Ann-Margaret Carrozza

Ann-Margaret Carrozza
Ann-Margaret Carrozza, March 2011
Member of the New York State Assembly
from the 26th district
In office
1997–2010
Preceded by Douglas W. Prescott
Succeeded by Edward C. Braunstein
Personal details
Born 1966/1967 (age 44–45)[1]
Queens, New York
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) William Duke[2]
Children two
Residence Bayside, Queens
Glen Head, Long Island
Alma mater Hofstra Law School (J.D.)
Profession lawyer, politician

Ann-Margaret Carrozza (born 1966/1967)[1] is an American lawyer and former politician. She represented District 26 in the New York State Assembly, which comprises East Flushing, Douglaston, Whitestone, Little Neck, Floral Park, Bay Terrace, and Bayside among other neighborhoods located in Northeast Queens.

Carrozza completed undergraduate studies at SUNY Albany and Empire State College. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the Hofstra University School of Law. Prior to her election to the State Assembly, Carrozza served as a court attorney for Civil Court Judge Peter O'Donoghue and as a clinical intern in the Queens County District Attorney's Office.[3]

First elected on November 5, 1996, Carrozza was Chair of the Standing Committee on State and Federal Relations, as well as a member of several other standing committees, including Aging, Banks, Governmental Employees and Insurance.[3]

On March 26, 2010, she announced that should would not be seeking re-election.[4] She currently heads an elder law practice, with offices in Bayside, Queens and Port Jefferson, Long Island.[5]

Controversy

Carrozza and her husband, William Duke, had lived on 33rd Avenue in Bayside since 2001. In February 2009 they moved outside her district to a home in Glen Head, on the North Shore of Long Island. Carrozza stated that this was a temporary arrangement that resulted when a deal to purchase a new home in her district fell through after she had already lined up a tenant for her 33rd Avenue home. In mid-2009 she moved to back to her district, living in a co-op on 205th Street, but her husband remained on Long Island.[2]

In July 2009, the New York Daily News reported that she and her husband were being investigated by Nassau County for double-dipping by claiming a STAR Program property tax rebate for their $1.8 million mansion in Glen Head, while already receiving the same rebate for a house they owned in Bayside.[1][6] The same month it also reported that Assembly records showed she had attended only 25 of 69 legislative session days during the first half of 2009.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c John Lauinger (July 7, 2009). "Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza in hot water over STAR exemption". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2009/07/07/2009-07-07_posh_pols_in_hot_water.html. "42-year-old Carrozza" 
  2. ^ a b Brian M. Rafferty (July 8, 2009). "Carrozza Leaves Island, Returns To Her District". Queens Tribune. http://www.queenstribune.com/news/1247100602.html. 
  3. ^ a b "Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza". New York State Democratic Committee. Archived from the original on March 12, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070312082627/http://www.nydems.org/html/electedofficials/carrozza.html. 
  4. ^ Elizabeth Benjamin, Kenneth Lovett (March 27, 2010). "Plagued by residency probe, Queens Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza calls it quits after 7 terms". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2010/03/27/2010-03-27_qns_pol_in_residence_flap_to_quit.html. 
  5. ^ "About our Firm". Law Offices of Ann-Margaret Carrozza. http://www.myelderlawattorney.com/aboutmyelderlawattorney.html. Retrieved March 18, 2011. 
  6. ^ John Lauinger (July 8, 2009). "Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza drops tax break plea on Queens home". New York Daily News. http://articles.nydailynews.com/2009-07-08/local/17927505_1_queens-home-nix-mansion. 
  7. ^ John Lauinger (July 15, 2009). "'Abysmal' attendance record are latest woes for Queens Assemblywoman Ann-Margaret Carrozza". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/queens/2009/07/15/2009-07-15_posh_pols_latest_woes_her_abysmal_attendance_record.html. 
New York Assembly
Preceded by
Douglas W. Prescott		 New York State Assembly, 26th District
1997–2010		 Succeeded by
Edward C. Braunstein