Public Life
Denis majored in government at Harvard, and was involved in New York State government for fourteen years. He was a member of the East Harlem Community Board (C.B. 11), the Area Policy Board, and the director of strategic planning for the Harlem Community Development Corporation.
In 1996 he won a seat in the New York State Assembly, where he served as a Democrat from 1997 to 2001. He was also a New York State Democratic District Leader from 1995 to 2001.
His campaigns were apparently labor-intensive. The press noted that his mother, Sarah Denis, worked 12-hour days on the campaign trail and that Denis was "an indefatigable campaigner, often seen throughout the neighborhood campaigning on the back of a blue bus."
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