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Biographical

Family:

Press Releases

Education

• New York University School of Law - JD (1994-1997)

• Georgetown University Public Policy Institute - MPP (1992-1994)

• State University of New York at Binghamton - BA, political science (1988-1992)

• Midwood High School at Brooklyn (N.Y.) College - Diploma (1988)

Office History

Election Results

• 2021 (Nov. 3, 2020 election)

  8th Congressional District of New York
  Hakeem Sekou Jeffries, 82.22%

  Democrat
  Garfield Wallace, 14.70%

  Republican

• 2019 (Nov. 6, 2018 election)

  8th Congressional District of New York
  Hakeem Sekou Jeffries, 94.00%

  Democrat
  Ernest Johnson, 5.00%

  Conservative

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  8th Congressional District of New York
  Hakeem Sekou Jeffries, 93.22%

  Democrat, Working Families
  Daniel J. Cavanagh, 6.69%

  Conservative

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  8th Congressional District of New York
  Hakeem Sekou Jeffries, 81.22%

  Democrat
  Alan Bellone, 7.02%

  Conservative

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  8th Congressional District of New York
  Hakeem Sekou Jeffries, 77.89%

  Democrat
  Alan S Bellone, 7.47%

  Republican
  Colin M Beavan, 1.03%

  Green

Employment History

• CBS Corp. (2006)

  Assistant General Counsel

• Viacom Inc. (Jan. 2004-2005)

  Counsel

• Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (1998-Aug. 2004)

  Attorney-At-Law

• U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1997-1998)

  Clerk, Judge Harold Baer Jr.

Associated Organizations

• New York University School of Law

  Adjunct Professor

Awards

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Charles Colson Advocate of Hope Award (Prison Fellowship Ministries) (Dec. 2019)

• Jacob K. Javits Prize for Bipartisan Leadership (Marian B. and Jacob K. Javits Foundation) (Nov. 2019)

• Prize for Civility in Public Life (Allegheny College) (Sept. 2019)

• Grammy (National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Inc.) (2019)

• Software Champion Award (BSA | The Software Alliance) (Sept. 2018)

Official Signature

Contact Information

• Email, member official contact form

Office Addresses:

Main Office:

Address:	2433 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-3208
Phone:	202-225-5936

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Leadership Office:

Address:	H204 O'Neill House Office Building Washington, DC 20515
Phone:	202-225-4700

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Privately Financed Travel

8 trips taken between 2013 - 2023 costing $58,527

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Caucuses

• Bipartisan Historically Black Colleges and Universities Caucus
• Bipartisan Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Task Force
• Black Maternal Health Caucus
• Congressional Addiction, Treatment and Recovery Caucus
• Congressional Apprenticeship Caucus
• Congressional Bangladesh Caucus
• Congressional Black Caucus
• Congressional Black-Jewish Caucus
• Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth
• Congressional Caucus on Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention
• Congressional Caucus on Multicultural Media
• Congressional Caucus on U.S.-Turkey Relations and Turkish Americans
• Congressional Diabetes Caucus
• Congressional EMS Caucus
• Congressional Equality Caucus
• Congressional Friends of the Irish National Caucus
• Congressional Future Caucus
• Congressional Internet Caucus
• Congressional Internet of Things Caucus
• Congressional Law Enforcement Caucus
• Congressional My Brother’s Keeper Caucus
• Congressional Peripheral Artery Disease Caucus
• Congressional Pro-Choice Caucus
• Congressional Public Service Loan Forgiveness Caucus
• Congressional STEAM Caucus
• Congressional Taiwan Caucus
• Congressional Tri-Caucus
• Congressional Ukrainian Caucus
• Congressional Voting Rights Caucus
• Criminal Justice Reform Caucus, Chair
• Democratic Outreach and Engagement Task Force
• Expand Social Security Caucus
• Future Forum
• House Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Anti-Semitism
• House Democratic Caucus, House Minority Leader
• House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee
• House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee, Minority Leader
• International Creativity and Theft-Prevention Caucus
• National Service Congressional Caucus
• Quiet Skies Caucus
• U.S.-Japan Congressional Caucus
• Voices for National Service

Caught Our Eye

• Democrats lead the House in 2021 office spending

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 14, 2022
  Democrats led the House in 2021 office spending, according to LegiStorm data. read more

• Democrats outspend GOP in Q1 office budgets

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 21, 2021
  House Democrats outspent Republicans in their official Q1 budgets, according to LegiStorm data. read more

• Six representatives are on pace to overspend this year's budgets

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 8, 2020
  Six representatives are on track to overspend their official budgets by the year's end, according to LegiStorm data. read more

• Six representatives on pace to overspend 2020 office budgets

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 14, 2020
  Six members are on track to overspend their annual budgets, according to LegiStorm data. read more

• Rep. Hagedorn spent 40 percent of his 2020 budget in just 3 months

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 8, 2020
  Thirteen representatives are on pace to overspend their 2020 budgets if they keep up their spending - one by nearly 60 percent. read more

• Oversight and Reform Committee counsel finds her Match

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on March 30, 2020
  A Democratic counsel has swiped right on a new job. read more

• Two Democratic reps on pace to overspend 2019 budgets

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Dec. 9, 2019
  Two Democratic representatives are on pace to overspend their 2019 office budgets after three quarters, according to a new LegiStorm breakdown of member expenses. read more

• Two Democratic reps on pace to overspend 2019 budgets

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on Sept. 16, 2019
  Two Democratic representatives are on pace to overspend their 2019 office budgets, according to a new LegiStorm breakdown of member expenses. read more

• Facebook snags House legislative director

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 3, 2018
  In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has added another Hill staffer to its lobbying team. read more

• Obama and Wilmore move staffers to Twitter

  Posted by J. Todd Foster on May 2, 2016
  Comedian Larry Wilmore, the roaster-in-chief for President Obama's final White House Correspondents Dinner over the weekend, might have bombed inside the Hilton ballroom, but several congressional staffers on the outside took to Twitter on Sunday to praise Wilmore's performance. Many staffers thought Obama was the real comedian-in-chief on that night. read more

• Posted by Steve Olson on Feb. 22, 2013
  Freshman representative Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has hired a former patent protection association lobbyist to lead his legislative team. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on Jan. 14, 2013
  Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has tapped a member of the Obama White House to be his chief of staff. read more