Gregory W. Meeks

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Gregory Meeks
Gregory W. Meeks
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 6th district
Incumbent
Assumed office 
February 3, 1998–
Preceded by Floyd Flake
Succeeded by Incumbent
Born June 01, 1950 (age 56)
New York City, New York
Political party Democratic
Spouse Simone Marie Meeks
Religion African Methodist Episcopal

Gregory Weldon Meeks (born September 25, 1953), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1998, representing the Sixth Congressional District of New York (map), which includes most of Southeastern Queens including Jamaica, Laurelton, Rosedale, Saint Albans, Springfield Gardens, and Far Rockaway, as well as John F. Kennedy International Airport. His district is made up mainly middle-class minority communities, but also includes a small part of Ozone Park and part of Howard Beach known as Old Howard Beach, both of which are mainly made up of middle-class Italian-Americans.

Born in East Harlem, New York City and raised in a housing project, he attended Adelphi University and obtained a degree in Law from Howard University. He worked as an Assistant District Attorney and Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York before joining the Investigations Commission to investigate official misconduct and organized crime. He was Supervising Judge for the New York State Workers Compensation System before being elected to the New York State Assembly in 1992. He was elected to Congress in an 1998 special election to replace Floyd Flake, a congressman and reverend who was retiring to focus on his church. Meeks currently serves on the House Financial Services Committee and the House International Relations Committee. He is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.

Meeks received a "C" on the Drum Major Institute's 2005 Congressional Scorecard on middle-class issues.

Meeks is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African Americans. [1]

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Preceded by
Floyd H. Flake		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from New York's 6th congressional district
1998–		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


New York's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators: Charles E. Schumer (D), Hillary Clinton (D)

Representative(s): Timothy H. Bishop (D), Steve Israel (D), Peter T. King (R), Carolyn McCarthy (D), Gary L. Ackerman (D), Gregory W. Meeks (D), Joseph Crowley (D), Jerrold Nadler (D), Anthony D. Weiner (D), Edolphus Towns (D), Yvette Clarke (D), Nydia Velázquez (D), Vito Fossella (R), Carolyn B. Maloney (D), Charles B. Rangel (D), José Serrano (D), Eliot L. Engel (D), Nita M. Lowey (D), John Hall (D), Kirsten Gillibrand (D), Michael R. McNulty (D), Maurice D. Hinchey (D), John M. McHugh (R), Mike Arcuri (D), James T. Walsh (R), Thomas M. Reynolds (R), Brian Higgins (D), Louise Slaughter (D), Randy Kuhl (R)

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