
A junior was re-elected to the Foggy Bottom and West End Advisory Neighborhood Commission, D.C. officials announced Saturday.
Eve Zhurbinskiy will sit for two years on the ANC after running for the seat as a write-in candidate. No candidates formally ran for the seat, and she campaigned for her seat at the School Without Walls polling place for 13 hours on Election Day.
“I’m honored to be re-elected to the ANC, and I’m excited to continue to work for students on the ANC,” she said.
Zhurbinskiy ran as a write-in candidate after not receiving 25 signatures from permanent residents over the summer. She represents some locations on campus in the ANC, including eight residence halls and eight Greek houses.
During her next term, Zhurbinskiy said she plans to improve accessibility to rape kits, advocate for sidewalk repairs, help to prevent sexual assault at bars through the Safe Bars program and develop a discount for GW students and staff members for Capital Bikeshare.
Within the past few months, Zhurbinskiy backed a bill to make feminine hygiene products tax-free in D.C. and spoke against GW’s decision not to support a D.C. Council bill providing District workers with 12 weeks of paid leave.
Last year, she fought against legislation allowing the University Police Department to patrol off GW’s campus. She also proposed improvements for lighting in the I Street Mall and introduced a proposal laying out plans for students to use the Metro for $1 a day.