Jones, Mondaire, 1987-

<p>Mondaire Jones is serving his first term as the Congressman from New York’s 17th District, encompassing all of Rockland County and parts of central and northern Westchester County.</p>

<p>A product of East Ramapo public schools, Rep. Jones was raised in Section 8 housing and on food stamps in the Village of Spring Valley by a single mother who worked multiple jobs to provide for their family.</p>

<p>After graduating from Stanford University, Rep. Jones worked in the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Policy, where he vetted candidates for federal judgeships and worked to reform our criminal legal system to make it more fair and equitable. He later graduated from Harvard Law School.</p>

<p>Prior to running for Congress, Rep. Jones worked as a litigator in private practice, where was awarded by The Legal Aid Society of New York for his pro bono service investigating claims of employment discrimination and helping families defrauded during the Great Recession recover funds. Subsequently, he served as a litigator in the Westchester County Law Department.</p>

<p>Mondaire Jones (born May 18, 1987) is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 17th congressional district since 2021. The district includes most of central and northwestern Westchester County and all of Rockland County. A member of the Democratic Party, he and Ritchie Torres are the first openly gay Black members of Congress.</p>

<p>Jones was born in Nyack, New York, and grew up in Spring Valley, New York, where he was raised by a single mother who worked multiple jobs to support him, and his grandparents. He graduated from public schools in the East Ramapo Central School District. He earned his bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 2009 and his Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 2013.</p>

<p>Jones worked in the U.S. Department of Justice during the presidency of Barack Obama. He also worked for Davis Polk & Wardwell, as a law clerk for Andrew L. Carter Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, and for the Westchester County law department. Jones also provided pro bono legal aid through The Legal Aid Society.</p>

JONES, Mondaire, a Representative from New York; born in Nyack, Rockland County, N.Y., May 18, 1987; graduated from Spring Valley High School, Spring Valley, N.Y., 2005; B.A., Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., 2009; J.D., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 2013; staff, United States Department of Justice, 2013–2016; lawyer, private practice; Westchester County, N.Y., attorney, 2018-2019; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (January 3, 2021–present).