Candidate · State Senate, District 56
Jeremy A. Cooney
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.
- Holds this seat now
- Yes
- Office
- State Senator, District 56 (since 2021)
- Occupation
- State Senator
- Lives in
- Rochester
Background
- Holds a B.A. from Hobart College and a J.D. from Albany Law School. source: nysenate.gov
- Began a career on Capitol Hill working for U.S. Representative Louise Slaughter. source: nysenate.gov
- Served as chief of staff for the City of Rochester and as senior director for community relations at Empire State Development. source: nysenate.gov
- Elected in 2020 as the first Asian American elected to state office from upstate New York. source: nysenate.gov
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