Charles E. Schumer
U.S. Senate
Members of Congress
Who Represents New York in Congress?
New York is represented in the U.S. Senate by Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand and holds 26 seats in the U.S. House. Every senator represents the whole state; each representative speaks for one district inside it, so most residents have three members of Congress in total — two senators and one representative.
U.S. Senators from New York
Democratic
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
U.S. Senate
U.S. Representatives from New York26 seats
Nick LaLota
1st district
Andrew R. Garbarino
2nd district
Thomas R. Suozzi
3rd district
Laura Gillen
4th district
Gregory W. Meeks
5th district
Grace Meng
6th district
Nydia M. Velázquez
7th district
Hakeem S. Jeffries
8th district
Yvette D. Clarke
9th district
Daniel S. Goldman
10th district
Nicole Malliotakis
11th district
Jerrold Nadler
12th district
Adriano Espaillat
13th district
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
14th district
Ritchie Torres
15th district
George Latimer
16th district
Michael Lawler
17th district
Patrick Ryan
18th district
Josh Riley
19th district
Paul Tonko
20th district
Elise M. Stefanik
21st district
John W. Mannion
22nd district
Nicholas A. Langworthy
23rd district
Claudia Tenney
24th district
Joseph D. Morelle
25th district
Timothy M. Kennedy
26th district
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Sources
Roster, party, district, and contact details from the public @unitedstates congress-legislators dataset, refreshed daily. District lookups go to the official House directory.
New York is represented in the U.S. Senate by Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand and holds 26 seats in the U.S. House. Every senator represents the whole state; each representative speaks for one district inside it, so most residents have three members of Congress in total — two senators and one representative.
The full New York delegation currently breaks down as 21 Democratics and 7 Republicans. Names, parties, and official contact links below come from the public congress-legislators dataset, which tracks appointments and special elections rather than only general-election results.
What senators and representatives actually do differently
Both vote on legislation, but the jobs are not symmetrical. Senators serve six-year staggered terms, represent the entire state, and hold powers the House does not have — confirming federal judges, Cabinet officers, and ambassadors, and ratifying treaties. Representatives serve two-year terms and answer to a single district, and the House alone can originate revenue bills and bring articles of impeachment. For a constituent, the practical difference is scale: a senator's office handles New York-wide concerns, while a House office is usually the faster route for casework involving a federal agency.
How to contact your member of Congress so it counts
Every member listed here has an official .gov site with a contact form and a Washington office phone number. Offices generally weight contact from verified constituents, so include your full address, and be specific — a bill number, a date, or a concrete agency problem gets logged more usefully than a general opinion. For a stuck passport, a delayed VA claim, or an IRS or Social Security problem, ask for "casework": staff can make a formal inquiry to the agency on your behalf, and that is often the fastest available remedy.
When these seats are next on the ballot
All 435 voting House seats are contested every two years, in every even-numbered year. Senate seats are staggered into three classes, so roughly a third of the Senate is up in each of those elections and a given state usually has at most one Senate race per cycle. The term-end year shown next to each member below is the year that seat is next scheduled to be contested. Vacancies from resignation or death are filled by special election in the House, and in most states by gubernatorial appointment in the Senate.
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New York Members of Congress — Frequently Asked Questions
- Who are the U.S. senators from New York?
- Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten E. Gillibrand represent New York in the U.S. Senate. Both were elected statewide and serve six-year terms, and each one represents every resident of New York rather than a particular district.
- How many representatives does New York have?
- New York has 26 U.S. representatives, each elected from a separate district, plus two U.S. senators — 28 members of Congress in total. House seats are reapportioned after each decennial census, so that number can change every ten years.
- How do I find out which district I live in?
- Enter your address at the House of Representatives' official lookup at house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative. A ZIP code alone is often not enough, because a single ZIP can span two or more districts — the official tool resolves the full street address, which is why Alto links to it rather than guessing from a ZIP.
- How do I contact my representative or senator?
- Use the official .gov link next to each member above, which leads to their contact form and Washington office phone. Include your full address so the office can verify you are a constituent. If your issue involves a federal agency — a delayed passport, a VA claim, Social Security — ask specifically for casework help rather than sending a general comment.
- Is this list of members of Congress up to date?
- It is refreshed daily from the public congress-legislators dataset maintained on GitHub, which is updated within days of a resignation, death, appointment, or special election. Because Alto reads the current roster rather than election results, an appointed senator appears here as soon as the dataset records the seat change.