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Administrative History

Senator Velmanette Montgomery, a Democrat, was first elected to the Senate in 1984. She has represented the 22nd Senate District (1985-1992) and the 18th Senate District (1993-present), which consists of all or part of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Boerum Hill, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Gowanus/Wyckoff, Ocean Hill-Brownsville, Park Slope, Red Hook, and Sunset Park. She has served as ranking minority member of the Standing Committee on Social Services, Children, and Families and as co-chair of the Senate Democratic Task Force on Criminal Justice Reform.