Chuck Schumer is a grandfather.
The New York senator and Senate minority leader on Wednesday tweeted an announcement of the birth of his first grandchild on Saturday.
“So proud of my daughter Jessica and her husband Michael for welcoming a baby boy,” Schumer wrote on his Twitter feed. “Noah Melvin Schumer-Shapiro, very happy Brooklyn baby. ‘Melvin’ honors his great grandfather Melvin Weinshall, who was a beloved NYC cab driver.”
So proud of my daughter Jessica and her husband Michael for welcoming a baby boy. Schumers & Shapiros are all 1st time grandparents!
Noah Melvin Schumer-Shapiro, very happy Brooklyn baby. ‘Melvin’ honors his great grandfather Melvin Weinshall, who was a beloved NYC cab driver. pic.twitter.com/HhW2aPAiK6
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) November 28, 2018
Schumer’s older daughter Jessica and Michael Shapiro met in 2011, when they were policy advisers for the White House’s National Economic Council, and married in 2016.
The baby weighed 7 pounds and was 21 inches long. He was delivered at NYU Langone’s Tisch Hospital on Saturday, according to a statement from Schumer’s office provided to the Washington Post.
Schumer has represented New York in the Senate since 1999 and was first elected to the House of Representatives from New York in 1981.
