Bruce Blakeman

Bruce A. Blakeman is a politician from New York City who is currently a member of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Appointed by New York Governor George E. Pataki in June 2001, his current term expired on July 1, 2008. [ [http://www.teb.com/AboutthePortAuthority/Governance/BoardofCommissioners/ Board of Commissioners] , Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Accessed September 18, 2008.] Blakeman is a candidate for Mayor of New York City in the 2009 election.

He is a graduate of Arizona State University.

Prior to his appointment to the Port Authority's board, Blakeman was a councilman on the Hempstead Town Board and was a member of the Nassau County Legislature, holding the positions of presiding officer and majority leader from 1996 to 1999. In 1998, he was the Republican candidate for New York State Comptroller but lost the election to H. Carl McCall. Blakeman is on the faculty of Long Island University as a Senior Fellow in the Homeland Security Department and prior to that he taught Business Law at Hofstra University.

Blakeman is married, but legally separated, to Nancy Shevell, also an ASU graduate, who is a member of the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Shevell is a second cousin of Barbara Walters. In November 2007 she was reported to be dating Paul McCartney, who lives near her on Long Island. [cite news
url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/nyregion/07beatle.html
title=Former Beatle Linked to Member of M.T.A. Unit
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date=November 7 2007
publisher=The New York Times
accessdate=2007-11-08]

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* [http://www.panynj.gov/AboutthePortAuthority/Governance/BoardofCommissioners/ Bio, from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]
* [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/9841,barrett,707,5.html Article from the "Village Voice" concerning Blakeman's 1998 campaign for Comptroller]