
For Council Member Dan Garodnick, defending tenants from harassment has been a signature issue. (Photo by William Alatriste)
By Sabina Mollot
It was in 2005 when Dan Garodnick, an attorney who worked for the firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkin, Wharton & Garrison before running for office, was elected to the City Council, replacing Eva Moskowitz.
Garodnick won with 63 percent of the vote and since then, has held onto the position easily while making tenant rights a signature issue.
At the start of the New Year, however, Garodnick will be the one term-limited out of his Council seat, to be succeeded by a neighbor he endorsed, Keith Powers.
Recently, over a cappuccino at the Starbucks in Peter Cooper Village, Garodnick, now 45, reflected on his 12 years in office, all the while giving little away about what he’ll be doing next.