Presente James Lane

Husband of Dani Liebling, Both active in the Green Party. Judith and I often stayed with James, Dani and Xavi in their Park Slope basement apartment over the years before we moved to Bed-Stuy. He was also a musician in a heavy metal band, a video producer, and an internet whiz. Campaigned for him out on Staten Island when he ran for Congress.

In 2013 he was the Green Party candidate for New York City Public Advocate and in 2015 he ran for Congress against the Republican candidate Dan Donovan who was the District Attorney that failed to indict anyone in the killing of Eric Garner.

James is a lifelong resident of New York City who was born in Flushing; raised in Harlem and matured in Hell’s Kitchen

At the age of 23 James lost both of his parents due to health issues related to cancer and diabetes. Then a few months later James found out that he was adopted by those parents at the age of 2, but due to current laws was not allowed access to any information regarding his family of origin. As a result of his activism, he was able to locate his birth mother and reunite with her and other relatives years later.

From that moment, his fight for justice through political activism formally began, with the hope that laws such as denying a person’s right to know about their origins will be removed from our society forever. Because of that activism, he was able to locate his birth mother and reunite with her and other relatives.

Over the past 30 years, Mr. Lane has maintained leadership roles in union and corporate jobs, while also volunteering in his free time as an activist to help promote social justice issues. He is a member of the Adoptee Rights and Black Lives Matter movements.

~ Written by Mark Dunlea

2017 Green Party Candidate for New York City Public Advocate