State Senator Ken LaValle

Kenneth P. LaValle, (R- Port Jefferson) represents the First District in the N.Y. State Senate. The district encompasses the entire East End. (See map.) A former teacher, he was first elected to the State Senate in 1976.

Born in Brooklyn, LaValle graduated from Hempstead High School on Long Island. He earned his undergraduate degree at Adelphi College, a degree in Education at the State University College at New Paltz, and a J.D. degree at Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center. Senator LaValle has completed graduate study in Government and International Relations at New York University and received an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law Degree from Dowling College. He is a practicing attorney.

Throughout his long tenure in the State Senate, LaValle has focused his attention on education, higher education, health care, environmental protection and land preservation, and property tas relief. 

In addition to his standing committee assignments, Senator LaValle is Chairman of the Senate Minority Conference.

Standing Committee Assignments: Higher Education (Chairman); Aging; Education; Finance; Insurance; Judiciary; Rules.  LaValle is also a Member of the New York State Commission on National and Community Service.

LaValle is the father of two grown children, James and Lisa and the proud grandfather of Jessica and Elvis William LaValle, Joshua Eric Russ and Justin David Russ. He resides in Port Jefferson with his wife Penny.

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