Nick Mosby

Nick J. Mosby is an American politician in Baltimore, Maryland. He was first elected to serve on the Baltimore City Council.[4] at the age of 32. Mosby served on the Baltimore City Council from December 2011 to December 2016 passing major pieces of legislation like the most progressive form of Ban the Box in the country, addressing proliferation of liquor establishments in high crime and impoverished communities, and working to comprehensively evaluate outdated zoning designations. In January 2017, Mosby was appointed to serve as a member of the Maryland General Assembly in the Maryland House of Delegates representing Baltimore City's 40th District. He was equally successful as a Delegate passing legislation eliminating the draconian practice of selling liens of residents homes for unpaid water bills, developing tax credit programs to strengthen endowments of Maryland's Historically Black Colleges and Universities, requiring the state to allow GED recipients access to over $83 million annual dollars in state higher education scholarships, and passing Ban the Box statewide. Prior to public service, Mosby worked as an electrical engineer managing large scale telecommunication system projects and building multi-million dollar state of the art video cloud storage and computing data centers.

Nick J. Mosby
Member of the
Maryland House of Delegates
from the 40th district
Assumed office
January 31, 2017
Preceded byBarbara A. Robinson
Member of the
Baltimore City Council
from District 7
In office
December 8, 2011 – December 8, 2016
Preceded byBelinda K. Conaway
Succeeded byLeon F. Pinkett
Personal details
Born
Nicholas James Mosby

Baltimore, Maryland
NationalityAmerican
Political partyDemocrat[1][2]
Spouse(s)Marilyn Mosby (m. 2005)[3]
ResidenceReservoir Hill, Maryland
EducationBaltimore Polytechnic Institute
Alma materTuskegee University
OccupationElectrical engineer
Politician

Mosby is a 1997 graduate of the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and has a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Tuskegee University.[5][6] Mosby is a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, having been initiated at the Pi Omega Chapter in Baltimore.[7]

Political career

Baltimore City Council

Mosby defeated two-term incumbent Baltimore City Councilwoman Belinda K. Conaway by a double-digit margin.[8] This surprising political upset shocked the political establishment and received a lot of attention because it was the first time in almost thirty years where a political challenger beat a seated member of the Baltimore City Council.

As a Councilman, Mosby organized over 60 Enough is Enough marches, working with police and community groups to reduce crime and violence in West Baltimore. Seeing how poor health was harming his community, Mosby started the "Get Fit with Councilman Mosby" Challenge, partnering with close to 30 personal trainers, fitness organizations and chefs, the American Heart Association and Y of Central MD to provide free access to fitness and cooking classes.

Mosby has long fought for criminal justice reform. As Councilman, he developed and ran a mentoring program for juveniles awaiting trial as adults in the Baltimore City Detention Center. He introduced a law that was passed banning the requirement of criminal records on job applications, which enabled ex-offenders to have a fresh start. He also introduced a law that was passed stopping liquor stores from selling merchandise to children. Mosby arranged for the donation of school supplies for thousands of children, and organized free cultural enriching trips for thousands of children in West Baltimore.

In 2012, Mosby appeared on the reality show Kitchen Nightmares, presenting Cafe Hon owner Denise Whiting a Baltimore City resolution.[9]

2015 Baltimore Uprising

During the 2015 Baltimore protests following the death of Freddie Gray, Mosby said that the unrest was "unproductive" but also the result of decades old of lack of investment and socio-economic decline.[4][10][11] Mosby's unscripted comments in the middle of the street with protestors, burning buildings, and looters quickly went viral and garnered over two million views in a little over a day. During the interview Mosby also pointed out how the media was quick to call the incident a "riot" but consistently failed to do the same when compared to other incidents, like the 2015 riots in Lexington, Kentucky, after the Kentucky Wildcats lost to the Wisconsin Badgers.[12] That interview would later be used by communication organizations and colleges as an example of staying on message despite surroundings and rapid fire questioning from reporters. Mosby represented District 7 on the Baltimore City Council, where most of the civil unrest occurred.[13][14]

Bid for mayor

On October 26, 2015, Mosby announced that he was running for mayor of Baltimore.[15] He dropped out of the race on April 13, 2016.[16]

When he announced his bid for the mayoral election, Mosby decided to forego a bid for re-election to his seat on the Council. On November 8, 2016, Leon F. Pinkett won his vacated seat on the Council.[17]

Personal life

Mosby is married to Marilyn (née James), the state's attorney of Baltimore City. They have two children together.[18][19] He is Catholic.[5]

References
  1. Demby, Gene (30 April 2015). "Councilman's Star Rises Fast Amid Baltimore Unrest". National Public Radio. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  2. "Protests against Police Brutality Take Place in Cities across U.S.; Interview with Baltimore City Councilman Nick Mosby; Interview with U.S. Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota". CNN. 30 April 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. Levenson, Michael; Johnson, Akilah; Ransom, Jan (1 May 2015). "Freddie Gray case prosecutor Marilyn Mosby has deep ties to Boston". Boston Globe. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  4. "Fox News Wanted To Focus On Looters, But This Baltimore City Council Member Wasn't Having It". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  5. "Vote Nick Mosby for Baltimore City Council 7th District". Nick Mosby For City Council. Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  6. "District 7: Nick Mosby". Baltimore Sun. 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  7. "Sons of Pi Omega". Pi Omega Chapter. Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
  10. "Riots seen as 'cry for help' from Baltimore youth". The Rachel Maddow Show. MSNBC. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  11. Spaeth, Ryu (28 April 2015). "Watch a Baltimore city councilman try to explain the roots of black anger to Fox News". The Week. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  12. "Baltimore Councilman Compares Riots To UK Basketball Fans After Loss". WLEX-TV. Lexington, Kentucky: NBC News Digital, Inc. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  13. Rector, Kevin (9 June 2015). "Baltimore prosecutor Marilyn Mosby's office asked police to target area where Freddie Gray died". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  14. Stolberg, Sheryl Gay; Oppel Jr., Richard A. (July 8, 2015). "Baltimore Fires Police Chief in Wake of Unrest and Crime Surge". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2015. Councilman Nick J. Mosby, whose district includes areas hardest hit by the riot and by the sharp rise in murders and shootings that followed — and who is married to Marilyn J. Mosby, the state's attorney who charged the officers in Mr. Gray's death...
  15. Wenger, Yvonne (26 October 2015). "Nick Mosby announces mayoral campaign to crowd in Reservoir Hill". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 27 Oct 2015.
  16. , Baltimore Sun, 2016
  18. Nroadwater, Luke (17 January 2015). "Nick Mosby: 'I have no involvement' in wife's office". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
  19. Rosen, James (1 May 2015). "Analysis: In Baltimore unrest, liberalism on trial?". Fox News. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
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