Current seat holder: Julia Salazar.
Senator Julia Salazar represents New York’s 18th State Senate District, which includes the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bushwick and Cypress Hills as well as parts of three other neighborhoods: Williamsburg, Brooklyn, East New York, Brooklyn and Ridgewood, Queens. Before being elected to the State Senate in 2018, Julia worked as a community organizer with Jews for Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ), working in coalitions to advance criminal justice reforms and police accountability legislation. She began her advocacy while a college student at Columbia University, where she advocated for the rights of fellow tenants, domestic workers and service industry workers.
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