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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Charles C. Yancey |
| Address | 3 Hooper St
Boston, Massachusetts , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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December 28, 1948
(75 years)
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| Contributor | Not in Public Domain |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | Charles Calvin Yancey, a life-long resident of Boston, Massachusetts was elected in 1983 to the Boston City Council where he began serving his tenth term in office in 2002. Councillor Yancey, who is married to Marzetta Yancey and who is the father of three sons, Charles Jr., Derrick and Sharif and one daughter, Ashley, received a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Tufts University in 1970 and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Harvard University in 1991.
The annual Charles C. Yancey Book Fair has provided over 100 thousand free books for 13,000 Boston children since its inception in February 1987.
Important legislation sponsored by Councillor Yancey, who served as President of the Boston City Council in 2001 and who served as President of the National Black Caucus of local Elected Officials in 1999, includes the famous South Africa Divestment bill, the School Bus Crossing Arm Ordinance and the Parental School Leave ordinance, which allows parents to visit their child’s school without jeopardizing their employment or benefits. Yancey successfully sponsored anti-smoking legislation and orders calling for the construction of police stations in Mattapan and Hyde Park, a $57 million loan-order to build a high school in Mattapan, a City Hall statue honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the establishment of a Sister City relationship between Boston and Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana. Yancey’s recent bills call for mandatory use of bulletproof vests by Boston Police Officers and the use of carbon monoxide detectors in the City of Boston.
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