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American journalist

Errol T. Louis (born August 24, ) is a New York City journalist and television show host. He has unsuccessfully run for office several times.

Early life

Louis was born in Harlem and raised in New Rochelle, New York, by his father, Edward J. Louis, a retired New York City police officer, and his mother, Tomi (Hawkins) Louis, a bookkeeper. He received a B.A.

in government from Harvard, an M.A. in political science from Yale, and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.^[1]

Career

Finance and teaching

Louis co-founded the Central Brooklyn Federal Credit Union with Mark Winston Griffith in the spring of The two were known as "the hip-hop bankers".^[2]

Louis taught urban studies at Pratt Institute.^[3]

Politics

On September 9, , Louis ran in the Democratic primary for New York City Council District 35 against incumbent Mary Pinkett and police officer James E.

Davis. Louis had charged Pinkett with being absent in th