Schimel resided in
Great Neck, New York from 1982 until 2015, when she moved to Port Washington, N.Y. She has two sons, Alex and Spencer. She and her husband, Mark Schimel, separated in 2011 after 32 years of marriage and later divorced. She was married to David Leiman, a senior adviser for Merrill Lynch, in Port Washington, N.Y., in May 2016. She serves on the board of New Yorkers Against Gun Violence and in 1995 she and former Rep.
Carolyn McCarthy co-founded the organization's Long Island chapter. ==Election results==