Thomas J. Abinanti

Thomas J. Abinanti (born 1946/1947)[1] is an American politician, lawyer, and member of the New York State Assembly from Greenburgh, New York. A member of the Democratic Party, Abinanti was elected to the State Assembly in 2010 to replace Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, and represents central Westchester County, New York.

Thomas Abinanti
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 92nd district
Assumed office
January 1, 2011
Preceded byRichard Brodsky
Personal details
Born1946/1947 (age 72–73)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Janet Longo
Children2
EducationFordham University (BA)
New York University (JD)
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life and education

Born in Brooklyn, Abinanti graduated from Xaverian High School in 1964. He received a B.A. in political science from Fordham College in 1968 and a J.D. from New York University School of Law in 1972.[2]

Career

Abinanti moved to Westchester in 1975 and lived in Greenburgh until 2011 when he moved to Pleasantville. He was legislative counsel to a Congressman and staff counsel to the Speaker of the New York State Assembly and various Assembly committees. He served as a prosecuting attorney for the villages of Ardsley and Dobbs Ferry. Abinanti has taught continuing legal education courses for Pace Law School and courses in state and local government as an adjunct professor at Mercy College.[3]

Abinanti served as Greenburgh Town Councilman twice (1980–1984 and 1990–1991).[2] Abinanti was elected as Westchester County Legislator ten times. For almost twenty years (1992–2010),[2] he represented the 12th District on the Westchester County Board of Legislators, which included the villages of Irvington, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, Ardsley, and much of unincorporated Greenburgh, including East Irvington, Central Greenburgh, Hartsdale and Edgemont. On the County Board, he served as Majority Leader for three terms after the Democrats first assumed the majority on the Board for the first time in the history of the Westchester Legislature.

State Assembly

Abinanti was first elected as a member of the New York State Assembly in 2010 and has served five terms. He represents the 92nd District of the State Assembly which includes the towns of Greenburgh and Mount Pleasant, the villages of Ardsley, Elmsford, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington, Tarrytown, Pleasantville, and Sleepy Hollow, as well as parts of the Village of Briarcliff. He has served as chair of the Assembly Committee on Libraries, the Assembly Committee on Investigations, and the Assembly Committee on Banks.

In 1996, Abinanti was defeated in a run for the 35th District of the New York State Senate against the incumbent Republican State Senator Nicholas A. Spano.[4]

Personal life

Abinanti is married to Janet Longo-Abinanti and they have two children.[5]

References
  1. James Feron (October 16, 1983). "12th District Takes On New Cast". The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2011. Abinanti, 36
  2. "Biography". Thomas J. Abinanti, Esq. Attorney at Law. 2010. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  3. https://nyassembly.gov/mem/Thomas-J-Abinanti/bio/
  4. Donna Greene (September 29, 1996). "Abinanti Takes on Spano, as in David vs. Goliath". The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
  5. "Thomas J. Abinanti: Biography". New York State Assembly. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
New York State Assembly
Preceded by
Richard Brodsky		 New York State Assembly, 92nd District
January 1, 2011 – present		 Incumbent
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