Mufazzal Hossain is the Director of Budget and Legislative Affairs for New York City Council Member Yusef Salaam, where he leads fiscal strategy, legislative drafting, and capital-project oversight for Harlem’s 9th Council District. His portfolio spans housing, sustainability, and social-service equity. His portfolio bridges policy analysis with hands-on budget management across agencies and community institutions.

Mufazzal is currently pursuing a part-time, distant learning MSc in Sustainable Urban Development at the University of Oxford, allowing him to maintain employment in New York, as well as study towards a degree from Oxford. He holds an MS and BS in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University and the University of Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, respectively. His academic work focuses on how legislative and policy frameworks can advance equity in post-industrial and post-conflict cities.

Hossain’s professional background integrates infrastructure planning, climate policy, and public-sector budgeting. He has advised on initiatives related to affordable housing, environmental justice, and accessibility within New York City’s fiscal ecosystem, while serving as a policy liaison between local government and community partners.

He is also an alumnus of the German Marshall Fund’s Transatlantic Inclusion Leaders Network (TILN), which enabled his participation at the 2025 Brussels Forum in Belgium, where he engaged with global policymakers on democracy, urban inclusion, and sustainability. Additionally, Hossain served on the Host Committee of the Concordia Forum’s 3rd Annual Diplomatic Reception during the 2025 United Nations General Assembly, convening Muslim leaders and allies from across the world to promote unity and shared prosperity.

Hossain also serves as the first Bangladeshi American Democratic District Leader in New York City, elected during the 2020 Democratic Primary. In addition to his political, public-sector, and community building work, Hossain is an active writer and speaker on topics of urban resilience, sustainability governance, and fiscal justice to examine how budgetary systems reflect and reproduce social inequities. His policy perspective draws on both engineering rigor and ethical pragmatism, informed by his global experiences across New York, Bangladesh, and the United Kingdom.

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