Senator Jabari Brisport is a Democrat and Working Families party member representing New York's 25th State Senate District, which includes neighborhoods such as Clinton Hill, Navy Yard, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Ocean Hill, and parts of Fort Greene. A third-generation Caribbean-American and lifelong Brooklyn resident born in Bed-Stuy and raised in Prospect Heights, he is the son of an undocumented immigrant. He made history in 2020 as the first openly queer person of color elected to the New York State Senate. As a proud socialist, union member, and former queer Black public school teacher, he advocates for working-class priorities like raising taxes on the rich, free universal healthcare, universal housing access, free universal child care, and canceling rent/mortgage arrears from the COVID-19 pandemic. Notable achievements include securing billions in public school funding, tenant relief and restrictions on foreclosures/evictions during COVID-19, ending long-term solitary confinement, legalizing cannabis, and establishing an excluded workers fund for pandemic stimulus.

Education and Political Experience

• Education: Studied Acting at Yale School of Drama .
• Political Experience: Elected to the New York State Senate in 2020 for District 25; currently serves as Chair of the Children and Families Committee. Previously worked as a public school teacher.