Biography of Historic Facades, President Chuck Lesnick

Yonkers City Council President Chuck Lesnick presides over the City Council of New York’s fourth largest City with 200,000 residents and a budget in excess of $800 million.   As City Council President, Chuck is also a voting member of all standing committees of the City Council (chairing Rules and co-Chairing Real Estate and Education), the Board of Contract and Supply, the Empire Zone Advisory Board and the Community Development Agency (CDA).   Chuck actively promotes economic development in the City.

For nearly 20 years, Chuck has served in government with former Governor Mario Cuomo, Congresswoman Nita Lowey, the City of Yonkers, the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development and in the private sector as an executive with several property management and affordable housing development corporations.  As the Director of Economic Development for the City of Yonkers, Chuck fought to secure funds to begin the waterfront redevelopment and restoration of the historic downtown pier. 

Chuck specializes in the Historic Façade Conservation Easement Deductions (www.historicfacades.com) and maintains a general practice in co-op and condo law, real estate transactions and commercial development.  A highly qualified leader and planner, Chuck holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Yale, a Masters in Urban & Regional Plan­ning from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs at Princeton and a J.D. from the NYU School of Law.

Longtime Yonkers community activists, he and his wife, Dr. Beth Schorr-Lesnick, have two high school daughters, Emily and Ariel.