Candidate · State Assembly, District 85
Emerita Torres
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 Assembly, District 85 (since 2025)
- Occupation
- Vice President of Policy, Research, and Advocacy, Community Service Society of New York (per Wikipedia)
Background
- Member of the New York State Assembly, District 85, since January 1, 2025, succeeding Kenny Burgos source: en.wikipedia.org
- Vice President of Policy, Research, and Advocacy at the Community Service Society of New York since 2020 source: en.wikipedia.org
- Former U.S. Department of State diplomat for about ten years source: en.wikipedia.org
- B.A. in history, New York University; master's in public policy, Harvard Kennedy School source: en.wikipedia.org
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