Grace Lee

About Grace Lee

Grace Lee is a community organizer, daughter of immigrants, mother of three raising her family right here in Lower Manhattan, and a Democrat running for State Senate to deliver a more affordable, livable Lower Manhattan for you.

Grace is the current Assemblymember for District 65, representing Lower Manhattan, including the Lower East Side, Chinatown, SoHo, NoHo, Little Italy, and the Financial District. She is a daughter of immigrants, a mother of three, and a fighter for working families in Lower Manhattan.

Long before she went to Albany, Grace spent over a decade building her career in public service right here in Lower Manhattan. She is a co-founder of Children First, a parent-led coalition that successfully pushed for the safe cleanup of a mercury-contaminated brownfield site near the South Street Seaport, protecting school children and nearby families. She organized with Deaf tenants living in unsafe conditions on the Lower East Side, helping them build power, stand up to building management, and secure long-overdue repairs. In both cases, she didn’t just protest— she helped the community organize, and they won.

From graceleefornyc.com