Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/02/2010
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Diana; 2 Children: Mikayla, Arianna
Birth date: 01/30/1980
Birthplace: East Meadow, NY
Home City: Shirley NY
Religion: Jewish

Education

JD, Albany Law School, 2003 BA, Political Science, University at Albany, 2001

Profession

Practicing Law, Raiser and Kenniff, Practicing Consultants, 2007-present Captain, United States Army Reserves, Iraq, 2007-2009 Attorney, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 2007 Solider, United States Army, 2003-2007

Committees

Aging
Consumer Protection
Higher Education
Investigations and Government Operations
Judiciary
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Transportation
Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs

S 1707A Authorizes Mixed Martial Arts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6733 Expands DNA Database to Include Misdemeanors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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S 1707A Authorizes Mixed Martial Arts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6733 Expands DNA Database to Include Misdemeanors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9525 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6733 Expands DNA Database to Include Misdemeanors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9556 Authorizes Casino Gambling
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6733 Expands DNA Database to Include Misdemeanors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

S 6087-A Authorizes the Use of School Property for Religious Meetings and Worship
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 5560-A Requires DNA Testing of All Persons Convicted of Certain Crimes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8354 Marriage Equality Enactment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8496 Increasing The Number Of Taxicabs Serving New York
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8354 Marriage Equality Enactment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8496 Increasing The Number Of Taxicabs Serving New York
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 5596 Revising The Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8446 Extension of Rent Control Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8446 Extension of Rent Control Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 5596 Revising The Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Mobility Tax
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1707 Authorization of Mixed Martial Arts Events
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2808 Implementing the Education, Labor, and Family Assistance Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 3331 Constitutional Amendment for Non-Partisan Redistricting Commission
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2706 Limitations on Tax Levies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 2707 Funding State Mandated Programs
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1891 New York Jobs Tax Credit
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1892 Limiting State Spending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 1919 Amends Rules for Legislature
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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