Gary Finch

Who is Gary Finch?

Gary D. Finch is a Republican member of the New York State Assembly representing the 123rd Assembly District, which includes portions of Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Cortland, and Tioga counties.

Finch was born in Auburn, New York and attended Cayuga Community College. He received a degree from the Simmons School of Mortuary Science in 1966. He also earned a B.S. degree in public administration and political theory from Empire State College in 1989.

Since 1970, Finch has owned and operated Brew-Finch Funeral Homes, a company which operates funeral homes in northern, central and southern New York State. Finch's first elected position was as a trustee for the Village of Aurora in 1979. He then was elected mayor of the village in 1982, a position he held for eight years.

Finch was first elected to the State Assembly on November 2, 1999. He won the November 2008 general election with 65 percent of the vote and ran uncontested in the November 2010 general election.

He serves as Minority Whip to the Minority Conference, and is assigned to the Assembly committees on Agriculture, Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry, Energy and Environmental Conservation.