Steve Englebright | |
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Member of the New York Assembly from the 4th District | |
Assumed office February 19, 1992 |
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Preceded by | Robert J. Gaffney |
Personal details | |
Born |
Queens, New York |
August 24, 1946
Political party | Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | June Trent |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater |
University of Tennessee (B.A.) SUNY Stony Brook (M.S.) |
Website | Official website |
Steven Englebright (born August 24, 1946) is the Assembly member for the 4th District of the New York Assembly. He is a Democrat. The district includes portions of the town of Brookhaven including Belle Terre, Old Field, Poquott, and Port Jefferson in Suffolk County on Long Island.
Englebright was first elected to the New York State Assembly in 1992. He is currently the chair of the Assembly Committee on Environmental Conservation.
Englebright graduated from Bayside High School in Queens, New York. He received a B.S. degree from the University of Tennessee in 1969 and an M.S. in Paleontology/Sedimentology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1974.
He worked as Curator of Geologic Collections at SUNY/Stony Brook and was the founding director of the Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences. Englebright served as a Suffolk County legislator from 1983 until his election to the New York State Assembly in 1992.
Englebright has lived in Setauket, New York since 1973. He has two daughters, Christina Marie Englebright and Jennifer Lynn Englebright.
Englebright initially ran for the New York Assembly in a 1992 special election, and has subsequently been re-elected 12 times.