12 Facts About Shirley Huntley

Shirley L Huntley was born on June 29,1938 and is an American politician who is formerly a New York State Senator, serving from 2007 to 2012.

Shirley Huntley was elected to Community School Board 28 in 1993 and served as its president until the dissolution of the School Board in 2004.

Shirley Huntley was appointed to the Community Education Council for District 28 in June 2004 and was elected as its president in July 2004.

Shirley Huntley won the general election that year and took office in 2007.

On December 2,2009, Shirley Huntley was one of eight Democratic state senators to vote against same-sex marriage legislation, which failed to pass the Senate.

In June 2011, Shirley Huntley came out in support of gay marriage and voted for the Marriage Equality Act.

In May 2011, the New York Post revealed that Shirley Huntley was being investigated by the office of the state New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman for allegedly running a taxpayer-funded fraudulent charity.

Shirley Huntley called an emergency press conference at her home in Jamaica, Queens on August 25,2012.

Shirley Huntley founded a nonprofit social service and education group that was investigated by the Attorney General Schneiderman, and she funded it in part with state grants.

On January 30,2013, Shirley Huntley appeared in federal court in Brooklyn and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud for embezzling $87,000 in state grant funding from the Parent Information Network, a Queens non-profit organization.

Shirley Huntley later pleaded guilty in state court to a charge of falsifying evidence.

Shirley Huntley was sentenced to a year and a day in prison on the federal charge.