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=21. New York State’s U.S. Senator: Charles E. Schumer= Over the past three decades in public service, U.S. Senator Charles “Chuck” Ellis Schumer has built a reputation as a leader in finding common-sense solutions to national issues and as a tireless fighter for New York.

Chuck was born in Brooklyn, NY on November 23, 1950 to parents Selma, a homemaker active in the community, and Abe, who owned a small exterminating business. Chuck grew up the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood and with his siblings, Fran and Robert, attended PS 197 and Madison High School. Chuck still resides in Brooklyn with his wife, Iris Weinshall, and their daughters Jessica and Alison.

After graduating from Harvard College and Harvard Law School in 1974, Chuck returned home and ran for the New York State Assembly, becoming, at 23, the youngest member of the State Legislature since Theodore Roosevelt. He soon made his mark with his trademark vigor and tireless advocacy. In 1980, at 29, Chuck ran for and won the seat in the 9th Congressional District.

Chuck represented the 9th CD in Brooklyn and Queens for eighteen years, where he established his reputation as a pioneer in the fight against crime and as a consumer advocate. Chuck authored the Omnibus Crime Bill, which put 100,000 new cops on the street. He was the leading sponsor of the Violence Against Women Act, to combat domestic violence and sexual assault, and the Brady Bill, which instituted mandatory background checks for handgun purchases. He co-wrote the Assault Weapons Ban, and sponsored the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which organized data on crimes of bigotry and allowed federal authorities to prosecute these crimes. He also sponsored legislation that required banks and credit card companies to provide greater disclosure to consumers.

In 1998, Chuck was elected to the U.S. Senate; he became New York’s senior senator when Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan retired in 2000. Chuck kicked off his first Senate term by announcing he would visit each of New York’s 62 counties every year, a tradition he continues today. Doing so has enabled Chuck to keep in touch with voters from every corner of the state.

Throughout his time in the Senate, Chuck has made improving New York’s economy his top priority, bringing affordable air service to Upstate New York and the Hudson Valley and delivering over $20 billion in aid to New York City following the attacks on September 11, 2001. Chuck was the author of legislation that eliminated barriers that delay low-cost generic medications from entering the marketplace and led the charge to make college tuition tax deductible. He also aggressively championed agricultural measures to preserve vital market support programs for New York’s dairy farmers and crop growers.

After New Yorkers re-elected him in 2004, Chuck was awarded two powerful posts by his colleagues. The first, a seat on the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees the nation’s tax, trade, social security and health care legislation. The second honor was the Chairmanship of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC). Chuck successfully led the DSCC for two consecutive cycles before stepping down at the end of 2008.

Following the elections of 2006, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) appointed Chuck to serve as Vice Chair of the Democratic Conference, the number three position on the Democratic Leadership team and a position he continues to hold. In 2009, Chuck was selected as the Chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, which oversees federal elections, voting rights, campaign finance, and the operation of the Senate complex. After New Yorkers re-elected him for a third term in 2010, Chuck took on an expanded role in the Senate as Chairman of the Democratic Policy and Communications Center.

Chuck also sits on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; the Judiciary, where he is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security; the Joint Committee, and the Joint Committee on the Library.

In 2014, Schumer cosponsored 317 bills introduced by other Congress men and women. 33% of Schumer's 67 bills had both Democratic and Republican cosponsorship. Recently (2015) Schumer's approval ratings have dropped in the state of New York to his lowest approval ratings in a decade. He is one of the few Democrats in the Senate that opposes the nuclear iran deal. Schumer is also trying to launch a plan to get the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) to crack down on synthetic marijuana.

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Office Locations:

Washington D.C. Office 322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington D.C. 20510 Phone: 202-228-3027 TTD: 202-224-0420

New York City Office 780 Third Avenue Suite 2301 New York, NY 10017 Phone: 212-486-4430 Fax: 212-486-7693 TDD: 212-486-7803

Albany Office Leo O'Brien Building Room 420 Albany, NY 12207 Phone: 518-431-4070 Fax: 518-431-4076

Binghamton Office 15 Henry Street Room M013 Binghamton, NY 13901 Phone: 607-772-6792 Fax: 607-772-8124

Buffalo Office 130 South Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, NY 14202 Phone: 716-846-4111 Fax: 716-846-4113
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Melville Office 145 State Street, Room 3040 Rochester, NY 14614 Phone: 585-263-5866 Fax: 585-263-3173

Syracuse Office 100 South Clinton Street Room 841 Syracuse, NY 13261-7318 Phone: 315-423-5471 Fax: 315-423-5185

Scheduling Requests  Washington D.C. Requests

For all meeting requests in the Washington D.C. office with the Senator, please submit via fax at 202-228-3028. No requests will be honored without having received them in writing. All requests should include the dates requested, a list of people attending the meeting and/or event and an agenda, as it will help expedite the scheduling process. Please allow 2-3 weeks for someone in our office to follow up with you about scheduling. If possible, we ask that all requests be submitted approximately 4-5 weeks prior to the date being requested. We appreciate your patience and will do our best to accommodate your request. New York State Requests

Requests for meetings with Senator Schumer in New York State should be submitted to the appropriate regional office (addresses listed below). Please follow the same guidelines for the regional offices as spelled out for the Washington D.C. office. Honorary Committees

All requests for Senator Schumer to lend his name to a host committee should be sent to Senator Schumer's New York City office.

