Education
Born and educated in New York City, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Fordham University School of Business in 1965 and a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law in 1969.
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Robert Gaffney
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Career
First elected in 1991, he served through 2003. He was president of Dowling College from 2006 to 2010. After working as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Gaffney moved to Suffolk County in 1973.
There he practiced law, concentrating in the areas of real property, litigation, corporate and commercial law.
He also co-chaired the Assembly Republican Task Force on Crime Victims" Rights. During his three terms as Suffolk County Executive, Gaffney was President of the New York State Association of Counties from 1994 to 1995 and President of the New York State County Executives Association from 1995 to 1996.
He served on the New York Metropolitan Transportation Coordinating Committee from 1992 to 2003. As an adjunct professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, he taught Public Policy and Administration in the Graduate School of Political Science from 2000 to 2003.
In 2004, he was elected a Trustee of Dowling College.
He became President of Dowling College on October 1, 2006. In 2005, Gaffney was appointed by Governor George Pataki to the New York State Commission on Healthcare Facilities in the 21st Century.
Membership
Gaffney was a member of the New York State Assembly (4th Doctorate) from 1985 to 1991, sitting in the 186th, 187th, 188th and 189th New York State Legislatures. He served as the ranking Republican member of the Real Property Tax Committee and the Committee on Corrections, as well as the Assembly Standing Committees on Codes, Higher Education, Environmental Conservation and the Judiciary.
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