Biography
A Representative from New York. Born in Troy, Rensselaer County, N. Y. , September 16, 1947. Graduated from St. Joseph's Institute, Barrytown, N. Y. , 1965. Attended Loyola University Rome Center, Rome, Italy, 1967-1968. B. A. , College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass. , 1969. Attended Hill School of Insurance, New York City, 1970. Town supervisor, Green Island, N. Y. , 1969-1977. Staff member, New York state assembly, 1977-1982. Mayor of Green Island, N. Y. , 1977-1983. Member of the New York state assembly, 1983-1988. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred First and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1989-January 3, 2009). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008.