Member of the New York State Assembly (1 January 1997 - 31 December 2010). He was the first person born in the Dominican Republic ever elected as a member of a state legislature in the United States.
U.S. Representative (D) from New York (3 January 2017-present), representing Upper Manhattan including Harlem, and part of the Bronx.
Member of the New York Senate (1 January 2011 - 31 December 2016).