Marie Winfield

Project: To document the history and community activism related to the land use of two East and West Harlem sites, a sanitation garage and a correctional facility, and to investigate solutions for community planning for future use, restorative and/or adaptive reuse, and environmental justice. 

Marie Winfield is an attorney and freelance consultant on land use, zoning and community planning issues, with a focus on environmental review. As an advocate in the East Harlem community, Marie has spearheaded local initiatives for parks and housing, previously serving as the President of the East Harlem/El Barrio Community Land Trust nonprofit. She has also been a member of Community Board 11 in Manhattan, numerous East Harlem Neighborhood Plan committees, the Department of Sanitation Community Advisory Group for the M11 Sanitation Garage, and Metropolitan Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital and Icahn School of Medicine Community Advisory Boards. She currently works as the Deputy Director of a fair housing nonprofit that serves New York City and its surrounding counties, with the goal of eliminating housing discrimination, fostering open, inclusive and accessible communities, as well as strengthening and enforcing fair housing laws. Marie received a B.A. and B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis in Environmental Engineering and Public Policy, a M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in Romance Languages and a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.