Martin Malavé Dilan (born September 12, 1950) is a former member of the

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representing the 17th and 18th Senate Districts. The 18th Senate District encompasses the northern Brooklyn communities of

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, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Cypress Hills, City-Line,

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, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville. A Democrat, Dilan was a member of the

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for 10 years. In 1994, Dilan voted for vacancy decontrol legislation; he later stated that he regretted his vote. In November 2002, Dilan was elected to the New York State Senate. He served a total of eight terms in the Senate. Dilan voted in favor of the Marriage Equality Act in 2011 and voted for the gun control law known as the NY SAFE Act in 2013. On September 13, 2018, Dilan was defeated by

Julia Salazar Julia Salazar (born December 30, 1990) is an American politician and activist. She is the New York State Senator for the 18th district, which covers much of northern Brooklyn, centered on Bushwick. She won the seat as a first-time candidate af ...

, a 27-year-old

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who ran an insurgent Democratic primary campaign against him. Dilan's parents came to the United States from Puerto Rico. He resides in Bushwick. Dilan's son, Erik Martin Dilan, is a Democratic politician; as of January 2019, Erik Dilan represents the 54th District in the

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