Inna Vernikov

Place of Birth: Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)

Date of Birth: August 30, 1984

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Inna Vernikov is an American attorney and politician. A Republican, she has been a Member of the New York City Council, since December 1, 2021, and Minority Whip of the New York City Council, since January 5, 2022.

She was born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. She attended a Ukrainian Jewish day school. When she was twelve, her family moved to the U.S. She is an Orthodox Jew.