FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 28, 2021
TOMORROW: REP. MONDAIRE JONES TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR LEGISLATION DIRECTLY IMPACTING ROCKLAND AND WESTCHESTER.
Jones will be joined by state and local elected officials.
WHITE PLAINS, NY — Tomorrow, Congressman Mondaire Jones (D-NY) will hold a press conference to unveil major legislation that will directly benefit his constituents in Westchester and Rockland Counties. He will be joined by New York State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, Westchester County Executive George Latimer, New York State Senator Elijah Reichlin-Melnick, and White Plains Mayor Tom Roach.
Where: Outside the Westchester County Office Building
When: 10:30am
Friday, January 29
About Mondaire: Mondaire Jones is the 33-year-old Congressman from New York’s 17th District, serving Westchester and Rockland Counties. He serves on the House Judiciary, Education and Labor, and Ethics Committees and is the first openly gay, Black member of Congress. A product of East Ramapo public schools, Mondaire was raised in Section 8 housing and on food stamps in the Village of Spring Valley by a single mother who worked multiple jobs to provide for their family. He later graduated from Stanford University, worked at the Department of Justice during the Obama Administration, and graduated from Harvard Law School. He is a co-founder of the nonprofit Rising Leaders, Inc. and has previously served on the NAACP’s National Board of Directors and on the board of the New York Civil Liberties Union. Most recently, Mondaire worked as a litigator in the Westchester County Law Department. In November, Mondaire was unanimously elected by his colleagues to be the Freshman Representative to Leadership, making him the youngest member of the Democratic House leadership team. In December, Jones was appointed a Deputy Whip of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and became a Co-Chair of the LGBTQ Equality Caucus. Mondaire was born and raised in Rockland, and resides in Westchester.
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