About Jacques Leandre
Democrat for City Council - District 31
September 15, 2009
Jacques KNOWS District 31
- Jacques has lived in District 31 for 35 years.
Jacques CARES about District 31
- Jacques is President of the Rosedale Jets Football Association, youth football and cheerleading program that serves more than 250 boys and girls, ages 6-14 years old. As President of the Rosedale Jets Football Association, Jacques has established the following programs and activities:
- Rights of Passage Football and Cheerleading Camp in Pocono Mountains
- Administers Harve Pierre Scholarship Fund
- Sponsor High School Workshop
- Conduct Law Enforcement Workshops
- Jacques serves as the Vice-President of the Concerned Citizens of Laurelton.
As Vice President of the Concerned Citizens of Laurelton (CCOL), Jacques assisted in accomplishing the following:
- Stopping the “Hot Sheet” hotel on Springfield Blvd due to the rezoning effort.
- Rezoning of Laurelton.
- Worked with Assemblyman William Scarborough to renovate the Laurelton Long Island Railroad Station (LIRR)
- Stopped 24 hour “Mega Laundromat” on Merrick Blvd.
- Provided free legal workshops for residents.
- Coordinated block associations in community
- Stopped the oversaturation of group homes in our community
- Facilitated the donation of several hundred books to the community library every year
- Working to obtain the State historic registry designation for community.
Jacques has the EXPERIENCE to effectively govern in District 31
- Jacques currently serves as a supervising attorney for a major law firm where he directly manages 25 attorneys and 9 paralegals.
- Jacques began his legal career as Legal Coordinator at the NYC Department of Correction where he assisted adults and adolescents who were being detained at Riker’s Island and the Brooklyn House of Detention with legal research, trial preparation, post conviction appeals, and Habeas Corpus filing. This experience provided Jacques with a unique perspective into the criminal justice system and the “criminal injustice” system.
- Jacques also worked as an attorney for MFY Legal Services, assisting low-income women with their legal issues while they attempted to transition from welfare to self-sufficiency. Specifically, he represented numerous clients on a variety of poverty law issues by litigating housing, government benefits, and family law cases before administrative law and civil court judges.
Jacques knows that PROBLEM SOLVING requires a team effort for District 31
- Jacques has received endorsements from:
- Elmer H. Blackburne - Democratic Male District Leader
- Jacqueline Boyce - Democratic Female District Leader
- Noel Leader - Co-Founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care
- Nzinga Abena – Chairwoman of Million Man/Woman March
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