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=22. New York State’s U.S. Senator: Kirsten Gillibrand=

Senator [|Kirsten Gillibrand] is a proud New York Democrat. She is running a grassroots campaign to fix our economy and improve life for the middle class and working families across New York.  Born and raised in upstate New York, Kirsten got her start watching her grandmother, Polly Noonan, organize Albany women to make a difference. Those early experiences taught Kirsten the values that guide her public service to this day: hard work, idealism, honesty and bold action.

 Today, Gillibrand and her husband, Jonathan, are passing those values on to their two young sons, Theodore and Henry. Her family is a major inspiration behind her public service career. She does not want any mother to ha ve to worry that there will not be enough food on the table or health care for their sick child.

Gillibrand was first sworn in to the U.S. Senate in January 2009 and was elected in November 2010 with more than 63 percent of the vote to fill Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's seat. In 2012, Gillibrand ran again and beat out republican candidate, Wendy E. Long. This campaign locked her in as a US Senator for the next 6 years. Even in the face of steep challenges, Gillibrand hit the ground running – leading efforts to bring more transparency and accountability to Washington and helping pass landmark legislation to repeal the “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy that bans gays from serving openly in the military, and provide health care and compensation to the 9/11 first responders and community survivors that are sick with diseases caused by the toxins at Ground Zero.

 As senator, she has spent time in every one of New York’s 62 counties, meeting with families and small businesses, listening to the challenges they are facing. From Buffalo to the Adirondacks and down to New York City, the message is clear: New Yorkers want their leaders to find solutions to today's most pressing problems.  That is why Gillibrand’s number one priority is to create good-paying jobs throughout New York. Her plan includes cutting taxes for the middle class and small businesses, investing in research and development and renew able energy, and upgrading infrastructure around the state.

Gillibrand ran and won her first Congressional campaign in 2006 in order to tackle these pressing issues. Going against the Republican incumbent John Sweeney proved difficult but he won with 53% of the vote.

 As congresswoman, Gillibrand pledged to be honest, open and upfront with the public and always stay accessible and accountable. She was the very first member of Congress to make her official daily schedule and the participants of all of her meetings publicly available. She also launched a successful "Congress at Your Corner" series to meet her constituents at hotspots like grocery stores and coffee shops, a practice she has continued as senator.  Before being elected to Congress, Gillibrand served in the Clinton administration as special counsel to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Andrew Cuomo. She graduated magna cum laude from Dartmouth College and received her law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law. She served as a law clerk on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. As an attorney for 15 years, Kirsten worked on a wide range of legal and policy-related issues, often providing free legal representation to people who could not otherwise afford it.

Because of her strong New York values and her proven record of accomplishment, she has been endorsed by a wide range of elected officials and civic organizations, including EMILY's List, NARAL, Planned Parenthood, NYSUT, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and twenty New York Democrats in Congress. Kirsten remains committed to bringing her grassroots campaign to every New Yorker and working tirelessly on behalf of the Empire State.

Gillibrand sits on the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, Armed Services, Environmental and Public Works and the Senate Special Committee on Aging.

Her most recently(2015) sponsored bills include the Pedestrian Safety Act of 2015, Every Child Deserves a Family Act, Child Sexual Abuse Awareness and Prevention Act and the Finger Lakes National Heritage Area Study of 2015, among many others.

__**New York City Office Contact Information**__ 780 Third Avenue Suite 2601 New York, New York 10017 Tel. (212) 688-6262 Fax (866) 824-6340

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**23. New York State’s Former Governor:**

[|Eliot Spitzer] was born on June 10, 1959, in the Bronx. He received his undergraduate degree from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University and his law degree from Harvard Law School. After law school, he clerked for U.S. District Judge Hon. Robert W. Sweet.

After serving as a clerk, Spitzer became an Assistant DA in New York, quickly rising to the position of Chief of the Labor and Racketeering Unit. Later, after a few years working in private practice, Spitzer returned to public service in 1998 by becoming the Attorney General of New York. In eight years as Attorney General, he became a national figure for his landmark cases to protect investors, consumers, low-wage workers and the environment.

