Chairperson, Community Board #18

Senator, New York State Senate, 1994-2011

Won Special Election, Experience, New York State Senate, February 1994

Experience, Crime Victims Committee

Experience, Homeland Security & Military Affairs committee

Experience, Insurance and Veterans Committee

Chair, Senate Committee on Social Services, Children and Families

Assistant Director of Member Services, New York State Assembly, 1984-1994

Member, Flatbush Park Jewish Center, present

Board of Trustees, Flatlands Volunteer Ambulance Corporation, present

Vice-President, Georgetown Civic Association, present

Member, Knights of Pythias Excelsior Lodge, present

Advisory Board, State University of New York Health Science Center, present

Former Board Member, Temple Hillel

Advisory Board, Visions-Advocates for the Blind and Visually Impaired, present

Awards:

The Ram Bam Lodge of B'nai B'rith and the Civic Associations of Georgetowne, Mill-Island, Mill Basin, Farragut- Redwood, Bergen Beach and Futurama, the Metropolitan Geriatric Jewish Center, Glenwood Jewish Center, and theCouncil of Jewish Organizations (COJO) of Flatbush.

Named Legislator of the year by the Jewish War Veterans

Israel Solidarity Award