Alexander Pete Grannis
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Alexander B. "Pete" Grannis, a Democrat, represents District 65 in the New York State Assembly, which is comprised primarily of the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Roosevelt Island. On Jan. 25, 2007, he was nominated by Gov. Eliot Spitzer as New York State Commissioner of Environmental Conservation.
First elected in 1974, Grannis currently serves as Chairman of the Insurance Committee in the Assembly, and is a member of several other standing commmittees. In his capacity as Chairman he claims responsibility for authoring New York State's Community Rating/Open Enrollment law as well as the 1996 Managed Care Consumer Protection Act.
Other notable pieces of legislation Grannis claims responsibility for are New York State's Clean Indoor Air Act, which severely restricted tobacco/cigarette use within public buildings, and the Adolescent Tobacco Use Prevention Act.
He served for a decade as Chairman of the Assembly Housing Committee. He previously served as chairman of an Assembly Subcommittee on toxic waste issues. He has served on the Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee he entire time in office.
In January 2007 he filed an application for consideration by the State Legislature for appointment as New York State Comptroller, filling the vacancy caused by the resigination of Alan Hevesi. He interviewed with the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee and the search committee. He withdrew his application after being nominated as Environmental Conservation Commissioner.
He is a graduate of Rutgers University and the University of Virginia Law School.
