Vedat Gashi is a prominent legislator based in Westchester County, NY, currently serving the cities Ossining, Somers, and Yorktown in the New York area. After finishing his Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations and his law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law, Vedat returned to his hometown of Pristina, Kosovo to start his legal career. After working as the Chief Legal Advisor for the Deputy Prime Minister and the Advisor on Legal Transition for the United Nations Development Programme in Kosovo, Vedat returned to the U.S. and started his own firm, the Gashi Law Group. Since 2020, he has been serving as Legislator for Westchester County, focusing on some of the community’s biggest issues, including keeping taxes down and investing in infrastructure. 

In this chat, we talk about everything from his experience working with the United Nations, clerking for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and his hopes for the future of the Albanian community.