Background
Gianaris, Michael N. was born on April 23, 1970 in Astoria, New York, United States. Son of Nicolas and Magdalene Gianaris.
Gianaris, Michael N. was born on April 23, 1970 in Astoria, New York, United States. Son of Nicolas and Magdalene Gianaris.
Bachelor in Economics and Political Science, Fordham University, Bronx, New York, 1990. Juris Doctor, Harvard Law School, 1993.
He represents New York"s 12th State Senate district, which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside and parts of Woodside, Maspeth, Ridgewood and Woodhaven. He is the second Greek-American to be elected to the New York State Legislature after Dean Skelos. He received a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in economics and political science from Fordham University and earned a law degree from Harvard Law School.
In the Assembly, he worked on government reform issues, sponsoring measures to improve the efficiency and productivity of state government, including a proposal to reform the legislative redistricting process that the New York Times called “the real key to reform” in Albany.
Gianaris authored public safety measures, including the state’s first major anti-terror law after September 11, 2001. His Energy Security Acting, enhances security at the State's power plants and transmission centers.
This approach was expanded to include other critical infrastructure sites throughout New New York Gianaris is responsible for improvements in efforts to protect communities from sexual predators as well as added protection for pedestrians from stray voltage from manhole covers and electrical boxes.
He supports tougher sentences for drunk drivers and other criminals.
Gianaris supports the reform of utilities such as Consolidated Edison to instill greater accountability to the public and wrote the state’s Clean Energy Law, which encouraged the private sector to utilize modern technologies to reduce pollution while increasing productivity.
He also served as an aide to former Queens Congressman Thomas Manton, and aide to former Governor Mario Cuomo"s Queens County Regional Representative, and as a member of Queens Community Planning Board 1 and Legal Counsel to the United Community Civic Association. In September 2007, he was named one of City Hall"s "40 under 40" for being a young influential member of New York City politics.