Cory Provost, former 58th Meeting district chief, and latest New York attorney-at-law, addressing a previous Guyanese viewers in Brooklyn.
Photograph by Tangerine Clarke
Cory Provost, (D) who served as 58th Meeting district chief for 10 years, and former vp of Younger Motion, can now add the title of attorney-at-law to his achievements. The politician posted on social media not too long ago, that he had handed the New York Board of Regulation Examination after graduating within the Class of 2023 from the Metropolis College of New York Faculty of Regulation.
Provost who earned a B.A. in Philosophy and an M.A. in City Coverage and Administration from CUNY-Brooklyn Faculty proudly sporting his commencement robe and cap, accompanied by his kids on Fb, additionally posted a letter from the New York State Board of Regulation Examiners, which congratulated him on the passing of the bar examination held on July 25-26, 2003.
In 2017 he ran for Metropolis Council and labored for New York Metropolis Comptroller Scott Stringer (D) and because the vp and COO of the nonprofit assume tank Younger Motion.
“This letter additionally confirms that you just efficiently full the New York Regulation Course, the New York Regulation Examination, and the Multistate Skilled Accountability Examination,” states the letter.
In accordance with his biography, Provost served as a 2012 New York State presidential delegate and a volunteer organizer for former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton’s (D) 2016 presidential marketing campaign.
Provost additionally served because the chair of Neighborhood Advisory Board 17, the secretary of Group Board 17, the director of the Brooklyn Faculty Alumni Affiliation, a member of the board of the Church of God of East Flatbush, and a trustee of the Greater Schooling Providers Company and the Metropolis College of New York.
Whereas campaigning the legal professional stated he was a robust supporter of group financial empowerment and small and medium-sized enterprise growth, noting, “It’s my intention to place in place a activity pressure to review the small and medium enterprise trade’s influence on the district and to seek out artistic methods to not solely encourage the creation of recent companies however how one can improve and strengthen present ones.”
“Native enterprise enchancment is an important asset to creating entry-level jobs that assist scale back unemployment – particularly amongst our youth,” he stated.
A powerful advocate for immigration reform, the brand new lawyer famous that New York Metropolis was a metropolis of immigrants and that the forty first District was a miniature model of the town and residential, not solely to many immigrants, however a different ethnic combine as nicely.
“It’s this ethnic range that provides the district its distinctive and distinct character. I acknowledge the contribution that immigrants have made to this metropolis and nation. I assist a complete immigration reform that can allow certified undocumented immigrants, with out felony legal information, to realize everlasting residency standing,” he added.
