George Albro was born and raised in Brooklyn, attended Brooklyn College and Brooklyn Law School, and currently lives in Park Slope Brooklyn. He worked as a lawyer for Legal Services representing tenants facing eviction in Housing Court. He then transferred to Legal Aid  where for 15 years represented criminal defendants first in trial court and later in the Appeals  Bureau.

In 1995, George was elected an officer and joined the staff of the United Auto Workers Local which represented the 1000 attorneys who worked for the NYC Legal Aid Society. He became politically very active in the UAW and today continues as the chair of the UAWs Community & Political Action Committees.  In 1998, George was one of the founders of the Working Families Party.  Within the WFP, George helped form the Bklyn Chapter, was on the State Committee, and became involved in many progressive campaigns.  He is currently one of the NYC Co-Chairs of the WFP.  He retired from his union job 2 years ago.

Recently, George helped organize Bernie Sanders’ NYS delegate slate and was an at large convention delegate to the 2016 Convention.  After the Convention, George, along with Eddie Kaye, traveled around NYS to meet with the various Bernie Sanders support groups to discuss the idea of forming a statewide organization committed to fighting for a progressive. The founding of NYPAN resulted from those efforts. George is currently a co-chair of the Brooklyn NYPAN chapter and of the statewide organization.