Political Career
Tobacco was elected on March 27, 2007 in a special election to replace Vincent Ignizio, who resigned his seat to become a New York City Councilmember. He and fellow Staten Islander Nicole Malliotakis are the only Republicans in New York City's State Assembly delegation.
He serves as the Ranking Minority Member of the Social Services Committee. He also serves on the Transportation, Governmental Employees, Higher Education, Cities and Aging committees. He was recently tapped to serve as vice chair of the Assembly Minority Sex Offender Watch Task Force and has been appointed to the MTA Capital Program Review Board. Tobacco has also been active in criticizing the rising toll on the Verazanno Narrows Bridge and cuts to the mass transit budget for services to Staten Island Residents. In the winter of 2009, Tobacco made headlines with is "Taxation Without Transportation" campaign, distributing over 3,000 bumper stickers with this message to constituents.
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“It is my settled opinion, after some years as a political correspondent, that no one is attracted to a political career in the first place unless he is socially or emotionally crippled.”
—Auberon Waugh (b. 1939)