Jonathan Bing
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Jonathan L. Bing is an American attorney and politician
. As a member of the United States Democratic Party, he represented the 73rd Assembly District of the New York State Assembly
. His district comprises Manhattan
's Upper East Side
, East Midtown, Sutton Place
and Turtle Bay
.
Assembly member for twelve years prior to 2002.
in New York State, ending the state's notoriety as the only jurisdiction in the nation without this provision. Bing also wrote a law to allow cultural and higher education institutions more flexibility with their endowments, allowing them to preserve jobs and programs during difficult economic times. Bing wrote two laws in 2010 (Chapters 441 and 443) intended to reduce administrative burdens in the insurance and real estate brokerage industries. Bing's bill to authorize cameras in New York City's Select Bus Service lanes was included in the 2010–11 budget, and his legislation to create an arts education advisory panel for the New York City
schools was voluntarily adopted by the New York City Department of Education
.
Earlier in his assembly career, Bing wrote a bill signed into law in August 2006 that expanded the statute of limitations for workers' compensation claims made by 9/11 rescue, recovery and clean-up workers, allowing hundreds to get benefits. In 2009, the governor signed into law Bing's bill to increase criminal and civil penalties against those who falsify construction records or illegally assist people with government licensing examinations as had been alleged with regard to two crane accidents that occurred on the East Side in 2008. Bing's legislation to update the State library funding formula to use the most current census figures was adopted in the 2006–07 budget, providing New York City with an additional $1.5 million and its fair share of state funding for the first time in a decade.
Other laws written by Bing include a provision to prevent good-faith claims of abuse from being used against the claimant in child custody proceedings; the revision of laws dating back to 1892 that will allow for greater competition and lower rates in the life and property and casualty insurance industries; the expansion of the types of institutions that can utilize cultural affairs bonds, legislation that requires state agencies to make application forms available on the Internet; and a measure to provide greater safeguards against registered sex offenders obtaining real estate licenses.
, the Guggenheim Museum
, the 92nd Street Y
, Hunter College
, the Jewish Museum
, New York University Medical Center, Primary Stages and Marymount Manhattan College
.
, Metropolitan New York Library Council, Sutton Area Community, Inc., East Midtown Association, New York City Parks Department, New York State Association of Realtors, American Association of University Women
, New York Vision Rehabilitation Association, and 17th Precinct Community Council for his accomplishments in office.
.
/American Bar Association
's Disaster Legal Services program which provided free, comprehensive legal assistance to nearly a thousand New Yorkers affected by the terrorist attacks.
Bing is a third-generation East Sider whose family has lived in what is now the 73rd A.D. since 1960. He is a graduate of the New York University School of Law, the University of Pennsylvania
, and the Horace Mann School
. He lives in Turtle Bay with his wife, Meredith Ballew, the Director of Fund Development for the Vanderbilt YMCA, and their daughter.
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
. As a member of the United States Democratic Party, he represented the 73rd Assembly District of the New York State Assembly
New York State Assembly
The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly is composed of 150 members representing an equal number of districts, with each district having an average population of 128,652...
. His district comprises Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
's Upper East Side
Upper East Side
The Upper East Side is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, between Central Park and the East River. The Upper East Side lies within an area bounded by 59th Street to 96th Street, and the East River to Fifth Avenue-Central Park...
, East Midtown, Sutton Place
Sutton Place, Manhattan
Sutton Place is the name given to one of the most affluent streets in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States, situated on the border between the Midtown and Upper East Side neighborhoods...
and Turtle Bay
Turtle Bay, Manhattan
Turtle Bay is a neighborhood in New York City, on the east side of Midtown Manhattan. It extends between 41st and 54th Streets, and eastward from Lexington Avenue to the East River, across from Roosevelt Island...
.
Political career
A resident of Manhattan's East Side for two decades, Bing was first elected to the New York State Assembly in November 2002 from the 73rd Assembly District in Manhattan. That district includes the Upper East Side, East Midtown, Sutton Place and Turtle Bay communities. Bing was re-elected in 2010, receiving two-thirds of the vote in a district that had been represented by a RepublicanRepublican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Assembly member for twelve years prior to 2002.
Legislation
During his eight years in the assembly, Bing wrote 70 pieces of legislation that passed the assembly, 30 of which were signed into law. During the 2010 session, Bing wrote ten bills that passed the assembly, five of which passed both houses of the legislature and were signed into law. His 2010 legislative successes included the law which provides for no-fault divorceNo-fault divorce
No-fault divorce is a divorce in which the dissolution of a marriage requires neither a showing of wrong-doing of either party nor any evidentiary proceedings at all...
in New York State, ending the state's notoriety as the only jurisdiction in the nation without this provision. Bing also wrote a law to allow cultural and higher education institutions more flexibility with their endowments, allowing them to preserve jobs and programs during difficult economic times. Bing wrote two laws in 2010 (Chapters 441 and 443) intended to reduce administrative burdens in the insurance and real estate brokerage industries. Bing's bill to authorize cameras in New York City's Select Bus Service lanes was included in the 2010–11 budget, and his legislation to create an arts education advisory panel for the New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
schools was voluntarily adopted by the New York City Department of Education
New York City Department of Education
The New York City Department of Education is the branch of municipal government in New York City that manages the city's public school system. It is the largest school system in the United States, with over 1.1 million students taught in more than 1,700 separate schools...
.
