Keith Powers (born November 16, 1983) is an American politician who is a member of the New York State Assembly for the 74th district. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a council member for the 4th district of the New York City Council from 2018 to 2025, and served as Majority Leader from 2022 to 2024.
The district includes the Upper East Side, Central Park South, Grand Central Terminal, Tudor City, Waterside, Peter Cooper Village, Carnegie Hill, Stuyvesant Town, the United Nations as well as part of Yorkville and Turtle Bay in Manhattan.
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Life and career
Powers attended The Epiphany School and St. Francis Preparatory School, both Catholic schools. He received his B.A. in political science from the University of Dayton in 2005 and his M.A. in political science from the City University of New York's Graduate Center in 2013.