In Public Service: How the arts propelled Cumbo into politics
“I’m Brooklyn born and raised,” Councilmember Laurie Cumbo proudly told the Brooklyn Eagle in a recent interview in her district office at One Hanson Place. She pointed out that she is a graduate of Brooklyn Technical High School, which is located in her district.
She loves the diversity of the district she represents. “I feel connected to the community,” she said.
Cumbo is a second generation Brooklynite. Her dad, Wilkins Cumbo, came here in the 1940s. “We have been in Brooklyn a long time,” she said.