Stanley Fink Explained

District2:39th
Stanley Fink
Predecessor2:Leonard E. Yoswein
Predecessor:Stanley Steingut
Death Place:Boston, Massachusetts
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York
Birth Date:February 6, 1936
Successor2:Anthony J. Genovesi
Termend2:December 31, 1986
Termstart2:January 8, 1969
State Assembly2:New York
Successor:Mel Miller
Termend:December 31, 1986
Termstart:January 2, 1979
Party:Democrat
Governor:Hugh Carey
Mario Cuomo
Office:116th Speaker of the New York State Assembly
Education:Brooklyn College (BA)
New York University School of Law (JD)

Stanley Fink (February 6, 1936 – March 4, 1997) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

Fink was born on February 6, 1936, in Brooklyn, New York City. He attended New Utrecht High School. He graduated from Brooklyn College in 1956, and from New York University School of Law in 1959. He then joined the U.S. Air Force, serving in England as a second lieutenant with the Judge Advocate General's office. He was discharged in 1962 as a captain. He returned to Brooklyn, where he practiced law and entered politics as a Democrat. He married Judith, and they had two sons: Marcus Fink and Keith Fink.

In 1968, Fink was appointed as chief counsel to the Assembly's Committee on Mental Hygiene. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1969 to 1986, sitting in the 178th, 179th, 180th, 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th and 186th New York State Legislatures. He was Majority Leader in 1977 and 1978; and Speaker from 1979 to 1986.

In 1986, he decided not to seek re-election, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family and earn more money in the private sector. He joined Bower & Gardner, a Manhattan law firm, and was senior vice president for regulatory and Government affairs for NYNEX at the time of his death.

He died on March 4, 1997, in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, of heart failure. He had been in failing health since late January when he underwent surgery for a recurrence of cancer. He was buried at the Mt. Ararat Cemetery on Long Island.

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