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David A. "Dave" Franczyk is a councilmember of the Buffalo Common Council , which is the representative legislative branch of the government of Buffalo, New York . He is also a former Liberal Party and Democratic Party nominee for the United States House of Representatives .
History [ edit ]
In 1994, Franczyk was both the Liberal Party and the Democratic Party nominee in a closely watched United States House of Representatives race for New York's 30th congressional district .[1] [2] He lost by a two to one margin to then one-term incumbent Republican Jack Quinn .[3] Prior to this race, as a city councilman, he was an adversary of Mayor of Buffalo James D. Griffin .[4] Franczyk is considered a notable Western New York Polish-American politician .[5]
Common Council [ edit ]
In his present tenure in the Common Council, Franczyk is a member of the Finance and Civil Service Committees. Prior to his current term, Franczyk served as Fillmore District Councilmember, Chair of the City's Finance Committee, and President Pro-Tempore of the Common Council from 1986 through 2000. He has legislated on crime prevention , historic preservation , housing, economic development , and constituent service.[6] He is an advocate of landmark preservation,[7] and has also been involved in environmental preservation battles.[8] [9] He proposed the legislation that reduced the Buffalo Common Council from thirteen members to nine.[10] Franczyk was preceded as Fillmore District Councilman by Stephen J. Godzisz, who had served from 1984-1985 and as Common Council President by James Pitts who began his term in 1994 under Buffalo Mayor Anthony Masiello .[11] Franczyk continued under Masiello until Masiello was succeeded by Byron Brown .
Franczyk, after 32 years of service announced in January 2019 he would not seek re-election. His successor, Legislative Staffer, Mitch Nowakowski won the June 25th democratic primary and November 5th general election to succeed him as Fillmore District Council Member.
Personal [ edit ]
Franczyk, a Western New York native, earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the State University of New York College at Buffalo and a Master of Arts degree, also in history, from Niagara University . He also did graduate study at the City University of New York and at Harvard University 's Graduate School of Design as a Loeb Fellow. He has served as the editor-in-chief of the Polish-American Journal.[6]
^ "THE 1994 CAMPAIGN; Guide to New York Elections for Congressional and State Offices (page 5)" . The New York Times . November 7, 1994. Retrieved March 6, 2008 .
^ "THE 1994 ELECTIONS: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Who Won Where: Results In the 435 Races for the House" . The New York Times . November 10, 1994. Retrieved March 5, 2008 .
^ Gruson, Lindsey (January 23, 1993). "Buffalo Fears a Rendezvous With Agony" . The New York Times . Retrieved March 6, 2008 .
^ "Government" . WNYPolonia.Com. Archived from the original on June 10, 2008. Retrieved March 6, 2008 .
^ a b "David A. Franczyk" . city-buffalo.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2007. Retrieved March 7, 2008 .
^ "Station Has Seen Last Train but Not Last Chance" . The New York Times . October 14, 1992. Retrieved March 6, 2008 .
^ Beahan, Larry. "David Franczyk named Conservationist of the Year" . Niagara Frontier Chapter, Adirondack Mountain Club. Retrieved March 6, 2008 .
^ "CITY SHOULD JUMP AT CHANCE TO SELL LAND IN PERRYSBURG" . fix buffalo today, archive. December 15, 2004. Retrieved March 6, 2008 .
^ "Buffalo NewsWatch: sins of omission" . Buffalo Report, Inc. August 26, 2002. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved March 6, 2008 .{{cite web }}
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^ Rizzo, Michael F. (2005). Through The Mayors' Eyes: Buffalo, New York 1832-2005 . Lulu Enterprises, Inc. p. 405. ISBN 1-4116-3757-7 .
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