Roger Green

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For the British writer and biographer, see Roger Lancelyn Green

For the archaeologist, see Roger Curtis Green

Roger L. Green represented District 57 in the New York State Assembly, which is comprised of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Prospect Heights, Park Slope and Bedford Stuyvesant. He holds a B.S. from Southern Illinois University.

First elected in 1980, Green campaigned to unseat Congressman Edolphus Towns, who currently represents the 13th Congressional district in New York in 2006. On September 12, 2006, Green came in third, losing to both incumbent Ed Towns and City Councilman Charles Barron.

On the same day, Hakeem Jeffries-a long-time political opponent of Roger Green-was elected to succeed Green in the Assembly District he retired from in order to launch his unsuccessful bid for Congress.

During his tenure in the New York State Assembly Green served as Chairman of New York State's Black, Puerto Rican and Hispanic Legislative Caucus, as well as Chairman of the New York State Standing Committee on Children and Families and the legislative Commission on Science and Technology.

In 2004 Green was convicted of petty larceny, a charge that stemmed from the theft of $3,000 in taxypayer money, which was intended as travel expenses. He eventually pled guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge on three counts arising from reimbursements paid by the state for personal trips made at the behest of a state contractor. As a result of his conviction, Green was forced to pay $5,000 and received three years probation.^[1]