Alan hevesi biography

Alan George Hevesi (January 31, 1940 – November 9, 2023) was an American politician who served as a New York State Assemblyman from 1971 to 1993, as New York City Comptroller from 1994 to 2001, and as New York State Comptroller from 2003 to 2006.
Alan G. Hevesi, a cerebral, suave and blunt New York politician who spent 35 years as an elected official until he suffered a dizzying fall.
Alan George Hevesi was an American politician who served as a New York State Assemblyman from 1971 to 1993, as New York City Comptroller from 1994 to 2001, and as New York State Comptroller from 2003 to 2006.

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Alan Hevesi

American politician (1940–2023)

Alan Hevesi
In office January 1, 2003 – December 22, 2006
Governor	George Pataki
Preceded by	Carl McCall
Succeeded by	Thomas Sanzillo (acting)
In office January 1, 1994 – December 31, 2001
Mayor	Rudolph Giuliani
Preceded by	Elizabeth Holtzman
Succeeded by	Bill Thompson
In office January 3, 1973 – December 1993
Preceded by	Alfred A. DelliBovi
Succeeded by	Melinda Katz
In office December 1971 – May 12, 1972
Preceded by	Emanuel R. Gold
Succeeded by	Vincent F. Nicolosi
Born	(1940-01-31)January 31, 1940 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	November 9, 2023(2023-11-09) (aged 83) East Meadow, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Carol Stanton (m. 1967; died 2015)
Children	3, including Daniel and Andrew
Education	Queens College (BA) Columbia University (MA, PhD)

Alan George Hevesi (January 31, 1940 – November 9, 2023) was an American

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The Penitent

At his Forest Hills home, a mile from where he grew up, State Comptroller Alan Hevesi is lonely these days. His wife, Carol, is gone. At 64, she’s been sent to a Long Island nursing home after decades of declining health and suicide attempts—Hevesi saved her once by breaking down a door. Most of Hevesi’s political friends, accumulated over a 35-year career, have drifted away; few even bothered to show at the celebration for his reelection. It feels like a life in exile. His three kids are his main companions now, especially Andy, the 33-year-old who’s followed in dad’s footsteps. He holds the Assembly seat that was Alan Hevesi’s for 22 years.

Lots of evenings, Andy accompanies his dad home, a tidy attached Tudor filled with comfortable chairs purchased some years ago, by the looks of them. On a cabinet sits a photo, a souvenir from the cruise where he talked Carol into letting him run for state comptroller. She’d been loosened up with a glass of wine, he says. Lately, the shades are always drawn. It was Carol, his wife of 39 years, who opened them. She played th

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Alan G. Hevesi, a former New York State comptroller who was forced to resign his office due to a corruption scandal, passed away yesterday at the age of 83.

Hevesi was a political science professor at Queens College before coming to politics. A Democrat, he served in the New York State Assembly from 1971 through 1993, when he was elected New York City Comptroller. In 2001, he ran unsuccessfully in the city’s Democratic mayoral primary, but in the following year he returned with a successful bid to become state comptroller.

During his re-election campaign in 2006, a state ethics commission determined that Hevesi improperly assigned a public employee to handle his personal chores. He publicly apologized for his actions and was re-elected with 56% of the vote. But one month after his re-election, he pleaded guilty to defrauding the government by having state employees serve as chauffeurs and personal assistants to his disabled wife. As part of his plea bargain, he was fined $5,000, resigned from office on Dec. 22, 2006, and agreed to be barred from holding ele