Demond Meeks' Biography
- State Assembly (NY) - District 137, Democratic
Contact Information
Office
Legislative Office Building 619
Albany, NY 12248
614 W. Main Street
Apartments 1-4
Rochester, NY 14611
Full Name:
Demond Meeks
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Cratrina
Birth Place:
Rochester, NY
Associate's, Monroe Community College
Bachelor of Arts, State University of New York at Brockport
Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, District 137, 2021-present
Candidate, New York State Assembly, District 137, 2020, 2022, 2024
Member, Black Task Force
Member, Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus
Member, Children and Families Committee
Member, Cities Committee
Member, Correction Committee
Member, Health Committee
Member, Housing Committee
Member, Insurance Committee
Chair, Office Of State-Federal Relations
Member, Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force
Chair, Subcommittee on Insurer Investments and Market Practices in Underserved Areas
Former Member, Governmental Operations Committee, New York State Assembly
Administrative Organizer, 1199SEIU, 2010-present
Member, Parent Leadership Training Institute Civic Design Team, 2013-present
Member, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Rochester Chapter, 2010-present
Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated, 2010-present
Member, Aenon Missionary Baptist Church, present
Volunteer, Boys & Girls Club of Rochester, present
Volunteer, Project Stride, present
Former Member, New York Statewide Coordinating Committee of the Poor Peoples Campaign
Awards:
"Superior Community Service Award," the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated
Dr. Walter Cooper Community Service Award, the Rochester Black Bar Association
"Civil & Human Rights Activist of the Year." (2019)
the Frederick Douglass Award, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (2018)
The Black Men Achieve Awards "Civil & Human Rights and Brother of the Year" awards (2017)
Favorite Quote:
"The King will reply, Truly I tell you, whatever you did for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me (Matt. 25:40).