Michael McMahon

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For the Scottish politician see Michael McMahon (Scottish politician)

Michael McMahon is a City Council member representing the North Shore of Staten Island. He is a registered Democrat. He is the only Democratic City Council member who represents Staten Island. He was re-elected on November 8, 2005 for a second time.

He is the Chair of the Sanitation Committee, which recently passed what is considered an historic waste management plan. Under his leadership, the city has put together a coherent plan that seeks to minimize the use of trucks to transport garbage by utilizing barges while also more evenly distributing the load of waste processing across the five boroughs. Detractors of the plan include Council Members into whose districts the waste transfer stations will be shifted. Though these Council Members complain that it is an unfair shift, most of the city agrees that this shift helps the city by lightening the load in previously overburdened communities.

Prior to being elected to public office, McMahon worked as a personal injury lawyer at O'Leary, McMahon & Spero that pays him a salary in addition to the salary he receives from the City Council.