1. John McEneny was a member of the New York State Assembly, representing about half of Albany County in the 104th Assembly District, from 1993 through 2012.
17 Facts About John McEneny
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John McEneny graduated from Siena College with a bachelor's degree in history, and attended New Mexico State University and the Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government.
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John McEneny served in the Peace Corps in Colombia, South America, and worked as a social worker and for the youth program in Albany.
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John McEneny directed the 1980 United States Census for the Capital District.
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John McEneny now serves as the Commissioner of Administrative Services for the City of Albany.
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McEneny's son John is an established playwright and Artistic Director of Piper Theatre Productions, a Summer Stock Theatre Company based in Brooklyn, NY.
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John McEneny has a degree in history, worked for over a decade as Albany County Historian, and remains involved in issues of archiving historical documents.
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John McEneny is the author or co-author of several non-fiction books, including Albany: Capital City on the Hudson.
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John McEneny served as the first director of the New York State "Urban Cultural Parks" program from 1985 to 1989.
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John McEneny was the Deputy County Executive to Albany County Executive Jim Coyne from 1989 to 1991.
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John McEneny won a four-way primary for that seat in September 1992, and the general election that November.
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John McEneny has easily won re-election since, in 1998,2000,2002,2004, and 2006.
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In 2006, John McEneny beat Jennings, this time in an election for New York State Democratic Committee.
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John McEneny was re-elected for a ninth term in November 2008, and a tenth in 2010, soundly defeating a "Tea Party" challenger.
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John McEneny has been criticized for collecting a pension in addition to his pay for being an Assembly member, but he defended it as legal and fair, based on his age of 66.
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John McEneny declined to run for an 11th term and retired at the end of 2012.
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John McEneny was succeeded by Pat Fahy, a fellow Democrat.