39 Facts About Dennis Gorski

Dennis T Gorski was an American politician in New York and a Marine.

Dennis Gorski was the first Democrat-elected Erie County Executive and the first Erie County Executive elected to three four-year terms.

Dennis Gorski was an Erie County Legislator and a member of the New York State Assembly prior to three-term service as county executive.

Dennis Gorski helped the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres finance Marine Midland Arena.

Dennis Gorski has been described as the only County Executive to balance the budget.

Dennis Gorski was a Vietnam War veteran and remained active in veterans' affairs while in office.

Dennis Gorski spent his first nine years of public life working for HealthNow and was hired by McCullagh Coffee Co.

Dennis Gorski's brother Jerome Gorski was a New York State Supreme Court judge.

Dennis Gorski was raised in Buffalo's far east side in a Polish community where he served as an altar boy and played baseball and basketball.

Dennis Gorski was the starting catcher for the Roman Catholic Timon High School and later became a political activist at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York.

Dennis Gorski earned a degree in English literature from Le Moyne in 1966.

Dennis Gorski was a Buffalo Bills fan growing up, and he attended the first official game in franchise history at "The Rockpile" when he was 16 years old.

Dennis Gorski followed the Bills while in Vietnam and as an Erie County Legislator he attended the 1972 groundbreaking ceremonies for Rich Stadium in Orchard Park, New York.

In January 1969 Dennis Gorski returned to the United States, having risen to the rank of captain.

Dennis Gorski earned no medals for bravery nor was he wounded.

Dennis Gorski was a member of the Erie County Legislature from 1972 to 1974.

Dennis Gorski was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1975 to 1987, sitting in the 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th and 187th New York State Legislatures.

In 1984, Assemblyman Dennis Gorski co-sponsored legislation that amended state no-fault insurance laws in order to preserve the right to declare "loss of fetus" as a serious injury in an automobile accident.

Dennis Gorski, who was the only former officer on the trip, had secured state funding for the venture.

When Gorski ran for the Democratic nomination for Erie County Executive in 1987, Buffalo City Councilman James P Keane had the support of the Erie County Democratic Party and Joseph Crangle, but Gorski won the nomination in the September 15 primary election in what The New York Times described as an upset.

Dennis Gorski was the first Democrat ever elected Erie County Executive.

Dennis Gorski made Chestnut Ridge Park, which is located 25 miles south of Buffalo in Erie County, available to the veterans.

Dennis Gorski signed the controversial item pricing law in 1991, making Erie County one of the earliest counties to confirm the requirement that most supermarket products have price tags.

Dennis Gorski was expected to win election to succeed Nowak in the New York's 30th congressional district.

Dennis Gorski lost the election however and Quinn went on to serve six terms.

In both 1992 and 1993, the Erie County Legislature was unable to agree to pass the extended 1 percent special sales tax for the county without Dennis Gorski threatening major county cutbacks.

When Buffalo hosted the 1993 Summer World University Games, Mayor Griffin was very much against the idea, but Dennis Gorski was considered one of the Games' godfathers.

Dennis Gorski stood behind the effort to host the games even as it went beyond its budgeted costs.

Dennis Gorski arranged the deal to keep the Buffalo Sabres from moving by helping to build Marine Midland Arena.

Dennis Gorski was considered a contender for the Democratic nomination to challenge Pataki.

When Dennis Gorski ran for a third re-election, at first he was a wide underdog to Republican Joel Giambra, and it was the first time The Buffalo News, which was satisfied with Dennis Gorski's fiscal policies but was not impressed with his innovations, did not endorse him.

Dennis Gorski lost to Giambra, who had only recently switched from the Democratic to the Republican Party.

In March 2014, Dennis Gorski announced his candidacy for Cheektowaga Town Justice.

Dennis Gorski served a four-year term and was not a candidate for re-election in 2018.

Dennis Gorski worked for HealthNow for nine years in a variety of capacities.

Dennis Gorski eventually became a senior vice president at HealthNow overseeing government affairs and lobbying, which made him responsible for government health programs, such as Medicaid, Medicare, Family Health Plus and Child Health Plus and earned him a 2007 salary of $398,302.

Previously, Dennis Gorski was HealthNow's vice president of policy and representation.

In July 2009, Dennis Gorski was hired by McCullagh Coffee Co.

Dennis Gorski died at his home in Cheektowaga on July 4,2021, from complications of Parkinson's disease at the age of 76.