Biography
A Representative from New York. Born in New York, New York County, N. Y. , March 16, 1962. Graduated from Power Memorial High School, New York, N. Y. , 1981. B. A. , Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing, N. Y. , 1985. Member of the New York state assembly, 1986-1998. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1999-January 3, 2019). Chair, House Democratic Caucus (One Hundred Fifteenth Congress). Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018.