Biography
Representative from New York; born in Utica, Oneida County, N.Y., April 29, 1957; graduated from Eastridge High School, Irondequoit, N.Y., 1975; B.A., SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, N.Y., 1986; staff, New York state assembly; businessman; member, Monroe County legislature, 1984-1990; member, New York state assembly, 1990-2018; elected simultaneously as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and One Hundred Sixteenth Congresses, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Louise Slaughter, and reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (November 6, 2018-present).
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress