Debi Rose Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

In the September 2009 Democratic primary, Rose defeated incumbent Kenneth Mitchell by 16 percentage points. She defeated Mitchell (Conservative Party of New York) and Timothy Kuhn (Republican Party) by a wide margin in the November 2009 general election. She easily was re-elected in 2013. Rose currently serves as the chairperson of the New York City Council Committee on Civil Rights.

Prior to running for the city council seat, she spent several years advocating on school funding issues and health issues. She was elected in 1996 to the now-defunct New York City Board of Education. She has been a member of the Staten Island Mental Health Society and the American Cancer Society – Women’s Breast Partnership. She established the Staten Island Black Women’s Health Initiative.

Rose, a native Staten Islander, was born on August 21, 1951, and grew up in the West New Brighton neighborhood on the North Shore of Staten Island. One of three children, her parents were the late Louis Carrington, a descendant of Sandy Ground settlers, and the late Muriel Billups, a founder of the Staten Island chapter of the National Council of Negro Women. Her maternal grandparents owned one of two black-owned funeral homes on Staten Island, and were community leaders.

Deborah Rose is a New York City politician. She was the Council member for the 49th district of the New York City Council. She is a Democrat and was the first African American elected to higher office from Staten Island.