Education
Later, Foy attended Rutgers School of Law–Camden, graduating in 1977.
Later, Foy attended Rutgers School of Law–Camden, graduating in 1977.
He served in the General Assembly from 1984 to 1990, and was appointed to fill a vacancy in the New Jersey Senate, serving there from 1990 to 1992. Born in Burlington, New Jersey, Foy was an honors graduate of Duke University (1973). Foy worked as an attorney specializing in labor relations.
He had been general counsel to the New Jersey American Federation of Labor-Congress-Chief Information Officer in the 1980s, and was later employed as senior vice president of business development for Hill International, where he worked on issues relating to the firm"s construction projects on the Tappan Zee Bridge and Interstate 287 in Westchester County, New New York
He was elected to the General Assembly and served there until 1990. He was named in November 1990 to fill a vacancy in the Senate left by Catherina A. Costa to become Director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, and served there from 1990 to 1992.
In a party convention in January 1991, Jack Casey was chosen to fill the remaining portion of the term remaining in the General Assembly seat that had been vacated by Foy the previous month. In the wake of voter frustration with tax increases enacted by Governor of New Jersey James Florio in 1990, Foy supported legislation that would allow voters to vote their state legislators out of office by referendum.
Florio later recalled Foy"s contributions in getting the minimum wage increased in the state, saying that "New Jersey was ahead of the nation in getting a minimum wage of $5.15 an hour, and Tom was vital in its effort".
Foy was deputy political director for Florio"s successful 1989 run for governor. Foy died at age 53 of a heart attack he suffered at a Washington, District of Columbia train station on September 1, 2004, while returning to New Jersey from a meeting with diplomats from the Middle East.