Jamaal Anthony Bowman is an American politician and former educator who served as the United States Representative for New York's 16th congressional district from 2021 to 2025. Prior to his political career, Bowman founded and served as the principal of Cornerstone Academy for Social Action, a public middle school in Eastchester, Bronx.
In 2020, Bowman defeated 16-term incumbent Eliot Engel in the Democratic primary and was subsequently elected to Congress.