NEW YORK STATE SENATE — Westchester County – District 37 — Shelley Mayer (D) Westchester

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Shelley Mayer is a Democratic member of the New York State Senate representing the 37th Senate District, which includes portions of Westchester County. Formerly a member of the New York State Assembly, Mayer was first elected in a special election in 2018

Shelley Mayer (D)

Chair of Committee on Education

37th Senate District
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Contact Information

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Website
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Twitter @ShelleyBMayer

Distrtict Office

222 Grace Church Street, Suite 300
Port Chester, NY 10573
Phone: 914-934-5250
Fax: 914-934-5256

Albany Office

Legislative Office Building, Room 615Albany, NY 12247Phone: 518-455-2031

Fax: 518-426-6860

Commitee Membership

Born and raised in Yonkers, Shelley Mayer earned B.A. at University of California, Los Angeles, and later her J.D. at the University at Buffalo Law School.

Prior to her election to public office, Mayer was a Senior Counsel at the National State Attorney General Program at Columbia University, where she focused on health care and labor law rights.

From 2007 until early 2011, Shelley worked as Chief Counsel to the New York State Senate Conference in Albany.

For over seven years, she served as Vice President of Government and Community Affairs at Continuum Health Partners in New York City.

From 1982 to 1994, Mayer served as an Assistant Attorney General in the office of New York Attorney General Bob Abrams.

In 2006, Mayer made her first run for public office, losing a bid for the New York State Assembly to incumbent Republican Mike Spano, who later became the mayor of Yonkers.

Mayer was first elected to the New York State Assembly on March 20, 2012, in a special election to succeed Mike Spano, and was re-elected three times.

Mayer was elected to the State Senate in a special election held on April 24, 2018 after the office was vacated by Westchester County Executive George Latimer. Mayer appeared on the Democratic, Working Families, and Women’s Equality Party lines and won by a margin of 57% to 43%.

Mayer lives in Yonkers with her husband, Lee Smith, with whom she has three adult children.

In 2018, despite the district being deemed competitive by pundits, Mayer was unopposed for a full-term. With Democrats retaking the majority.

The state Senate’s 37th District had long been a target of state Republicans, who’ve spent big in consecutive elections trying to pry the seat from Democrats

Active registered Democrats outnumber Republicans 83,194 to 52,544 in the district.

The 37th District includes parts of Yonkers, White Plains and New Rochelle as well as Bedford, North Castle, Harrison, Rye and Mamaroneck.

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY — Westchester County – District 91 — Steven Otis (D)

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Steven Otis is an American politician from the state of New York. He is a member of the New York State Assembly, representing the 91st district. He is a member of the Democratic Party

Steven Otis (D)

District 91
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Contact Information

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Twitter @SteveOtis91
District Office

222 Grace Church Street
Port Chester, NY 10573
Phone (914) 939-7028
Fax (914) 939-7167

Albany Office

LOB 325
Albany, NY 12248
Phone (518) 455-4897

Committee Membership
  • Committee on Education
  • Committee on Local Governments
  • Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
  • Committee on Environmental Conservation
  • Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
  • Committee on Tourism, Parks, Arts and Sports Development
  • Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force

Otis served as chief of staff to State SenatorSuzi Oppenheimer, and mayor of Rye, New York, from 1998 through 2009, when he was defeated for reelection by Douglas French.

When Assemblyman George S. Latimer chose to run for the State Senate seat vacated by Oppenheimer in the 2012 elections rather than seek reelection, Otis chose to run for Latimer’s seat