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Martin J. Mack | |
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Mayor of Cortland, New York | |
In office January 1st, 1988 –December 31st, 1991 | |
Appointments Secretary to the Governor of New York | |
In office 2009–2010 | |
Governor | David Paterson |
In office 2021–2022 | |
Governor | Kathy Hochul |
Personal details | |
Born | Cortland,New York |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Cornell (B.A.) SUNY Cortland (Master of Education) University of South Carolina(JD) |
Martin J. Mack is the former Mayor of Cortland,New York from 1988 to 1991,who additionally served as Appointments Secretary for Governor's David Paterson and Kathy Hochul. [1] [2] Mack was an Executive Deputy Attorney General under Eliot Spitzer,Eric Schneiderman,and Barbara Underwood. In 1998,Mack served as executive director of the New York State Democratic Committee. [3]
Mack was an Assistant District Attorney for Cortland County,County Attorney,and was appointed by Governor Mario Cuomo to the SUNY Cortland College Council in 1986. Mack served as Chair of SUNY Cortland College Council. During his tenure as Mayor,Mack worked to ensure close ties between the town and the college. Mack served two,two year terms as mayor,and decided against running for a third term. As mayor,Mack instituted the city's first recycling program,redeveloped the downtown,and restructured the codes and the solid waste departments. [4] [3] [5] Mack served as the Chair of the Cortland County Democratic Committee. [6]
In 1996,Mack ran for Congress and lost to incumbent James T. Walsh. [2] [7]
In 1998,when Judith Hope was NYS Democratic Party Chair,Mack served as Executive Chair of the State Party. [3] Mack was a strong supporter of Eliot Spitzer in his successful run for Attorney General in 1998. [5]
In 1999,Mack joined the office of Attorney General of the State of New York when Eliot Spitzer was elected. He served for 8 years as Executive Deputy Attorney General. [8] [9] [10] During Spitzer's term as Attorney General,Mack was able to secure a settlement in favor of New Yorker's post Hurricane Katrina in regard's to price gouging. This is first time the New York State Attorney General's office sued in court for damages for a remote event but with economic impact in New York state. [11] [12]
After the 2006 New York gubernatorial election,Mack entered the Governor's office as Deputy Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs. [13] Mack was known as Spitzer's political person. [14] [15]
When Eliot Spitzer resigned,Mack was one of the staff who stayed on to work for Governor David Paterson and became his Appointments Secretary. [16] [17] At the close of Paterson's tenure,Mack returned to the Attorney General's office and worked there from 2011 to 2018 as an Executive Deputy Attorney General. [18] [19] [20]
As Executive Deputy Attorney for Regional Affairs,under Eric Schneiderman,Mack led the investigation into synthetic marijuana,and other synthetic drugs. [21] Mack also led efforts to curb animal violence. [22] In addition to this,Mack also led the investigation on illegal toy guns. [23] In 2015,Mack led the Attorney General's office in spearheading the release of documentation relating to the Attica Prison Riot. [1] [24] [25]
In 2021,Governor Kathy Hochul upon entering office made Mack her Appointments Secretary. [18] Mack was a part of Governor Hochul's team that helped appoint Antonio Delgado as Lieutenant Governor of New York. [26] [27] [28]
During his tenure in office as appointments secretary between Governors Hochul and Paterson,Mack worked on appointing people to the New York Gaming Commission,Metropolitan Transportation Authority,the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,City College of New York,New York State Court of Appeals,and many other boards and commissions that are Governor appointments. [29] [30]
In 2022,Mack was named to the Cornell University Board of Trustees by Governor Kathy Hochul. [31]
Mack's father,Joseph Mack,was a former Mayor of Cortland,New York as well. [3]
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