In our modern-day America, as is true across the globe, Blacks have risen to places of immense power and their influence is felt and experienced in every genre of our human society.
The New York tri-state area is no exception as three of the four New York City citywide offices are held by Blacks: the Mayor, the Council Speaker, and the Public Advocate. New York State demonstrates even greater influence: the Lieutenant Governor – a Black man; the Attorney General – a Black woman; the Assembly Speaker, a Black man; and the Majority Leader of the Senate is a Black woman. Three of the five Borough Presidents across New York City‘s geographical landscape are Black, and so is the New York County District Attorney, the New York County Clerk and the Bronx County District Attorney.
And beyond politics and government leadership, it is important to note that a Black man leads one of the nation’s largest health and hospital systems, a Black man chairs the City of New York college and university system, a Black man heads the Ford Foundation, and the strongest voice of the Democratic Party in Washington – the minority leader of the US congress – is a Black man who hails from New York.
Here again is our list of TOP 30 BLACK INFLUENCERS, which includes power-leaders like union leader Dr. George Gresham – president of one of the nation’s largest local unions, power broker and Harlem trailblazer Dr. Lloyd Williams – president of The Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce and co-founder of HARLEM WEEK, Bishop Johnny Ray Youngblood – one of the nation’s leading Black clergy and co-pioneer of the Nehemiah Houses, and billionaire and business-music magnate Shawn Carter (Jay-Z).
