Senator Eric T. Schneiderman represents New York’s 31st Senatorial District, which includes parts of the Upper West Side, West Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill in Manhattan, and part of Riverdale in the Bronx. Mr. Schneiderman was first elected to the State Senate in 1998, and since January of 2009, has served as the Chair of the Senate Codes Committee, which considers criminal and civil justice legislation in New York State. He also serves as the Senate Deputy Majority Leader for Policy.

From 2003-2006, Senator Schneiderman served as the Senate Deputy Democratic Leader. During that period, the Democratic Conference became the leading voice for reform of New York's state government, and successfully fought to pass legislation to raise the minimum wage, to provide mental health parity in health insurance coverage, and to make initial changes to the state’s draconian drug laws.

In 2007, He was appointed to the New York State Commission on Sentencing Reform. In his role as a Commissioner, he advocated for reforms to our criminal justice system, including an expansion of alternatives to incarceration programs, an improvement of our re-entry services, as well as reforms to the sentencing guidelines for non-violent drug offenses.

Over the past ten years, Senator Schneiderman has been recognized by groups and organizations throughout the state for his leadership in efforts to pass anti-crime, pro-choice and environmental legislation, to reform the Rockefeller Drug Laws, restore progressivity to our tax code and to provide universal health care for all New Yorkers.

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