George D Maziarz was born on May 25,1953 and is a Republican politician from New York State.
14 Facts About George Maziarz
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From 1995 to 2015, Maziarz represented the 62nd District in the New York State Senate, which included all of Niagara County, all of Orleans County, and the towns of Sweden and Ogden in Monroe County.
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In March 2018, George Maziarz pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor to avoid trial on five felony charges arising out of the alleged filing of false campaign finance reports.
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George Maziarz is a native of North Tonawanda, New York, where he was educated in local schools, first at Ascension Academy and then at North Tonawanda High School, graduating in 1972.
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George Maziarz was appointed City Clerk in his hometown of North Tonawanda in 1978 at the age of 25 and he became Niagara County, New York Clerk in 1989.
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Six years later, State Senator John Daly resigned his seat to become Commissioner of the New York State Department of Transportation, and George Maziarz entered the State Senate after winning a special election.
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George Maziarz has served as President of the Chamber of Commerce of the Tonawandas, member of the Board of Directors of the United Way of the Tonawandas, member of the Corporate Advisory Board of DeGraff Memorial Hospital and Chairman of the popular Canal Festival of the Tonawandas.
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George Maziarz is a past officer and long-time member of Live Hose Co.
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George Maziarz was first elected to the New York State Senate in 1995 and was a "power-broker" in Western New York Republican circles during his term in office.
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At various points George Maziarz served as chairman of the Tourism, Recreation, and Sports Development Committee, Labor Committee, and Energy and Telecommunications Committee; he was a member of the Rules; Higher Education; Crime, Crime Victims, and Corrections; Environmental Conservation; and Transportation committees.
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George Maziarz voted against same-sex marriage legislation on December 2,2009; the bill was defeated.
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In July 2014, "amid reports that his office [was] under investigation by a federal prosecutor," George Maziarz announced that he would not seek re-election to the Senate that fall.
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In March 2017, George Maziarz was charged with five felony counts of filing false campaign expenditure reports.
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On March 20,2018, George Maziarz pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor as part of a deal allowing him to avoid trial for five felony counts.