Vivian Cook

Vivian Cook DEMDemocrat

State Assembly Member, District 32

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Vivian CookDEMDemocrat State Assembly Member, District 32
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Vivian E. Cook (born May 23, 1937) represents District 32 in the New York State Assembly, which comprises New York City's Queens borough neighborhoods of Jamaica Estates, Rochdale Village, and Springfield. A native of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Cook has served as a District Leader in Queens for over 25 years. As of January 2019, Cook is the County Committee Chair of the Queens County Democratic Committee.Cook was first elected to the State Assembly in 1990. She was appointed Chairwoman of the Task Force on Food and the Farm and Nutrition Policy in 2000. As of June 2019, Cook serves as Chair of the Assembly Committee on Standing Committees. Cook ran uncontested in the 2008 and 2010 general elections.In 2010, the New York Daily News reported that Cook was among the Assembly members that refused to disclose her outside income.

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Education3 - 3 of 1
DeFrans Business Institute
Graduated
Past Positions1 - 9 of 9
Assistant Speaker
New York State Assembly
2023 - Current
District Leader
Queens County Assembly
1972 - 2007
Secretary
Queens County Assembly
1997
Delegate
Democratic National Convention
1988
Delegate
Democratic National Convention
1992
Delegate
Democratic National Convention
1996
Assembly Member
New York State Assembly
1991 - Current
Former Deputy Majority Leader
New York State Assembly
Former Majority Whip
New York State Assembly
Other Experience1 - 15 of 15
Member
Democratic National Committee
1992 - Current
Member
Neighborhood Center 1
1970 - Current
Former Chair
Queens County Democratic Committee
Founder
Rockaway Boulevard Local Development Corporation
Founder
Board of Directors, South Ozone Park Women's Association
Founder
Allied Regular Democratic Club, Incorporated
Member
Queens County Executive Committee
Secretary
New York State Black and Puerto Rican Legislative Caucus
Former Chair
Task Force on Food, Farm, and Nutrition Policy, New York State Assembly
2000
Former Chair
Majority Program Committee, New York State Assembly
Chair
Committee on Committees, New York State Assembly
Former Chair
Committee on Standing Committees, New York State Assembly
Former Member
Criminal Justice Task Force, New York State Assembly
Secretary
New York State Legislative Women's Caucus
Treasurer
New York State Association of Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus
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