Candidate · State Senate, District 53
Joseph A. Griffo
What this job does: Your district's vote in the New York State Senate (63 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget, and approve the governor's picks for top jobs and for judges on the state's highest court. A term is two years.
- Current office
- State Senator, District 53 (since 2007)
- Occupation
- State Senator
- Lives in
- Rome
Background
- Graduated from Rome Free Academy and from SUNY Brockport with a bachelor's degree in political science. source: nysenate.gov
- Served as an Oneida County legislator and as Rome's director of community relations. source: nysenate.gov
- Elected mayor of Rome three times, starting in 1991; president of the New York Conference of Mayors from 2000 to 2001. source: nysenate.gov
- Served as Oneida County Executive from 2003 to 2006. source: nysenate.gov
- Has represented the 53rd Senate District since 2007; serves as Assistant Minority Leader. source: nysenate.gov
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