Albert Vann (November 19, 1934 – July 14, 2022) was an American politician and a member of the New York City Council from Brooklyn, representing the 36th district, which includes parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights.
Vann exchanged seats with Annette Robinson after the New York City Council enacted a term limit.
In the November 3, 2009 election Vann was challenged by Mark Winston Griffith (Drum Major Institute's executive director), who ran on the Working Families Party ballot line.
In response to the police shooting of Sean Bell in 2006, Vann alleged that the incident arose from "institutional racism.
"[8] He then proceeded to mock the suggestion that African-American New Yorkers living in high-crime neighborhoods should adopt certain behaviors to avoid confrontations with police officers.