Candidate · State Assembly, District 79
Chantel Jackson
What this job does: Your district's vote in the New York State Assembly (150 members), the larger house of the Legislature. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Assemblymember, District 79 (third term per official page)
- Occupation
- Social worker, college professor and State Assemblymember
- Lives in
- Bronx
Background
- B.A. in psychology, City College of New York; M.S.W., Adelphi University. source: assembly.ny.gov
- Nine years working on college access for low-income, first-generation students; four years as a school social worker. source: assembly.ny.gov
- Chair of the New York State Legislative Women's Caucus (as of June 2025). source: assembly.ny.gov
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