[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 17]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 23682]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    HONORING HOWARD LEIBOWITZ FOR HIS SERVICE TO THE CITY OF BOSTON

                                 ______
                                 

                        HON. MICHAEL E. CAPUANO

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 16, 2004

  Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pleasure that I rise today 
to honor Howard Leibowitz as he completes his service with the City of 
Boston. Howard served as the director of the Office of 
Intergovernmental Relations for Mayor Thomas M. Menino since 1994, 
creating strong relationships with members of the Massachusetts 
Congressional delegation and their staff. Howard began his service with 
the City of Boston in 1987, first as the director of federal relations 
for Mayor Raymond Flynn and then as the first press secretary in Mayor 
Menino's administration.
  Howard Leibowitz is a life-long resident of the City of Boston. He 
grew up in Brighton and Mattapan, attended Boston Technical High 
School, and currently lives in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood. Howard 
graduated from Brandeis University and worked in his first political 
campaign as a teenager.
  He served the people of City of Boston and the administration of 
Mayor Thomas M. Menino admirably. His many accomplishments include 
authoring the Boston Neighborhood Investment through Capital 
Expenditures program and the Senior Home Repair Program, helping to 
draft the federal Community Housing Partnership Act, and providing 
national leadership through the city's participation with the U.S. 
Conference of Mayors and the National League of Cities. Howard served 
as part of the teams that brought the Democratic National Convention, 
two annual meetings of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the National 
League of Cities' Congress of Cities to Boston. Howard is an active 
member of his community and is particularly committed to affordable 
housing and economic growth and development. He was a champion for 
city's legislative efforts to raise new monies through the Municipal 
Revenue Package.
  Mr. Speaker, Howard was a tenacious and effective advocate for the 
City of Boston and its constituents during his tenure, developing and 
fighting for legislation and policies to improve the lives of Boston 
residents, at the federal, state and local level. I am extremely 
grateful for his efforts on behalf of many of my constituents and 
appreciate his hard work and dedication. He will be sorely missed. 
Howard, congratulations on a job well done.

                          ____________________