Current Office: Senator
First Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican, Conservative, Independence

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Angela; 3 Children: Julie, Jessica, Stephanie Veitch
Birth date: 04/12/1947
Birthplace: Troy, NY
Home City: Wilton NY
Religion:

Profession

Vice President, Municipal Securities Group, Paine Webber Incorporated, present Trainee and Associate, Marine Midland Bank, 1972 Artillery Forward Observer, United States Army, 1969-1972, Vietnam Assistant Vice-President, Chemical Bank Program Manager, International Business Machines Corporation Vice President, Cowen and Company

Education

MS, State University of New York, Oneonta, 1974 BA, State University of New York, Oneonta, 1969 AA, Hudson Valley Community College, 1967

Committees

Alcoholism and Drug Abuse
Commerce, Economic Development and Small Business
Health
Labor
Local Government
Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Racing, Gaming and Wagering
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: Yea

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

A 8354 Marriage Equality Enactment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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

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

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

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

A 9710D 2010-2011 Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 8129B Suspending Hydraulic Fracturing for the Extraction of Natural Gas
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9703 2010-2011 Education, Labor, and Family Assistance Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1523 Allowing Unmarried Partners to Adopt a Child
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 9709 Omnibus Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 9705 2010-2011 Transportation, Economic Development, and Environmental Conservation Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 9709 Omnibus Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 9705 2010-2011 Transportation, Economic Development, and Environmental Conservation Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2165B Allows Mixed Martial Arts Performances and Ultimate Fighting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 5620 Reducing Drug Penalties for Offenders with Hypodermic Syringes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 3890 Divorce Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 5620 Reducing Drug Penalties for Offenders with Hypodermic Syringes
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8167 Emergency Appropriation Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 8089 Emergency Appropriation Extension
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2311D Labor Standards for Domestic Workers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 11308 Emergency State Parks Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 11310 Education Law Amendments Concerning Charter Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 11308 Emergency State Parks Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 7846 Emergency Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 7777 Emergency Appropriations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 7678 Amending Charter School Cap
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

R 3904 Expelling Senator Hiram Monserrate from the Senate
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9544 Election and Campaign Finance Ethics Amendments
Stage: Override of Veto
Vote: Yea

A 9544
Stage: Passage
Vote: Z

A 40022 2009-2010 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 40003 Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8903-A Extending City Board Jurisdiction Over New York City Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8501 Government Consolidation Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 2020 SUNY Buffalo Education Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 8501 Government Consolidation Bill
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 1363 Tenants' Protection In Foreclosure
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

A 8180 Supplemental Fees and Taxes for MTA
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 157-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 158-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 159-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 156-B Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 163-A 2008-2009 Budget Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 249-A Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 11838 Tax Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 11258 Mandatory Cigarette Taxation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9695 Foreclosure Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10219 Mortgage Bill of Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8972 Foreclosure and Lending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9695 Foreclosure Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10219 Mortgage Bill of Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8972 Foreclosure and Lending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9695 Foreclosure Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10219 Mortgage Bill of Rights
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8972 Foreclosure and Lending
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 10083 Foreclosure Assistance Finance
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 6801 2008-2009 Legislative and Judiciary Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 6807 Budget Financing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 9998 New York Racing Association Funding
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8590 Same-Sex Marriage
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 7526 Ticket Resale Price Cap Removal
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

S 3318 Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 8098 Drug Law Reform and Drug Treatment
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

S 6451A 2006-2007 Legislature and Judiciary Budget
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

A 2466 Assault Weapon Definition Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 2302 Childproof Firearms Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 2466 Assault Weapon Definition Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

A 2302 Childproof Firearms Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

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