 Spitzer was inaugurated as New York’s 54th Governor on January 1, 2007 after beating John Faso. In his first year, he enacted the significant education reform, reduced property taxes for middle-class New Yorkers, and enacted health care reform to cover all children. He also proposed a bill to legitimize same sex marriage in New York. Governor Spitzer particularly focused on revitalizing New York’s economy and advancing an agenda for economic growth and opportunity. He reformed regulations to save businesses over $1 billion, making both Upstate and Downstate New York more competitive, and broke gridlock on key infrastructure and economic development projects, including the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">On March 11, 2008, FBI and IRS officials informed reporters of a major prostitution scandal that <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Spitzer had been involved in. Spitzer was found to have spent up to $15,000 on call-girls and totaled up to $80,000 on prostitution in total. In a press conference, Spitzer apologized and announced his resignation.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Spitzer resigned from office March 17, 2008.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">In 2013, Spitzer ran for New York City Comptroller, but lost in the September, 10th election.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Spitzer and his wife Silda have three daughters.

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=24. New York State’s Current Governor:=

[|Andrew M. Cuomo], elected the 56th Governor of New York State on November 2, 2010, has a lifelong commitment to public service and the proven leadership skills to make government work for the people of the state.

Prior to his election as Governor, Andrew Cuomo served four years as New York’s Attorney General. As the state’s top legal officer, he made restoring public trust in government and protecting New York taxpayers the top priorities of his administration.

As Attorney General, Cuomo brought national reform to the student loan industry, uncovered fraud within the largest health insurers in the country, protected investors from abuses on Wall Street, and made the Internet safer for children nationwide. His groundbreaking investigations into the state pension system ended decades of government corruption in New York and set a model for public pension funds across the country.

Governor Cuomo has a long record of fighting for justice and championing government reform.

In 1997, Cuomo was appointed by President Clinton to serve as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Under his leadership, HUD was transformed from a bureaucratic backwater rife with waste, fraud, and abuse to a revitalized engine for economic development and unprecedented housing opportunities. Cuomo brought dramatic reforms to make government efficient and competent while saving taxpayers millions of dollars.

Cuomo’s work earned HUD the prestigious “Innovations in American Government Award” from the Ford Foundation and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University on three different occasions.

As secretary, Cuomo made fighting racial discrimination a key focus and brought 2,000 anti-discrimination cases all across the country.

In addition, Cuomo established Housing Enterprise for Less Privileged (HELP) in 1986, which became the nation’s largest private provider of transitional housing for the homeless. Based on his pioneering work through HELP, Cuomo was appointed by New York City Mayor David Dinkins in 1991 to lead the New York City Commission on the Homeless.

Cuomo first practiced law as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. He has also worked as a partner in a New York City law firm and was of counsel at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Cuomo graduated from Fordham University in 1979 and Albany Law School in 1982.

Cuomo has recently been trying to find a candidate to oppose [|Bill de Blasio] in the 2017 mayoral Democratic primary.

He is the father of three girls, twins Mariah and Cara, and his youngest Michaela.

You may also contact the Governor's office by phone (518) 474-8390 or mail:

The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224

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=25. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives: John Boehner=

[|John Boehner] is the current Speaker of the House of Representatives. Boehner is the 61st [|Speaker of the United States House of Representatives], he has been the Speaker since from January 5, 2011. Boehner has been a representative for Ohio's 8th Congressional district since 1991. Prior to being the Speaker of the House, Boehner was the House Minority Leader from 2007-2011.

Boehner is known for his "no earmarks" policy which he started within his first year in Congress. Also known for being apart of the "Gang of Seven", comprised of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, worked to eliminate corruption from the House. Since becoming Speaker of the House, Boehner has worked to make the legislative process more transparent in order to ensure that the priorities of the American people are addressed.

[|Boehner]has received criticism for being emotional during appearances from other politicians and has become a favorite to poke fun at by late night comedians.

Boehner grew up in Ohio as the second child of 12. He grew up working at his family's restaurant, Andy's Cafe. Boehner attended college at Xavier University where he earned his B.A. in business. Boehner worked in the private sector before pursuing a job in politics. Boehner and his wife Debbie have two daughters, Lindsay and Tricia.

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Contact: Office of the Speaker H-232 The Capitol Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-0600 Fax: (202) 225-5117

Boehner has 3 offices in his homestate of Ohio and he can be reached at any of the following:

Butler County Office: 7969 Cincinnati-Dayton Road Suite B West Chester, OH 45069 Phone: (513) 779-5400

Miami County Office: 12 South Plum Street Troy, OH 45373 Phone: (937) 339-1524

Clark County Office 76 East High Street Springfield, OH 45502 Phone: (937) 322-1120