Who is Chuck Schumer’s wife Iris?
SENATE majority leader Chuck Schumer has been married to Iris Weinshall for over four decades.
The pair met at a Mid-Bay Independent Democrats meeting when they were in their twenties.
Who is Chuck Schumer's wife Iris?
Chuck Schumer married Iris Weinshall in 1980.
Weinshall is the Chief Operating Officer of The New York Public Library, former vice-chancellor at the City University of New York, and a former commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation.
She oversees a $324million operating budget and $500million in capital projects across the New York Public Library system’s 92 locations.
Weinshall, a Brooklyn native, is a graduate of Brooklyn College and earned a Master of Public Administration degree from New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
Since 1999 he has been a United States Senator from New York. Schumer assumed office as the Senate Minority Leader in 2017.
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As of January 2021, Schumer is serving as the Senate Majority Leader.
A member of the Democratic Party, he is the current dean of New York's congressional delegation.