Adriano Espaillat

ADRIANO ESPAILLAT, Democrat, of New York, NY; born in Santiago, Dominican Republic, September 27, 1954; education: B.A., political science, Queens College, Queens, NY, 1979; professional history: Manhattan Court Services coordinator, NYC Criminal Justice Agency, 1980; director, Washington Heights Victims Services Community Office, 1992; member, New York State Assembly, 1997-2010 (chair, New York State Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, 2002); member, New York State Senate, 2011-16 (ranking member, Housing, Construction, and Community Development Committee; chair, Puerto Rican Latino Caucus); election history: elected to the 115th Congress on November 8, 2016; reelected to each succeeding Congress.