Sam Hoyt

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William B. Hoyt III, better known as Sam Hoyt, is a member of the New York State Assembly. Hoyt represents the 144th Assembly district, consisting of part of Buffalo, New York, and all of Grand Island, New York. He was first elected in 1992 to succeed his late father, William Hoyt.

As a senior member of the State Assembly, Hoyt has served as Chair of several Assembly committees. In 2007, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver appointed Hoyt as the Chairman of the Assembly Local Governments Committee. This committee oversees legislation relating to village, town and county governments across New York State, and other local government issues, such as home rule bills and volunteer emergency services. For a year prior to becoming chairman of this committee, Hoyt was the Chairman of the Assembly Oversight, Analysis and Investigations Committee. He is a former Chairman of the Assembly Task Force on Demographics and Reapportionment and a former Chairman of the Assembly Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee.

He has two sons attending schools in Buffalo, New York.

He is an alumnus of The Park School of Buffalo and Buffalo State College.