J. Gustavo Rivera
What this job does: Your district's vote in the New York State Senate (63 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and approve the governor's picks for top jobs and for judges on the state's highest court. A term is two years.
- Current office
- State Senator, District 33 (since 2011)
- Occupation
- State Senator
Background
- Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico; graduated from the University of Puerto Rico in 1998 and moved to New York to begin a doctoral program in political science at the CUNY Graduate Center. source: nysenate.gov
- Worked as a community organizer on campaigns including those of State Senators Jose Marcos Serrano and Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Fernando Ferrer's 2001 mayoral campaign. source: nysenate.gov
- Managed SEIU activities for the Barack Obama presidential campaign in several primary states in 2008, served as the campaign's Constituency Director in Florida, and later was Director of Outreach for U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand. source: nysenate.gov
- Taught political science as an adjunct professor at Pace University and Hunter College. source: nysenate.gov
- Elected in 2010 to represent the 33rd Senate District in the Bronx; appointed chair of the Senate Health Committee in 2018. source: nysenate.gov
In their own words
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- Single-payer health care through the New York Health Act source: branch.vote
- New York Affordable Drug Manufacturing Act (S.1618) source: branch.vote
- Keeping school-based health centers outside Medicaid managed care (S1224) source: branch.vote
- Increased school funding source: branch.vote
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