Candidate · State Senate, District 20
Zellnor Y. Myrie
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 20 (since 2019)
- Occupation
- State Senator; attorney
Background
- Member of the New York State Senate, District 20, since January 1, 2019; has chaired the Senate Elections Committee. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Ran in the 2025 Democratic primary for Mayor of New York City. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Earlier worked as legislative director to City Council Member Fernando Cabrera and as an attorney at Davis Polk & Wardwell. source: en.wikipedia.org
- Born in Brooklyn and raised in Prospect Lefferts Gardens; graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School, Fordham University (bachelor's and master's in urban studies) and Cornell Law School (J.D.). source: en.wikipedia.org
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