State Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk

Senator Tkaczyk is the Ranking Member on both the Elections Committee and the Committee on Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities. She also serves as a member of the following committees: Agriculture, Environmental Conservation, Education, Children and Families and Veterans, Homeland Security and Miliotary Affairs. 
Her top priorities in the Senate include strengthening the State's economy and fostering job growth.  She believes this can only be done by supporting and improving New York's public school system in order to prepare our children for the new technology-based job market.
Senator Tkaczyk was born and raised on a dairy farm. She is extremely proud of her farming roots, and is currently the only farmer serving in the State Senate. She owns and lives on a small sheep farm in the town of Duanesburg, NY, with her husband, Eric and their son, Peter.