New York Legislature
Kuhl was a member of the New York Assembly from 1981 to 1987. In 1986, after the retirement of Bill "Cadillac" Smith, Kuhl ran for Smith's seat and won. Kuhl served in the New York State Senate from 1987 to 2004. His career included posts as the attorney for several municipalities including Steuben County. He was appointed the Senate's Assistant Majority Leader for Operations at the beginning of the 1995 legislative session. During his time in the legislature, he was a practicing lawyer with an office in Bath.
One of Kuhl's signature issues in the state legislature was Upstate secession. Each year, he regularly introduced a bill "to let New York City, Long Island and Westchester and Rockland Counties became a separate state called New York; the rest of the counties would become West New York. At least one poll in upstate has found the idea to be wildly popular." Kuhl summed up his secessionist views by saying that "his constituents in the Finger Lakes region often wonder, 'Why don't you just cut the City of New York off and let it drift out to sea?'"
In 1997, while serving as a state senator, Kuhl was arrested and convicted of drunk driving. His driver's license was revoked for six months.
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