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Khalid Bey
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

Career
Bey took office as 4th District Common Councilor for the City of Syracuse in January 2012. He was elected as Councilor at-Large in the general election of November of 2017. He is a Ranking Senior Member and the President Pro Tempore of the Common Council.

Bey is currently the chairman of the Syracuse Common Council’s Committee for Economic Development, Downtown and Metropolitan Planning; and is a member of the Council’s RFP & Rules; Neighborhood Preservation and Housing Vulnerable; and Public Works Committees. He is also a member of the Syracuse Regional Airport Authority and is a former member of the Central New York Regional Planning and Development Board.

Bey is currently the chair of the Democratic 18th Ward Committee.

Personal Life
Bey currently resides in the City of Syracuse, where he was born and raised. He is a practicing Vegan and is a member of the Creative Research Society (philanthropy). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:6000:A885:1800:B455:ED25:3C64:436B (talk) 15:17, 23 February 2018 (UTC)