Charles J. O'Byrne
Lawyer, Person
1959 –
Who is Charles J. O'Byrne?
Charles J. O'Byrne is an executive at Related Rentals Companies, an American lawyer and former political staffer to Governor of New York David Paterson, serving as Secretary to the Governor. The position, according to then New York Daily News blogger Elizabeth Benjamin, is considered the most powerful in Albany after the Governor himself. He is openly gay.
O'Byrne previously served as Chief of Staff to Paterson during his time as Lieutenant Governor of New York as well as in the New York State Senate. He also worked as a speech writer for Howard Dean's 2004 presidential campaign. Prior to entering politics, O'Byrne became an attorney and subsequently joined the Catholic priesthood, and was a member of the Society of Jesus for twelve years. He wrote and sold a manuscript to Crowne, a division of Random House, with a working title Going My Way, a memoir of his time in religious formation and as a priest but has held back on releasing the book. An article touching on some of the topics considered in his manuscript was published in Playboy magazine in 2002. He is now a practicing Episcopalian.
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