[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 2 (Thursday, January 6, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E19-E20]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IN HONOR OF BARBARA FIFE

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                        HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, January 6, 2011

  Mrs. MALONEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to recognize the achievements of 
the Honorable Barbara Fife, Director of External Affairs at the School 
of Public Affairs at Baruch College of the City University of New York, 
Co-Director of its Center for Innovation and Leadership in Government, 
and a distinguished public servant who served as a Deputy Mayor of the 
City of New York. Last month, Ms. Fife's sixteen years of devoted 
service to Baruch College were celebrated by her colleagues and 
friends.
  An accomplished and respected public servant in her earlier career, 
Ms. Fife served as New York City's Deputy Mayor for Planning and 
Development during the administration of former Mayor David Dinkins. As 
Deputy Mayor, she oversaw and was responsible for the operations of 
several major agencies of the nation's largest municipal government, 
including the Departments of City Planning, Housing Preservation & 
Development, Environmental Protection, Parks & Recreation, and Cultural 
Affairs and Libraries, as well as the

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Landmarks Preservation Commission. In this capacity, Ms. Fife helped 
manage and implement one of the Dinkins' administration's signature 
achievements: she oversaw and helped manage the New York Public Library 
system's move to extend access to its facilities by keeping libraries 
open six days a week--for the first time since 1947. She held a seat on 
the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and chaired its Real Estate 
Committee and served as a member of the New York City Water Board and 
as Vice Chair of the Hudson River Park Conservancy. She also 
represented Mayor Dinkins on the Boards of the New York Public Library, 
the Brooklyn Museum and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
  Barbara Fife previously served as the Senior Special Assistant and 
acting Chief of Staff to then-Manhattan Borough President Dinkins. From 
1982 to 1984, she directed the Internship Programs in the Department of 
Urban Planning at Hunter College of the City University of New York. 
She was a Democratic National Committeewoman from 1980 to 1990 and was 
elected and re-elected to the New York State Democratic Committee ten 
times.
  Ms. Fife has served on the boards of many non-profit organizations, 
including the Museum of the City of New York, the Public Art Fund, 
Regional Plan Association, Project FIND, the Community Service Society, 
the Settlement Housing Fund, the New York League of Conservation 
Voters, and the Manhattan Theatre Club. She is a former President of 
the Parks Council and a former Vice President of the Clinton Housing 
Association. She graduated cum laude from Bryn Mawr College and holds a 
Master's degree in Urban Planning from Hunter College.
  Throughout her distinguished career, Barbara Fife has remained 
devoted to her family. She and her beloved late husband Martin raised 
four sons, Stephen, Richard, Howard, and Andrew, and she is devoted to 
their beloved grandchildren.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my distinguished colleagues rise to join me 
in saluting the extraordinary contributions of the Honorable Barbara 
Fife to the political and civic life of our nation's greatest city.

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