Stanley Fink

Stanley Fink
116th Leonard E. Yoswein
Succeeded by	Anthony J. Genovesi
Personal details
Born	February 6, 1936 Boston, Massachusetts
Political party	Democratic
Education	Brooklyn College (BA) New York University School of Law (JD)

Stanley Fink (February 6, 1936 – March 4, 1997) was an American lawyer and politician.

Life

Fink was born on February 6, 1936, in

. He married Judith, and they had two sons: Marcus Fink and Keith Fink.

In 1968, Fink was appointed as chief counsel to the Assembly's Committee on Mental Hygiene. He was a member of the

from 1979 to 1986.

In 1986, he decided not to seek re-election, saying he wanted to spend more time with his family and earn more money in the private sector. He joined Bower & Gardner, a Manhattan law firm, and was senior vice president for regulatory and Government affairs for NYNEX at the time of his death.

He died on March 4, 1997, in Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, of heart failure. He had been in failing health since late January when he underwent surgery for a recurrence of cancer. He was buried at the Mt. Ararat Cemetery on Long Island.

Sources

• Stanley Fink, Assembly Speaker, 61, Is Dead in the
  New York Times
  on March 6, 1997

New York State Assembly
Preceded by Leonard E. Yoswein	New York State Assembly 39th District 1969–1986	Succeeded by Anthony J. Genovesi
Political offices
Preceded by Albert H. Blumenthal	Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly 1977–1978	Succeeded by Daniel B. Walsh
Preceded by Stanley Steingut	Speaker of the New York State Assembly 1979–1986	Succeeded by Mel Miller