Jamaal Bailey (D)
Chairman of Committee on Codes
36th Senate District
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Contact Information
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Twitter @jamaaltbailey
District Office
959 East 233rd St.
Bronx, NY 10466-3207
Phone 718-547-8854
Albany Office
Legislative Office Building Room 707
Albany, NY 12247
Phone 518-455-2061
Committee Membership
Jamaal Bailey was born and raised in the Bronx where he attended New York City Public Schools, including P.S. 83 in Morris Park. He would later attend the prestigious Bronx High School of Science, and later yet the University at Albany. Bailey received his juris-doctorate from the CUNY School of Law.
A protege of New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, Bailey began his political career as an intern in Heastie’s office.
In mid 2016, state Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson resigned from her seat to take a position with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Bailey ran in the state primary to replace her.
Against four other Democratic candidates, Bailey would win an outright majority of the vote with over 55%.
Much of his success was attributed to both his roots in the district, as well as the strong support given by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.
Heastie’s district covers a portion of the same area of the Bronx.
Bailey won a second term unopposed in 2018. With Democrats taking the majority in the Senate,
Bailey is married with two daughters.
