Sherry cohen philadelphia pa

Local lawyer and activist Sherrie Cohen has announced her run for City Council at-large in the Democratic Primary. Cohen ran for Philadelphia City Council three times in the past decade, but withdrew her bid in If elected, she would be the first out LGBTQ person to serve as a City Councilmember. 

“I am running for City Council At Large to helptransform our city from being the poorest large city in the United States,” Cohen said, in an email. 

As a candidate, Cohen prioritizes building community-led public safety programs to put a stop to gun violence; cleaning up toxic schools and making sure every neighborhood has quality public schools; having libraries and rec centers remain open seven days a week; funding “deeply affordable,” rent-controlled housing; ending mass incarceration and fighting against attempts to reinstate Stop and Frisk; and creating a Green New Deal for Philadelphia that will lead to thousands of new union jobs. 

Cohen’s father, David Cohen, ser