Background
Finch was born in Auburn, New York and attended Cayuga Community College.
Finch was born in Auburn, New York and attended Cayuga Community College.
Empire State College.
He received a degree from the Simmons School of Mortuary Science in 1966. He also earned a Bachelor of Surgery degree in public administration and political theory from Empire State College (State University of New York) in 1989. Since 1970, Finch has owned and operated Brew-Finch Funeral Homes, Incorporated. a company which operates funeral homes in central New York State.
Finch"s first elected position was as a trustee for the Village of Aurora in 1979.
He then was elected mayor of the village in 1982, a position he held for eight years. Finch was first elected to the State Assembly on November 2, 1999.
He serves as Assistant Minority Leader to the Minority Conference, and is assigned to the Assembly committees on Agriculture, Banks, Corrections, Insurance and Rules. They have two children, Amy and Gregory.