Eliot Engel | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York |
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Assumed office January 3, 1989 |
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Preceded by | Mario Biaggi |
Constituency |
19th district (1989–1993) 17th district (1993–2013) 16th district (2013–present) |
Member of the New York State Assembly from the 81st district |
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In office March 7, 1977 – December 31, 1988 |
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Preceded by | Alan Hochberg |
Succeeded by | Stephen B. Kaufman |
Personal details | |
Born |
Eliot Lance Engel February 18, 1947 New York City, New York, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | Patricia Ennis |
Education |
City University of New York, Lehman (BA) New York Law School (JD) |
Eliot Lance Engel /ˈɛŋɡəl/ (born February 18, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 16th congressional district. He is a member of the Democratic Party. His new district, District 16, contains parts of the Bronx and Westchester County. In Westchester, it includes Yonkers, Mt. Vernon, New Rochelle, Scarsdale. Mamaroneck, Pelham, Pelham Manor, Larchmont, Tuckahoe, Bronxville, Eastchester, Hastings-on-Hudson, Ardsley, Hartsdale, and Rye City. In the Bronx, it includes Riverdale, Woodlawn, Edenwald, Baychester, Williamsbridge, Van Cortlandt Village, and Wakefield, and Co-op City. He represented the 19th District from 1989 to 1993, and the 17th District from 1993 to 2013. District 17 consisted of parts of the Bronx, Westchester County, and Rockland County.