Eliot Engel
Eliot Lance Engel (born February 18, 1947) is the U.S. Representative for New York's 16th congressional district, serving since 1989. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He represented the 19th District from 1989 to 1993 and the 17th District from 1993 to 2012. District 17 consisted of part of the Bronx (including the neighborhoods as Riverdale, Woodlawn, Norwood, Williamsbridge, Van Cortlandt Village, and Wakefield), parts of Westchester County (including all of Mount Vernon and parts of Yonkers, Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, and Tarrytown) and parts of Rockland County (including the towns of Ramapo and Orangetown and the southern half of Clarkstown). His new district, District 16, contains Yonkers, Mt. Vernon, New Rochelle, and Rye.
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