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David
F. Gantt has served since 1983 as the representative
of the 133rd Assembly District, which consists of the northeastern and
southwestern sections of the City of Rochester and the suburban town
of Gates.
Born
September 12, 1941, David Gantt attended Franklin High School, Roberts
Wesleyan College and the Rochester Institute of Technology. His professional
experience has included employment as a Youth Counselor for the City
of Rochester, working as a member of Lithographers & Photoengravers
International Union Local 230 and as an administrator at the Anthony
L. Jordan Health Center.
A longtime resident of the City of Rochester, Mr. Gantt followed his
mother, Lena M. Gantt, into a life of public service and community advocacy.
This commitment to public service has included Mr. Gantt's membership
on the Board of Directors of the Baden Street Settlement, the Board
of the Marketview Heights Association and the Board of Directors of
the Anthony L. Jordan Health Center.
Prior to his Assembly election, Mr. Gantt served nine years in the Monroe
County Legislature. There he represented the 22nd Legislative District,
which includes parts of Rochester's Group 14621, Marketview Heights
and CONEA neighborhoods. While in the County Legislature, Mr. Gantt
served as Assistant Majority Leader, Chairman of the Public Safety Committee,
Vice-Chairman of the Finance & Budget Committee and Ranking Minority
Member of the Human Services Committee.
After initiating a federal redistricting suit that ultimately created
the 133rd Assembly District, Mr. Gantt became the first black from Monroe
County elected to hold state office. Always active in civic affairs,
David Gantt has been honored by such organizations as the Upstairs Youth
Agency, the Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, the Baden Street Settlement,
the Webster Avenue Family Resource Center, the Monroe County Public
Defender's Office, the Monroe County Board of Elections and the New
York State Association of Counties.
As a member of the State Assembly, Mr. Gantt's tenure has been marked
by his concern for the development of affordable housing, health care
and services for the young and the elderly; maintaining the safety of
our state's roads, bridges and transportation infrastructure; voter
registration and education; and the promotion of minority businesses.
He is the author of numerous bills enacted into state law, including:
laws extending the authorization to use ignition interlock systems in
DWI sentencing; laws extending and expanding the state's sixty-five
mile per hour maximum speed limit; a statewide law requiring all newly
constructed public theaters, auditoriums and meeting places to be equipped
with systems to aid people with hearing impairments; a statewide law
aimed at driving drug dealers out of residential neighborhoods; a law
designed to help undercover law enforcement officials crack down on
narcotics dealers; a law which enhances the economic development opportunities
of municipalities throughout New York State; and numerous laws which
ensure equal access
to
voters at their local polling places.
Mr. Gantt currently serves as Chairman of the Assembly Standing Committee
on Transportation. Previously, Mr. Gantt served as Co-Chair of the Legislative
Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, ushering the
Assembly Majority through the 1990 Census and the subsequent reapportionment
of legislative districts. He also chairs both the Assembly Subcommittee
on Affordable Housing and the Subcommittee on Voter Registration, and
he is a member of the Assembly Standing Committees on: Economic Development,
Corporations, Rules, Local Governments; and Ways and Means.
Standing Committee Assignments 2001: Transportation (Chair); Corporations,
Authorities and Commissions; Economic Development; Local Governments;
Rules; Ways and Means.
David F. Gantt, Dem. 20,274
Stephen Tucciarello, Rep. 6,480; Con. 850
James A. Tranquill, Ind. 530
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