Jeremy Cooney

State Senator, New York

New York State Senator Cooney represents District 56 and got his start working on Capitol Hill for the late U.S. Congresswoman Louise Slaughter and has gone on to work for two New York Governors and the Mayor of Rochester. With a deep commitment to creating the Rochester of tomorrow, Jeremy is passionate about investing in quality public schools, affordable housing, universal health care, reducing our carbon footprint and helping families find pathways out of poverty.

After losing his mother to dementia and brain cancer, Jeremy has devoted his career to serving the community that helped raise him—from the YMCA to all levels of government.

Jeremy graduated from the Rochester City School District, and went on to graduate with honors in public policy from Hobart College and then obtain a law degree from Albany Law School. He was named “Forty Under 40” by the Rochester Business Journal and is a proud Eagle Scout. He was born in an Indian orphanage and adopted by a courageous single-mother and grew up in the South Wedge neighborhood of the City of Rochester. He was raised in an Irish family and has inherited a strong sense of family, faith, and the famous upstate accent.