Leo C. Zeferetti

Leo C. Zeferetti ( born July 15, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American politician. Between 1975 and 1983 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Leo C. Zeferetti attended public schools in Brooklyn and 1963, the New York University. Between 1964 and 1966 he went to the Baruch College of the City University of New York. He served 1944-1946 in the U.S. Navy. Between 1957 and 1974 he worked as a Corrections Officer in the Department of Correction in New York City. During this time, he participated as a delegate to the President's Conference on Correction and sat 1972-1974 in New York State Crime Control Planning Board. Politically, he was a member of the Democratic Party.

In the congressional elections of 1975 for the 94th Congress Zeferetti was in the 15th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Hugh Carey on January 4, 1975. He was re-elected three times in a row. In 1982 he suffered in his renewed candidacy defeat and retired after January 3, 1983, the Congress of. As a Congressman he had presided over the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control ( 97th Congress ).

He lives currently back in Brooklyn.