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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Ricardo Montano |
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Central Islip, New York , United States |
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July 01, 1950
(74 years)
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| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | nystate63
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| Info | Ricardo Montano was born in the Bronx on July 1st 1950. He attended public schools in New York City and moved to Long Island in 1963 where he attended Brentwood High School. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School in 1968. Mr. Montano graduated from the City College of New York in 1972 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. Upon graduation, he received a full tuition scholarship to attend Temple University School of Law in Philadelphia and earned his Juris Doctor Degree in 1975. Subsequently, he was appointed an Assistant District Attorney for the City of Philadelphia. Thereafter, Mr. Montano became the Deputy Director of the Institute of Puerto Rican Urban Studies in the Bronx, a housing development program that promoted rehabilitation and new construction.
Mr. Montano returned to the practice of law in Philadelphia and was appointed Senior Trial Attorney with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1979. In this position, Mr. Montano represented the United States Government in federal civil rights employment cases. In 1981, Mr. Montano was appointed Executive Director of the Suffolk County Human Rights Commission, where he served for eight years. He then formed the law firm of Montano & Calisto, Esqs., and also served as legal counsel to New York State Senator Larry B. Seabrook of the Bronx.
In 1999, Mr. Montano was appointed Assistant Attorney General for the State of New York in the Suffolk Regional Office. In 2003, he took a leave of absence from the Attorney General’s Office to run for the Suffolk County Legislature and was elected Suffolk County Legislator for the 9th District. Mr. Montano took office on January 1st 2004. He has been reelected twice unopposed to the Suffolk County Legislature.
In his current position, Legislator Montano represents Brentwood, Central Islip and parts of Islandia. Legislator Montano is the Chairperson of the Legislature’s Ways and Means Committee, Vice-Chair of the Parks and Recreation Committee and a member of the Veterans & Seniors Committee.
Mr. Montano has a daughter and lives in Brentwood. He is the son of Assemblyman Armando Montano, Sr. who represented the South Bronx between 1968 until 1982.
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