Background
Montesano was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Gravesend, Brooklyn.
Montesano was born in Brooklyn, New York and grew up in Gravesend, Brooklyn.
He attended Saints Simon & Jude Elementary School. He graduated from William East. Grady High School in 1973, after which he worked for the Staten Island Rapid Transit Authority.
He became at dispatcher/EMT with the New York City Emergency Medical Service in 1974, and was eventually promoted to supervising EMT. Montesano moved to Glen Head, New York, in 1979. He became a police officer in the New York City Police Department in 1981, and was later promoted to detective. Montesano received an Associate of Applied Science degree in Police Science from Nassau County Community College in 1983, followed by a Bachelor of Surgery degree in Criminal Justice from Saint John"s University.
In 1989 he earned his law degree (Juris Doctor) from the City University of New York School of Law at Queens College and was admitted to the New York State Bar Association.
Montesano started his own private practice law firm in 1990. He has served as Acting Village Justice and a Village Prosecutor for Roslyn Harbor.
He has also been President of the North Shore School District Board of Education, and adjunct professor at the New York Institute of Technology. February 2010 special election, New York State Assembly, 15th AD
November 2010 general election, New York State Assembly, 15th AD.