Current Office: Assembly Member
First Elected: 11/02/1976
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Melinda Downey
Birth date: 09/17/1947
Birthplace: North Tonawanda, NY
Home City: Kenmore NY
Religion:

Profession

Attorney

Education

JD, New York University School of Law, 1972 BA, Canisius College, Buffalo, 1969 Attended, William Butler Yeats International School of Literature, University College, Dublin

Committees

Codes
Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry
Health
Ways and Means

S 6735 Amends Pensions for New State Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9556 Authorizes Casino Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8514 Health Benefit Exchange Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 6698A Freelance Wage Protection
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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S 6735 Amends Pensions for New State Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9556 Authorizes Casino Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8514 Health Benefit Exchange Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 6698A Freelance Wage Protection
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8354 Marriage Equality Enactment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 6130 Prohibiting Discrimination in Wages Based on Gender, Race or National Origin
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 2674 Rent Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 6130 Prohibiting Discrimination in Wages Based on Gender, Race or National Origin
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 4578 Authorizing an Intercity Bus Permit System
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8129B Suspending Hydraulic Fracturing for the Extraction of Natural Gas
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 9710D 2010-2011 Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A10163 Establishing the Wage Theft Prevention Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1523 Allowing Unmarried Partners to Adopt a Child
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 3890 Divorce Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A10163 Establishing the Wage Theft Prevention Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1523 Allowing Unmarried Partners to Adopt a Child
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 5620 Reducing Drug Penalties for Offenders with Hypodermic Syringes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 9703 2010-2011 Education, Labor, and Family Assistance Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9709 Omnibus Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9705 2010-2011 Transportation, Economic Development, and Environmental Conservation Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9709 Omnibus Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9705 2010-2011 Transportation, Economic Development, and Environmental Conservation Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11410 Emergency Housing Rent Control Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 8167 Emergency Appropriation Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8089 Emergency Appropriation Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8088 Requiring Prior Approval of Health Insurance Premium Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8089 Emergency Appropriation Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8088 Requiring Prior Approval of Health Insurance Premium Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11308 Emergency State Parks Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 11310 Education Law Amendments Concerning Charter Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11308 Emergency State Parks Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 7846 Emergency Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 7777 Emergency Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

E 1153 2010-2011 Executive Budget Proposals
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 7575 Prohibiting Domestic Violence Offenders from Possessing Firearms
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 5710 Prohibiting Gender Identity Discrimination
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 9544 Election and Campaign Finance Ethics Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 40022 2009-2010 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 40003 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 1039 Albany Parking Permits
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8903-A Extending City Board Jurisdiction Over New York City Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 1867 Amending Labor Laws for Farm Workers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8501 Government Consolidation Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1290 Anti-Shackling Bill
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

A 7732 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8180 Supplemental Fees and Taxes for MTA
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 6468 Microstamping Requirement for Semiautomatic Pistols
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

A 801 Renewal Requirement for Pistol and Revolver Licenses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 156-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 157-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 158-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 159-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 163-A 2008-2009 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 249-A Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 860 Increasing Income and Rent Threshold to Qualify for Rent Deregulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 2005 Expanding Rent Control Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 1686 Reducing the Cap on Vacated Apartment Rent Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 1688 Expanding Local Control Over Rent Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 860 Increasing Income and Rent Threshold to Qualify for Rent Deregulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 1688 Expanding Local Control Over Rent Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 2005 Expanding Rent Control Coverage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 1686 Reducing the Cap on Vacated Apartment Rent Increases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 11838 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 11258 Mandatory Cigarette Taxation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9695 Foreclosure Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 10219 Mortgage Bill of Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8972 Foreclosure and Lending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9695 Foreclosure Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 10219 Mortgage Bill of Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8972 Foreclosure and Lending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9695 Foreclosure Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 10219 Mortgage Bill of Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8972 Foreclosure and Lending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6801 2008-2009 Legislative and Judiciary Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6807 Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9998 New York Racing Association Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8590 Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 7526 Ticket Resale Price Cap Removal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 3318 Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8098 Drug Law Reform and Drug Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 6451A 2006-2007 Legislature and Judiciary Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2466 Assault Weapon Definition Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 2302 Childproof Firearms Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 2466 Assault Weapon Definition Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 2302 Childproof Firearms Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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