Eliot L. Engel (born February 18, 1947) is an American Democratic politician who currently represents New York’s 17th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. The district encompasses portions of the Bronx, Westchester County and Rockland County. It includes such neighborhoods as Riverdale, Woodlawn, Norwood, Williamsbridge, Van Cortlandt Park Village and Wakefield in the Bronx; Mount Vernon and parts of Yonkers, Irvi...
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Eliot L. Engel (born February 18, 1947) is an American Democratic politician who currently represents New York’s 17th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives. The district encompasses portions of the Bronx, Westchester County and Rockland County. It includes such neighborhoods as Riverdale, Woodlawn, Norwood, Williamsbridge, Van Cortlandt Park Village and Wakefield in the Bronx; Mount Vernon and parts of Yonkers, Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson and Tarrytown in Westchester; and the towns of Ramapo, Orangetown and the southern half of Clarkstown in Rockland County. Rep. Engel won re-election in 2008 for his eleventh term.
Rep. Engel was born in the Bronx as the son of an ironworker. He grew up in a city housing project and attended New York City public schools. In 1969, he graduated from Hunter-Lehman College with a B.A. in History and received a Master's Degree in Guidance and Counseling in 1973 from Herbert H. Lehman College of the City...
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