- Sam Hoyt
William B. Hoyt III, better known as Sam Hoyt, is a member of the
New York State Assembly. Hoyt represents the 144th Assembly district, consisting of part of Buffalo,New York , and all ofGrand Island, New York . He was first elected in 1992 to succeed his late father,William Hoyt .As a senior member of the State Assembly, Hoyt has served as Chair of several Assembly committees. In 2007, Assembly Speaker
Sheldon Silver appointed Hoyt as the Chairman of the Assembly Local Governments Committee. This committee oversees legislation relating to village, town and county governments across New York State, and other local government issues, such as home rule bills and volunteer emergency services. It also oversees municipal authorities like Industrial Development Authorities. For a year prior to becoming chairman of this committee, Hoyt was the Chairman of the Assembly Oversight, Analysis and Investigations Committee. He is a former Chairman of the Assembly Task Force on Demographics and Reapportionment, the Committee on Horizontal Refreshments and a former Chairman of the AssemblyAlcoholism andDrug Abuse Committee.He has two sons, Clayton and Griffin, attending schools in Buffalo, New York.
He is an alumnus of
The Park School of Buffalo andBuffalo State College .On September 26, 2008, Assemblyman was disciplined by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver based on a report completed by the New York State Assembly Standing Committee on Ethics and Guidance. The Committee determined unanimously that Hoyt had engaged in an inappropriate personal relationship with a 23-year old student intern participating in the Assembly Intern Program. The Committee also unanimously recommended that Hoyt no longer be able to participate in Assembly student internship programs, a recommendation accepted by Speaker Silver. [1]
External links
* [http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=144 New York State Assembly Official Member Page]
* [http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/silver_hoyt_letter.pdf Letter from Assemblyman Hoyt from Speaker sheldon Silver dated September 26, 2008]
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