Roxanne Persaud
She is a Democrat and a member of the New York Senate for the 19th district, which includes portions of Canarsie, East New York, Brownsville, Mill Basin, Sheepshead Bay, Bergen Beach, Marine Park, Flatlands, Ocean Hill and Starrett City in Brooklyn.A native of Guyana, Persaud immigrated with her family to Brooklyn, New York as a young person.[7] In 2015, Persaud won the Democratic nomination to succeed Alan Maisel in the New York Assembly, and served from January to November 2015.Persaud, then a first-term Assemblywoman, was chosen by the Kings County Democratic Party to succeed him, and easily won election that November to finish his term.In 2019, with Democrats gaining the majority in the Senate, Persaud was named Chair of the Social Services Committee.