Jeremy Cooney
New York senator
Jeremy A. Cooney (born August 1, 1981) is an American politician from the state of New York. A Democrat, Cooney represents the 56th district of the New York State Senate, covering the majority of the City of Rochester and the Towns of Brighton, Gates, Greece, and Henrietta in Monroe County. His term of office began on January 1, 2021.
Early life and education
Cooney was adopted from an orphanage in Kolkata, India, by a single mother in upstate New York who was a professor at Monroe Community College. He was raised in Rochester and attended schools in the Rochester City School District, graduating from School of the Arts. Cooney earned his B.A. with honors in public policy, with minors in economics and philosophy, from Hobart and William Smith Colleges, where he served as president of the Hobart Student Government, and his J.D. cum laude from Albany Law School, where he served as one of the executive editors of the Albany Law Review.
Political career
Prior to running for elected office, Cooney served as an aide to U.S. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, a law clerk to New York Governor David Paterson, worked for Empire State Development under Andrew Cuomo, and was the first chief of staff to Mayor Lovely A. Warren of the City of Rochester.
New York State Senate
Elections
Cooney ran for the 56th Senate District in 2018 and lost to 20-year incumbent Joseph Robach.
He ran again in 2020, and during the COVID-19 pandemic, closed his campaign office while keeping staff on payroll to deliver meals to seniors and launch a county-wide book donation program that collected 60,000 books for local families who lacked access to libraries during the shutdown. He won a 3-way primary election before winning the 2020 general election by a margin of 12.6%.
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