Grace is from Elmhurst, Queens, New York. She attended Stuyvesant High School. She has a Juris Doctor in law from Yeshiva University’s Benjamin Cardozo School of Law. She lives with her husband, Wayne, and their two sons in Queens.

Congresswoman Grace Meng |Representing the 6th District of New ...

Grace Meng has an undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan and a law degree from the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law. She is a married mother of two.

Grace is a U.S. Representative. She works at the United States House of Representatives, where she has served for seven terms. She previously served in the New York State Assembly, worked as a public-interest lawyer, and from 2017 to 2020 was vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.

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Grace previously worked as a public-interest lawyer and, from 2017 to 2020, was vice chair of the Democratic National Committee.

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Grace has served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for New York District 6 since 2013 and as a member of the New York State Assembly, District 22, from 2009 to 2013.

2026 New York General Election

Supports paid leave and access to affordable child care to help families balance work and family responsibilities.

Supports small businesses and aims to create high-quality, good-paying jobs that support families.

Advocates for small businesses and aims to create high-quality, good-paying jobs that support families.

Supports increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, expanding worker protections, and promoting small business development.

Committed to increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Advocates for access to affordable internet through programs like the Affordable Connectivity Program and the Emergency Connectivity Fund to support households and close the homework gap in schools and libraries.

- Supports paid leave and access to affordable child care to help families balance work and family responsibilities.
- Advocates for small businesses and aims to create high-quality, good-paying jobs that support families.
- Committed to increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.
- Wants to expand worker protections.
- Advocates for access to affordable internet through programs like the Affordable Connectivity Program and the Emergency Connectivity Fund to support households and close the homework gap in schools and libraries.

Economy

Supports common-sense gun reform legislation to address gun violence, which they view as an epidemic affecting community safety.

Wants "common-sense gun reform legislation" to address gun violence.

Supports criminal justice reform to make the system more restorative and humane, rather than punitive.

Believes in criminal justice reform that makes the system "more restorative and humane, rather than punitive."

- Wants "common-sense gun reform legislation" to address gun violence.
- Believes in criminal justice reform that makes the system "more restorative and humane, rather than punitive."

Public Safety

Supports expanding the Medicare program through the Medicare for All Act to ensure every American has access to comprehensive healthcare while reducing overall spending.

Supports making healthcare more accessible and affordable by allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, capping insulin costs at $35 for Medicare recipients, and providing free adult vaccines.

Committed to making healthcare more accessible and affordable by allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, capping insulin costs at $35 for Medicare recipients, and providing free adult vaccines.

Supports menstrual equity legislation and aims to strengthen protections for women and expand menstrual healthcare rights.

Wants "menstrual equity legislation" and aims to strengthen protections for women and expand menstrual healthcare rights.

- Supports expanding the Medicare program through the Medicare for All Act to ensure every American has access to comprehensive healthcare while reducing overall spending.
- Committed to making healthcare more accessible and affordable by allowing Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices, capping insulin costs at $35 for Medicare recipients, and providing free adult vaccines.
- Wants "menstrual equity legislation" and aims to strengthen protections for women and expand menstrual healthcare rights.

Healthcare

Supports establishing a grant program to protect vulnerable mothers and babies from climate change risks.

- Supports establishing a grant program to protect vulnerable mothers and babies from climate change risks.

Energy & the Environment

Supports U.S. foreign policy that emphasizes human rights and humanitarian aid, collaborating with allies to address international issues.

Believes in a U.S. foreign policy that emphasizes human rights and humanitarian aid, collaborating with allies to address international issues.

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Calls for the Department of Veterans Affairs to eliminate delays in housing and education benefits for veterans under the GI Bill.

Calls for the Department of Veterans Affairs to "end delays in housing and education benefits" for veterans under the GI Bill.

- Believes in a U.S. foreign policy that emphasizes human rights and humanitarian aid, collaborating with allies to address international issues.
- Calls for the Department of Veterans Affairs to "end delays in housing and education benefits" for veterans under the GI Bill.

Foreign Policy and Immigration

As of July 28, 2026, Grace Meng’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Voting & Elections

Fights to secure strong funding for public education and advocates for policies addressing the student loan crisis and college affordability.

Promises to fight to secure strong funding for public education.

Advocates for policies addressing the student loan crisis and college affordability.

- Promises to fight to secure strong funding for public education.
- Advocates for policies addressing the student loan crisis and college affordability.

Education

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