Velmanette Montgomery (born December 22, 1942) is an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 25th district of the New York State Senate from 1984 until 2020.

[5] Montgomery was first elected in 1984, succeeding Anna V. Jefferson, who did not run for re-election that year.

She was an original sponsor of legislation to legalize needle exchange programs to stop the spread of AIDS,[9] wrote the law banning female genital mutilation, and sponsored a current law that prohibits the discrimination in the granting of funeral or bereavement leave to workers in committed same-sex relationships.

The probe centered around former Senator Huntley who pled guilty to embezzling over $87,000 in taxpayer money.

[13] On January 11, 2020, Montgomery announced that she would be retiring from the State Senate and not seeking reelection in 2020.