- Joseph Lentol
Joseph Lentol (born January 15th, 1943) represents District 50 in the
New York State Assembly , which comprises Greenpoint, Williamsburg and Fort Greene, among other neighborhoods located in the northern portion of theNew York City borough ofBrooklyn .A member of the legislature since 1972, Lentol has served as Chairman of the Committee on Codes since 1992. He has also previously served as Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Employees and the Assembly Committee on Governmental Operations.
In 2000, he was one of two Assembly members chosen by
Sheldon Silver and GovernorGeorge Pataki to serve on the Election Modernization Task Force. The following year he was elected by his colleagues to represent the Brooklyn Assembly Delegation and appointed to New York City's Community Action Board, of which he would later become Chairman.Prior to his election, Lentol served as Assistant
District Attorney within Kings County.External links
* [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=050 New York State Assembly Member Website]
* [http://www.brooklyndowntownstar.com/StoryDisplay.asp?PID=4&NewsStoryID=4502 Buildings in the Hot Seat at State Hearing]
* [http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/453940p-382042c.html An explosive discovery]
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