Education
Syracuse University.
politician member of the New York State Senate
Syracuse University.
Stavisky was born and raised on Manhattan"s Upper West Side. She graduated from Bronx High School of Science and Syracuse University, later taking post-graduate courses at Hunter and Queens Colleges. After working for an insurance company in the actuarial department, Stavisky was a Social Studies teacher in New York City, and served as a district manager in Queens for the Census.
She was elected to the New York State Senate in 1999, and has been re-elected seven times.