Last Updated: 08 Apr, 2024 | Views: 200
Age: 79
Profession: Lawyer
Other Profession(s): Politician
Famous For: 53rd Governor of New York
Higher Education: Yale University (BA), Columbia University (JD)
Net Worth: $7 Million Approx.
About (Profile/Biography):
On June 24, 1945, in Peekskill, New York, George Pataki was born. Pataki attended Yale University on a scholarship in 1963 after graduating from Peekskill High School, and he left the school in 1967. Pataki engaged in debates while serving as the chairman of the Yale Political Union's Conservative Party.In 1970, he graduated with a J.D. from Columbia Law School.
George Pataki Career:
George Pataki Political Career:
• As a lawyer at Plunkett and Jaffe, P.C. in Peekskill, Pataki made the acquaintance of Michael C. Finnegan, who would later play a key role in arranging Pataki's rise to prominence.
• Later on, Finnegan would oversee Pataki's campaigns for governor, state assembly, mayor, and state senator.
George Pataki Mayor of Peekskill
• The first election that Pataki won was in November 1981.
• In the northwest corner of Westchester County, in the city of Peekskill, he was elected mayor.
George Pataki New York State Assembly
• With 53% of the vote, Pataki defeated Democratic incumbent William J. Ryan to win the 91st District seat in the New York State Assembly in November 1984.
• In a rematch in November 1986, Pataki emerged victorious with 63% of the vote against Ryan.
George Pataki New York State Senate
• The 91st Assembly district encompassed portions of Putnam, Orange, Westchester, and Rockland Counties from 1983 to 1992.
• Pataki prevailed 52% to 48% in the primaries.
George Pataki Governorship and political positions
• Pataki gained notoriety as a moderate Republican who toughened laws against crime while serving as governor of New York.
• Following Pataki's appeal to the Speaker of the Assembly, the governor's authority to create a state budget was upheld by two rulings from the Court of Appeals.
