1. Velmanette Montgomery was born on December 22,1942 and is an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 25th district of the New York State Senate from 1984 until 2020.
10 Facts About Velmanette Montgomery
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Velmanette Montgomery later became a Revson Fellow at Columbia University.
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Velmanette Montgomery has served as president of Community School Board 13.
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In 1991, Velmanette Montgomery was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from St Joseph's College.
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Velmanette Montgomery has been re-elected seventeen times, never facing serious opposition.
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Velmanette Montgomery is a reproductive rights advocate, sponsoring legislation on the topic, and a longtime nurse practitioner advocate.
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Velmanette Montgomery 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.
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In 2013 Velmanette Montgomery was secretly recorded at the home of then-Senator Shirley Huntley, as revealed in a federal corruption probe of Huntley.
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On January 11,2020, Velmanette Montgomery announced that she would be retiring from the State Senate and not seeking reelection in 2020.
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Velmanette Montgomery endorsed Assemblywoman Tremaine Wright in her retirement announcement.