Gary Schiff, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Age, Net Worth, Biography

Gary Schiff (born February 3, 1972, as Gary J.
Schiffhauer) is an American politician and activist who represented Ward 9 on the Minneapolis City Council.
A member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL), he was first elected in 2001 and re-elected in 2005 and 2009.
Prior to his political career, Schiff was involved with a variety of activist groups and causes ranging from human rights with the Human Rights Campaign, to historic preservation with Save Our Shubert. During his city council tenure, Schiff worked to ease ordinances prohibitive to small businesses, especially microbreweries, and strongly advocated against a publicly funded stadium for the Minnesota Vikings.
In January 2013, Schiff began a campaign for mayor of Minneapolis in the 2013 election but after an unsuccessful DFL endorsement convention, dropped out of the race and backed an opponent (the eventual winner) in mid-June.
His third and final term on the City Council ended in January 2014. Schiff took over as president of the Council on Crime and Justice the following July.
A federal audit identified misused grant funds under Schiff's leadership.
The organization closed abruptly following his termination.
In January 2017, he announced his candidacy for Minneapolis's 9th Ward City Council seat in the 2017 municipal elections.

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