Alexander Pete Grannis

Alexander "Pete" Grannis

Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
In office 2007–2010
Member, New York State Assembly 68th District (1975–1982) 65th District (1983–2007)
In office 1975–2007
Preceded by	Peter A. A. Berle
Succeeded by	Micah Kellner

Personal details
Born	1942/1943 (age 73–74)
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Rutgers University University of Virginia School of Law
Profession	lawyer, politician

Alexander B. "Pete" Grannis (born 1942/1943) is a former Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Before his tenure as Commissioner, he was a member of the New York State Assembly and represented District 65 as a member of the Democratic Party for the neighborhoods of the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Roosevelt Island. His firing by Governor David Paterson in October 2010 was controversial to many especially environmentalists.

His first job with New York state's government was as compliance counsel to the Department of Environmental Conservation.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1975 to 2007, sitting in the 181st, 182nd, 183rd, 184th, 185th, 186th, 187th, 188th, 189th, 190th, 191st, 192nd, 193rd, 194th, 195th, 196th and 197th New York State Legislatures. Grannis served as Chair of the Insurance Committee in the Assembly and was a member of several other standing committees. In his capacity as Chairman he authoring New York State's Community Rating/Open Enrollment Law, as well as the 1996 Managed Care Consumer Protection Act. As Insurance committee chairman, he co-sponsored New York's Stem Cell Research Bill.