Earlier in his assembly career, Bing wrote a bill signed into law in August 2006 that expanded the statute of limitations for workers' compensation claims made by 9/11 rescue, recovery and clean-up workers, allowing hundreds to get benefits. In 2009, the governor signed into law Bing's bill to increase criminal and civil penalties against those who falsify construction records or illegally assist people with government licensing examinations as had been alleged with regard to two crane accidents that occurred on the East Side in 2008. Bing's legislation to update the State library funding formula to use the most current census figures was adopted in the 2006–07 budget, providing New York City with an additional $1.5 million and its fair share of state funding for the first time in a decade.
Other laws written by Bing include a provision to prevent good-faith claims of abuse from being used against the claimant in child custody proceedings; the revision of laws dating back to 1892 that will allow for greater competition and lower rates in the life and property and casualty insurance industries; the expansion of the types of institutions that can utilize cultural affairs bonds, legislation that requires state agencies to make application forms available on the Internet; and a measure to provide greater safeguards against registered sex offenders obtaining real estate licenses.
Community work
In the community, Bing and his staff have responded to hundreds of constituent concerns and thousands of pieces of correspondence during his tenure. He has held annual health fairs which provided free flu shots and health screenings for hundreds of neighborhood seniors, organized forums to address the concerns of women in business and mothers re-entering the workforce, and brought dozens of free dental screenings for children and mammograms for women to the East Side. Bing secured nearly $200 million in capital funding for East Side organizations including the Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
, the Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim Museum may refer to:* The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, United States* The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy* The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain* The Guggenheim Hermitage Museum in Las Vegas, United States...
, the 92nd Street Y
92nd Street Y
92nd Street Y is a multifaceted cultural institution and community center located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States, at the corner of E. 92nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Its full name is 92nd Street Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association...
, Hunter College
Hunter College
Hunter College, established in 1870, is a public university and one of the constituent colleges of the City University of New York, located on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Hunter grants undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate degrees in more than one hundred fields of study, and is recognized...
, the Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum may refer to:Australia* Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne, VictoriaAustria* Jewish Museum ViennaCzech Republic* Jewish Museum of PragueDenmark* Danish Jewish Museum, CopenhagenGeorgia...
, New York University Medical Center, Primary Stages and Marymount Manhattan College
Marymount Manhattan College
Marymount Manhattan College is an urban, coeducational, independent, private, liberal arts college located in Manhattan, New York City, New York with a focus in performing arts. The mission of the College is to educate a socially and economically diverse student body by fostering intellectual...
.
Awards
Bing received a 2009 honorary doctor of laws degree from the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising, the 2008 Hunter College Presidential Medal, a 2008 New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund Eco-Star award, the 2007 NYU College of Nursing Health Policy and Legislation Award, the 2005 Vanderbilt YMCA's Champion of the Year Award, and recognition from the New York State United Way, New York University School of LawNew York University School of Law
The New York University School of Law is the law school of New York University. Established in 1835, the school offers the J.D., LL.M., and J.S.D. degrees in law, and is located in Greenwich Village, in the New York City borough of Manhattan....
, Metropolitan New York Library Council, Sutton Area Community, Inc., East Midtown Association, New York City Parks Department, New York State Association of Realtors, American Association of University Women
American Association of University Women
The American Association of University Women advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. It was founded in 1882 by Ellen Swallow Richards and Marion Talbot...
, New York Vision Rehabilitation Association, and 17th Precinct Community Council for his accomplishments in office.
Posts
Bing serves on the Assembly's Health; Housing; Insurance; Judiciary; Social Services; and Tourism, Parks, Arts & Sports Development Committees. He was appointed Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Oversight, Analysis and Investigation in February 2011, after previously serving as the chair of the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology, the Legislative Task Force on People with Disabilities and the Subcommittee on Mitchell-Lama Housing.Future
Bing has been mentioned as a possible candidate for New York's 14th congressional districtNew York's 14th congressional district
New York's 14th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in New York City. It includes most of the East Side of Manhattan, all of Roosevelt Island and the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, and Sunnyside in Queens...
.
Personal life
Prior to his 2002 election, Bing was a practicing attorney in Manhattan. After serving as law clerk to U.S. District Court Judge Bruce M. Van Sickle, Bing joined the law firm of Torys LLP in 1996 as an attorney in its labor and employment practice group. He wrote the award-winning legal article "Protecting the Mentally Retarded from Capital Punishment: State Efforts Since Penry and Recommendations for the Future" for the New York University Review of Law and Social Change. After September 11, Bing was chosen to organize over 250 attorneys as the New York Coordinator of the Federal Emergency Management AgencyFederal Emergency Management Agency
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, initially created by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1978 and implemented by two Executive Orders...
/American Bar Association
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association , founded August 21, 1878, is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. The ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation...
's Disaster Legal Services program which provided free, comprehensive legal assistance to nearly a thousand New Yorkers affected by the terrorist attacks.
Bing is a third-generation East Sider whose family has lived in what is now the 73rd A.D. since 1960. He is a graduate of the New York University School of Law, the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, and the Horace Mann School
Horace Mann School
Horace Mann School is an independent college preparatory school in New York City, New York, United States founded in 1887 known for its rigorous course of studies. Horace Mann is a member of the Ivy Preparatory School League, educating students from all across the New York tri-state area from...
. He lives in Turtle Bay with his wife, Meredith Ballew, the Director of Fund Development for the Vanderbilt YMCA, and their daughter.