James Tedisco

James Tedisco

James Tedisco (born July 15, 1950 [http://capwiz.com/cvmha/bio/?id=6913] ) represents District 110 in the New York State Assembly, which consists of portions of the city of Schenectady, as well as the City of Saratoga Springs, Ballston, Galway, Milton, and Glenville, among other communities located in Upstate New York. In 2006, he ran on the Republican, Conservative, and Independence Party lines.

Elected in 1982 to replace retiring Assemblyman Clark Wemple, Tedisco currently serves as Minority Leader within the Assembly, a position he has held since November 2005.

Prior to his election to the Assembly he served as a member of the Schenectady City Council, and was the youngest such member to be elected to that body. As a freshman member of the Assembly minority Tedisco was chosen as the Ranking Minority Member on the Committee on Children and Families and Chairman of the Assembly Minority Task Force on Missing Children. His work on the issue of missing children led him to author a book entitled "Missing Children: A psychological approach to understanding the causes and consequences of stranger and non-stranger abduction of children", which was published in 1996.

From 1973-1982 Tedisco worked as a guidance counselor, varsity basketball coach, and athletic director at Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School in Schenectady, subsequent to which he served as a special education teacher, resource room instructor, and varsity basketball coach at Bethlehem Central High School in Delmar.

Tedisco has been a frequent critic of Governor Eliot Spitzer, In October 2007 he charged that Spitzer had cut funding for health and education programs in the Schenectady area in retaliation for Tedisco's opposition to the Spitzer plan to give New York State driver's licenses to illegal immigrants [http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/spitzer_1252204___article.html/tedisco_governor.html] On November 14, 2007, Spitzer conceded defeat on the license issue. [http://www.news10now.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=126495] Tedisco called the reversal "a tremendous victory for our constituents." Additionally, when Spitzer's involvement with a prostitution ring surfaced in March of 2008, Tedisco called for the Governor's resignation, and threatened impeachment if he did not.cite web
url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/11/nyregion/11cnd-spitzer.html?hp
url = http://www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN1035862420080310
title = NY Assembly Minority leader says Gov should resign
author = Reuters
date = 2008-03-10
accessdate = 2008-03-10
]

Tedisco holds a B.A. in Psychology from Union College and a graduate degree in Special Education from the College of Saint Rose.

References

External links

* [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=110 New York State Assembly Official Member Website]
* [http://www.jimtedisco.com/PRMathandScience6.28.06.doc Tedisco funds Math and Science education initiatives]
* [http://www.voteforjobsnewyork.com/reportcard/details.cfm?ID=AS110&Year=2005 James Tedisco-Legislative Report Card-The Business Council of New York State, Inc.]
* [http://www.gorr.state.ny.us/tedisco.html Assemblyman Jim Tedisco on the Governor's Office of Regulatory Reform]
* [http://www.legislativegazette.com/publishers_corner.php?pcid=76 Tedisco is fearless in politics and basketball]
* [http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2003/9/2/39818.html Press release praising Tedisco's criticism of China's human rights record]
* [http://www.ncaa.org/releases/awards/1996112601AW.HTM NCAA Silver Anniversary Award Recipients Are Announced]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • New York's 20th congressional district special election, 2009 — 2008 ← March 31, 2009 (2009 03 31) …   Wikipedia

  • Eliot Spitzer — Infobox Governor name= Eliot Spitzer caption= order=54th office= Governor of New York term start= January 1, 2007 term end=March 17, 2008 lieutenant= David Paterson predecessor=George Pataki successor=David Paterson order2=63rd office2= New York… …   Wikipedia

  • Our Country Deserves Better PAC — (OCDB) Founded 2008 Country United States Affiliation Republican Key people Howard Kaloogian, Chairman Office location Sacramento, CA Website …   Wikipedia

  • New York state elections, 2008 — Elections in New York Federal offices Presidential elections 1996 · 2000 · 2004  …   Wikipedia

  • List of members of the New York State Assembly — The New York State Assembly has 150 members elected for two year terms. The current party composition of the Assembly is:Leadership information{| table border= 1 cellpadding= 2 ! Position !! Name !! Party !! Residence !! District Speaker ||… …   Wikipedia

  • New York State Assembly — New York State Legislature Type Type …   Wikipedia

  • Capital District — This article is about the Capital District in New York. For other uses of capital district, see capital districts and territories or capital region. Capital District Capital Region, Tech Valley …   Wikipedia

  • Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal — Eliot Spitzer in 2004 The Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal began on March 10, 2008, when The New York Times reported that Democratic New York Governor Eliot Spitzer had patronized a prostitution service called Emperors Club VIP …   Wikipedia

  • List of New York State Assembly Members 2005-2006 — List of New York State Assembly Members 2005 06= DistrictRepresentativePartyFirst electedResidence [http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=1 sh=map 1] Marc AlessiDemocrat2005Mastic [http://www.assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=2 sh=map 2] Fred… …   Wikipedia

  • List of Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA) recipients — This lists the receipients of the Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA) by the year of award.Class of 2007*Gail Koziara Boudreaux, Dartmouth College *Ambrose “Rowdy” Gaines, Auburn University *Steve Jordan, Brown University *Patricia Melton, Yale… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”