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Khalid (El) Bey is a Councilor at-Large and is the President Pro Tempore for the City Council of the City of Syracuse, New York. He is a Democrat. The City of Syracuse is the largest city and the economic hub of Onondaga County, New York.

Bey previously represented the 4th Council District, which encompassed most of the South Side, Downtown and Syracuse University Neighborhoods of the City of Syracuse. He was first elected to the office in 2011.

Bey attended Virginia State University in Petersburg, Virginia where he studied Social Work. Bey also attended Empire Staye College in Saratoga Springs, New York where he studied Psychology.

He served as a Regional Coordinator for the New York State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith (who would eventually be replaced by Brooklyn Democratic Senator John Sampson) from 2009 to 2011. From 2005 to 2009, he served as president of the Southside Community Coalition, a community organization operating on the South Side of the City of Syracuse. He resigned from the Southside Community Coalition to accept a job with the New York State Senate Democratic Conference.

Bey is also an author. He has written and published eight (8) books under his imprint Deyel Publishing.