Charlie Rangel represented a New York district for nearly five decades and was the first Black chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.

As the dean of New York’s delegation and the first Black chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, he was a powerful political force for decades.

Former U.S. Representative Charles Rangel speaks before New York Governor Andrew Cuomo gets vaccinated in the Harlem section of New York City amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, New York,