Former Assistant Majority Whip, New York State Senate

Former Minority Conference Chair, New York State Senate

Senator, New York State Senate, District 6, 1989-2019

Assistant Majority Leader, New York State Senate, 2015-2019

Candidate, New York State Senate, District 6, 2018

Assistant Majority Leader for House Operations, New York State Senate, 2010-2015

Assembly Member, New York State Assembly, 1977-1989

Minority Leader Pro Tempore, New York State Assembly, 1983-1989

Former Member, Finance Committee, New York State Senate

Former Chair, Health Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Judiciary Committee, New York State Senate

Former Member, Labor Committee, New York State Senate

Co-Chair, Medicaid Reform Task Force

Former Member, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Committee, New York State Senate

Executive Committee Member, New York State Task Force on Government Reform

Former Member, Rules Committee, New York State Senate

Co-Chair, Task Force to Modernize Insurance Regulation, National

Attorney, Farrell Fritz, Professional Corporation, 1985-present

Member, Board of Directors, Community Fund of Garden City

Member, Nassau County Bar Association

Member, New York State Bar Association