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Outside Income by Member


Council members serving in 2009 brought in at least $533,000 in outside income.

Below are all current council members' income disclosure for 2009 -- a quarter of them were not serving at the council last year.

These figures do not include assets (like the market value of securities or real estate).

COUNCILMEMBERS TOTAL AMOUNT OF OUTSIDE INCOME SOURCES
Peter A. Koo*
$556,000 - $625,000 or more
Owns a number of pharmacies, interest
Domenic M. Recchia, Jr.
$155,000 - $430,000
Attorney, real estate
Thomas White, Jr.
$115,000 - $370,000
Executive director at a nonproft, real estate, pension and social security
G. Oliver Koppell
$107,000 - $210,000
Attorney, social security, pension, interest
David G. Greenfield**
$105,000 - $285,000
Executive director of nonprofit, attorney
James G. Van Bramer*
$100,000 - $250,000
External affairs officer for Queens Library
Karen Koslowitz*
$100,000 - $250,000
Deputy borough president in Queens
Daniel Dromm*
$100,000 - $250,000
Teacher
Stephen T. Levin*
$75,000 - $220,000
Legislative assistant, royalties
Lewis A. Fidler
$71,000 - $185,000
Attorney, interest
Fernando Cabrera*
$61,000 - $105,000
Professor, lecture
Mark S. Weprin*
$60,000 - $100,000
Attorney
Deborah L. Rose*
$60,000 - $100,000
Director of dropout prevention program
Ydanis A. Rodriguez*
$60,000 - $100,000
Teacher
Brad S. Lander*
$46,000 - $105,000
Director and senior fellow at Pratt Institute, consulting, real estate
Jumaane D. Williams*
$40,000 - $60,000
Strategic planning consultant
Robert Jackson
$40,000 - $60,000
pension
Daniel J. Halloran III*
$40,000 - $60,000
Attorney
Inez E. Dickens
$15,000 - $120,000
Real estate
James Vacca
$11,000 - $85,000
Professor, mutual funds
Larry B. Seabrook
$5,000 - $40,000
Professor
Daniel R. Garodnick
$5,000 - $40,000
Interest
Elizabeth S. Crowley
$5,000 - $40,000
IRA withdrawal
Peter F. Vallone, Jr.
$10,000 - $80,000
Attorney, real estate
Eric A. Ulrich
$1,000 - $5,000
Development associate at Queens church
Jessica S. Lappin
$1,000 - $5,000
Interest
Gale A. Brewer
$1,000 - $5,000
Professor
Charles Barron
$1,000 - $5,000
Interest
James Sanders, Jr.
none
none
Joel Rivera
none
none
Diana Reyna
none
none
Christine C. Quinn
none
none
Annabel Palma
none
none
James S. Oddo
none
none
Albert Vann
none
none
Michael C. Nelson
none
none
Rosie Mendez
none
none
Darlene Mealy
none
none
Melissa Mark-Viverito
none
none
Letitia James
none
none
Vincent M. Ignizio
none
none
Sara M. Gonzalez
none
none
Vincent J. Gentile
none
none
James F. Gennaro
none
none
Helen D. Foster
none
none
Julissa Ferreras
none
none
Mathieu Eugene
none
none
Erik Martin Dilan
none
none
Leroy G. Comrie, Jr.
none
none
Margaret S. Chin*
none
none
Maria Del Carmen Arroyo
none
none


*Members that just joined in January 2010.

**David Greenfield joined the council in March 2010. He was not a candidate in 2009.



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