James Tedisco

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James Tedisco (born July 15, 1950[1]) 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 of 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 [1] On November 14, 2007, Spitzer conceded defeat on the license issue. [2] 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.[2]

During an interview with Northeast Public Radio in 2007, Tedisco told host Alan Chartock that he enjoys playing basketball in his free time.

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

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Preceded by
Clark Wemple
New York State Assembly, 107th District
1983–1992
Succeeded by
Arnold Proskin
Preceded by
Arnold Proskin
New York State Assembly, 103rd District
1993–2002
Succeeded by
Patrick R. Manning
Preceded by
Chris Ortloff
New York State Assembly, 110th District
2003 – present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Charles H. Nesbitt
Minority Leader of the New York State Assembly
2005 – present
Incumbent
Preceded by
Marty Liquori
Thomas Lewis Lyons
Cliff Meely
Kurt L. Schmoke
Joe Theismann
Jack Youngblood
Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA)
Class of 1997
Tommy Casanova
Jack Ford
David Joyner
Edward B. Rust Jr.
James Tedisco
Herb Washington
Succeeded by
Gary Hall, Sr.
Lawrie Mifflin
Drew Pearson
Cynthia Potter
Sally Ride
Harry Smith