Garry Furnari

Garry J. Furnari (born September 1, 1954) is an American Democratic Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1998 to 2003, where he represented the 36th Legislative District.

Furnari left the Senate in May 2003 after being nominated to serve on New Jersey Superior Court, and was succeeded by Paul Sarlo. Sarlo had been the choice of Bergen County Democratic Organization Chairman Joe Ferriero to succeed Furnari. [Gohlke, Josh. "Wood-Ridge mayor sworn in as senator; Democrats speed up Sarlo's promotion.", "The Record (Bergen County)", May 20, 2003. "Democratic Wood-Ridge Mayor Paul Sarlo took a promotion to the upper house of the Legislature on Monday, when he was sworn in as a state senator, replacing Garry J. Furnari of Nutley.... Furnari's nomination for a Superior Court judgeship - and its rapid confirmation in an emergency Senate session this month - allowed Sarlo, the choice of Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero, to take his seat."]

In the Senate, Furnari served on the State Government Committee (as Co-Chair), the Commerce Committee, the Judiciary Committee and the Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs Committee. [http://web.archive.org/web/20031013072634/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/Furnari.asp Senator Furnari's legislative web page] , New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive on October 13, 2003. Accessed April 3, 2008.]

Furnari served as a Commissioner and Mayor of Nutley from 1996-2003, was Nutley Township Attorney from 1995-96, and was Nutley Township Municipal Prosecutor from 1986-88, and again from 1992-95.

Furnari received a B.A. from Rutgers University with a major in Political Science and was awarded a J.D. from Pace University School of Law.

District 36

Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 36th Legislative District for the 2002-2003 Legislative Session were:
*Assemblyman Paul DiGaetano, and
*Assemblyman Paul Sarlo

References

External links

* [http://web.archive.org/web/20031013072634/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/Furnari.asp Senator Furnari's legislative web page] , New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive on October 13, 2003