“Naming a street in Washington, D.C., after Jimmy Lai, a pro-democracy advocate and journalist standing up for human rights in Hong Kong, will signal to the entire world that the United States stands in solidarity with those who oppose the tyranny and repression of the Chinese government.”

American politician, born 1962

Thomas Richard Suozzi is an American politician and Democrat. Born in 1962, he has served in the U.S. House of Representatives for New York’s 3rd congressional district since 2024, and earlier from 2017 to 2023. He was Nassau County executive from 2002 to 2009 and, before that, mayor of Glen Cove for eight years. His congressional district is largely suburban and includes northern Nassau County and parts of northeastern Queens.