Debra Silverstein
[1] She defeated 38-year incumbent Bernard Stone in the 2011 runoff election, a race in which she was endorsed by Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel.She is currently the Chairman of the Chicago City Council’s Committee on License and Consumer Protection, which has jurisdiction over licensing and matters involving the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection.[5] In addition to her political work, Silverstein is a co-founder of the Libenu Foundation,[6] an organization creating supervised housing for adults with developmental disabilities in the Metropolitan Chicago area.The project was designed to modernize and beautify a "20-block stretch in the West Ridge Business District which is known for ethnically diverse mixture of shops and restaurants."[8] The project covered Devon from Kedzie Avenue to Leavitt Street and included: In 2016, Silverstein and Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced plans for a new library and senior housing facility in the 50th Ward.