Biography
A Representative from New York. Born in Buffalo, Erie County, N. Y. , October 6, 1959. Graduated from South Park High School, Buffalo, N. Y. , 1978. B. A. , Buffalo State College, Buffalo, N. Y. , 1984. M. A. , Buffalo State College, Buffalo, N. Y. , 1985. M. P. A. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1996. Lecturer, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, N. Y. Member of the Buffalo, N. Y. Common council, 1988-1994. Member of the New York state assembly, 1999-2004. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Ninth and to the nine succeeding Congresses, until his resignation on February 2, 2024 (January 3, 2005-February 2, 2024). Nonprofit executive.