Leo C. Zeferetti

A Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y. , July 15, 1927. Attended public schools in Brooklyn. Attended New York University, 1963. City University of New York Baruch School, 1964-1966. Served in the United States Navy, 1944-1946. Corrections officer with the Department of Correction, New York City, 1957-1974. Member, New York State Crime Control Planning Board, 1972-1974. Representative to President's Conference on Correction, 1971. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-fourth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1975-January 3, 1983). Chairman, Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Ninety-seventh Congress). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress. Died on March 21, 2018, in Davie, Fla. Interment in South Florida National Cemetery, Lake Worth, Fla.