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Velmanette Montgomery

American politician

Field	Value
name	Velmanette Montgomery
state_senate	New York State
district	25th
term_start	January 1, 1985
term_end	December 31, 2020
predecessor	Anna V. Jefferson
successor	Jabari Brisport
constituency	22nd district (1985–92)
18th district (1993–2012)
25th district (2013-2020)
image	File:(03-03-20) NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery (cropped).jpg
caption	Montgomery in 2020
birth_date
birth_place	Houston, Texas, U.S.
party	Democratic
spouse	William Walker
children	1
alma_mater	New York University
Columbia University
residence	Clinton Hill, Brooklyn
website	[Official website](https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/velmanette-montgomery)

18th district (1993–2012) 25th district (2013-2020) Columbia University Velmanette Montgomery (born December 22, 1942) is an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 25th district of the New York State Senate from 1984 until 2020. The district comprised Fort Greene, Boerum Hill, Red Hook, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Sunset Park, Gowanus, and Park Slope, among other neighborhoods located within the borough of Brooklyn.

Early life and career

Montgomery was born in Houston, but relocated to New York City to attain a master's degree in education from New York University. She later became a Revson Fellow at Columbia University.

Prior to elected office, Montgomery worked as a teacher, adjunct professor, and day care director as well as the cofounder of the Day Care Forum of New York City. She has also served as president of Community School Board 13.

In 1991, Montgomery was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from St. Joseph's College.

New York Senate

Montgomery was first elected in 1984, succeeding Anna V. Jefferson, who did not run for re-election that year. She has been re-elected seventeen times, never facing serious opposition. Montgomery has never lost an election.

In the Senate, Montgomery is the Chair of the Senate Committee on Children and Families. She is a reproductive rights advocate, sponsoring legislation on the topic, and a longtime nurse practitioner advocate. She was an original sponsor of legislation to legalize needle exchange programs to stop the spread of AIDS, wrote the law banning female genital mutilation, and sponsored a current law that prohibits the discrimination in the granting of funeral or bereavement leave to workers in committed same-sex relationships.

In 2013 Montgomery was secretly recorded at the home of then-Senator Shirley Huntley, as revealed in a federal corruption probe of Huntley. The probe centered around former Senator Huntley who pled guilty to embezzling over $87,000 in taxpayer money. Montgomery was never accused of wrongdoing in the probe.

In 2019, Montgomery was elected Majority Conference Secretary.

On January 11, 2020, Montgomery announced that she would be retiring from the State Senate and not seeking reelection in 2020. She endorsed Assemblywoman Tremaine Wright in her retirement announcement.

References

(2017-08-01). "New York 25th District State Senate Results: Velmanette Montgomery Wins". The New York Times.
(2015-02-24). "Brooklyn Lawmaker Apologizes For 'White People Don't Eat The Way We Do' Remark".
Travers, Suzanne. (18 June 2014). "New Scrutiny of City's Library Trustees".
"LaGuardia Community College's Early Childhood Learning Center Programs Celebrate Their 30th Anniversary – CUNY Newswire". CUNY Newswire.
(2017-09-13). "Senator Montgomery, Assemblyman Mosley, St. Joseph's College, Sigma Gamma Row Inc. and the YWCA of Brooklyn sponsor Back To School Giveaway".
"Our Campaigns - NY State Senate 22 - D Primary Race - Sep 11, 1984".
"Our Campaigns - Candidate - Velmanette Montgomery".
(2015-10-03). "NY State Senate Bill S4325".
(2018-09-04). "New York State Senator will be Recognized as the Seventh Annual Atlantic Avenue Ambassador".
(2016-08-08). "State Senator Velmanette Montgomery's Legislative Report".
(2013-05-03). "Ex-Senator Shirley Huntley Recorded Elected Officials". The New York Times.
"State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery Named in Federal Investigation".
(2015-10-04). "Senate Leadership".
(12 January 2020). "Long-time Brooklyn state Senator Montgomery declines 2020 run, gives nod to rising star | amNewYork".

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