Mario Biaggi

A Representative from New York. Born in New York City October 26, 1917. Graduated from P. S. 171 and Harren High School, New York City. LL. B. , New York Law School, 1963. Admitted to the bar of the State of New York. Senior partner of Biaggi, Ehrich &. Lang, New York City. Served as community relations specialist with the New York State Division of Housing and assistant to the secretary of state, New York State, 1961-1965. Member of the New York City Police Department, 1942-1965. Retired on line of duty disability as lieutenant. Holds police department's medal of honor plus twenty-seven other decorations. Also holds Medal of Honor for Valor from National Police Officers Association of America, and is included in Association's Hall of Fame. Elected president, National Police Officers Association of America, 1967. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-first and to the nine succeeding Congresses and served from January 3, 1969, until his resignation August 5, 1988. Unsuccessful candidate in 1992 for nomination to the One Hundred Third Congress. Died on June 24, 2015, in the Bronx, New York City, N. Y. Interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Hawthorne, N. Y.