted in the passage by the Assembly, of the Sexual Orientation NonDiscrimination bill, for the first time in the twenty years it had been before that house. Assembly member Glick sponsored legislation which created the Standby Guardian Act, which enables parents with terminal illnesses to designate a guardian for their children.