Education
Saint Michael"s College.
Saint Michael"s College.
He is a Republican. The district includes portions of Islip and Smithtown, including Kings Park, Smithtown, Nesconset, Saint James, Village of the Branch, Head of the Harbor and Nissequogue in Suffolk County on Long Island. Fitzpatrick was born in Jamaica, Queens and raised in Hauppauge, Long Island. He is a graduate of Hauppauge High School and received his Bachelor of Arts in business administration from Saint Michael"s College in Vermont.
He served on the Smithtown Town Council for 15 years, from 1988 to 2003.
He was first elected to the New York State Assembly in November 2002. Fitzpatrick is married to the former Lorena Herrera of Chihuahua, Mexico.
The couple has two children, Corina and Michael. They reside in Saint James, New New York
In 2002, Fitzpatrick was elected to the to replace Assemblyman Thomas Barraga, who retired.
He has been re-elected every two years since, never winning with under 60% of the vote. A conservative, Fitzpatrick has been described as the poster child for the "no" vote culture in today"s legislatures.